Welcome to the Fredric and Jean Edelman Planetarium!

Local school children and residents are welcome to join the Rowan community in reaching for the stars in the University's planetarium. Here visitors can enjoy a wide variety of shows and special events designed to educate and entertain, advance viewers' understanding of the universe, and provide up-to-date astronomical information. Come join us as we explore the cosmos!

The Planetarium is managed by the Department of Physics & Astronomy at Rowan University. For directions to Science Hall and the Edelman Planetarium, visit www.rowan.edu/map. To contact our business office, call 856.256.4389. To email the director, use johnsonk@rowan.edu. Our address:

Edelman Planetarium

Science Hall, Rowan University

201 Mullica Hill Road

Glassboro NJ  08028

Announcements

"Stars: The Powerhouses of the Universe" now showing. Finally: a show about just stars! For details, see our public show page.

Planetarium E-Newsletter. The planetarium offers an occasional newsletter available via email. Periodically we send out information about upcoming shows, observatory open houses, and current sky events. We will not share email addresses with anyone else! To sign up, simply send a request to the planetarium director.

"365 Days of Astronomy" podcast available. The International Astronomical Union (yes, the same guys that demoted Pluto a couple years ago) and several other organizations are sponsoring a daily podcast of astronomical interest throughout 2009 and (apparently) 2010 and 2011. This is part of the "International Year of Astronomy." The 'casts are designed for the general public, not for scientists, so give one a listen. To hear and/or read today's article, go to the 365 Days of Astronomy Web site.

Sky Events: you can find out interesting events happening in our sky and out in space on this page, including visible passes of the International Space Station.

"South Jersey Skies" newspaper column. The Gloucester County Times is publishing this column on astronomy on Sundays (usually) every two weeks, both in its (old-fashioned) hard-copy edition and on-line. A list of and links to the published columns can be found here.

- - - - -

The Edelman Planetarium normally offers public astronomy programs -- planetarium shows -- on weekends during the regular school year when Rowan is open. The show schedule is always available at www.rowan.edu/planetarium/schedule.

The planetarium is open to schools and other groups by reservation. See the school program page, email the director, or call 856.256.4389 for details.

Last updated 2/1/2012.