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

Final showing of "The Rowan Universe" and Pink Floyd. November 22 is your last chance to see these two shows. See our Public Shows page for more information.

Hubble takes first picture of extra-solar planet. The fairly bright star Fomalhout has a planet revolving about it. Recently the Hubble Space Telescope took the first direct photo of this kind of world ever made. See announcements on the Astronomical Picture of the Day page, and at the Hubble press release page.

You can see Fomalhaut easily with your unaided eye. Get a star chart at the SkyMaps download page. Find the Great Square of Pegasus just below the center of the map (which is the zenith, or point straight overhead). Follow the rightmost (western) edge of the square downwards toward the bottom until you see Fomalhaut in Piscis Austrinus (the Southern Fish). The fact that the star is close to the black circle means it will appear low in the sky. But it's the only reasonably bright star anywhere nearby, so it's not that difficult.

GCC to host NASA Ambassador presentation Nov. 17. The Gloucester County College Astronomy Club will host a talk by NASA Ambassador Ken Kremer at 8 p.m. on November 17 in Health Science room 500. His talk is entitled "The Daring Flight of the Phoenix," referring to the space probe now parked in the high northern latitudes on Mars. Admission is free, but seating is limited to 200 people. If weather permits, telescopic stargazing will be available after the talk. Directions and a map of the campus are available online.

"South Jersey Skies" newspaper column. The Gloucester County Times is now publishing this column on astronomy on Sundays every two weeks, both in its (old-fashioned) hard-copy edition and online. 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. Show information is also available by phone at 856.256.LITE (856.256.5483).

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

Sky Events: you can find out interesting events happening in our sky and out in space on this page.

Last updated 11/16/08.