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. For recorded information about current planetarium shows call 856.256.LITE (5483). 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

Bad Astronomy now showing. Are there space aliens? Does astrology work? What would a starship sound like in space? Get the real stories in the star show "Bad Astronomy" playing Saturday nights through March 6. All the details are available on our public-show page.

Correction. In a press release sent out to various media, we mistakenly claimed that the laser show "Pink Floyd: The Wall" would be playing this winter. In fact, we won't start "The Wall" until March 13. Instead, we'll be offering "Laser Radiohead through March 6. We apologize for the mistake.

Planetarium E-Newsletter. The planetarium is starting up an occasional newsletter available via email. Periodically, perhaps twice a month to start, we'll 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 on into 2010. 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 Space Shuttle and the International Space Station coming up in late November.

"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 online. The on-line index page for this feature can be found here. If you'd like to look at past columns, here's the list. Click on the topic to go to that Web page.

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The Edelman Planetarium normally offers public astronomy programs -- planetarium shows -- on weekends. The show schedule is always available at www.rowan.edu/planetarium/schedule.

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

Last updated 2/7/10.