November
Rising Stars of Prescott
The Jim and Linda Lee Planetarium
November 17 & 18
Interested in getting to know your night sky? This live planetarium program will show you what constellations, planets, meteor showers and more will be coming to the Prescott skies for your viewing pleasure. The content for this program changes every month it is shown.
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December
Uncovering Black Holes
The Jim and Linda Lee Planetarium
December 1 & 2
From the collapsed cores of massive stars to the dark, unfathomable behemoths lurking at the centers of galaxies, we will explore the wealth of knowledge scientists have gathered about black holes across the universe. With the help of tools like the Event Horizon Telescope, we now know more about these mysterious objects than ever before, but how much can we truly discover about something that is so very good at offering only one-way trips within its depths?
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Science Speaker Series: Indigenous Skies
The Jim and Linda Lee Planetarium
December 2 SOLD OUT
This lecture will cover the archaeology of astronomy as we tackle the history of Indigenous cosmology. Subjects will range from Sinagua petroglyphs depicting supernovas to Chumash star charts and other Indigenous stories about the cosmos. Joshua Ballze (Hia-Ced O’Odham, Tarahumar) is a scientific illustrator for various museum institutions and is a Board Member at the Museum of Indigenous People. His current work involves conservation of local Petroglyphs by utilizing 3D scanning technology and doing archaeological paintings for the Department of the Interior.
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