Venus Archives - EMU News /now/news/tag/venus/ News from the ²ÝÝ®ÉçÇø community. Wed, 24 Sep 2014 16:19:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 Planetarium Show Spotlights Venus, Mars /now/news/2005/planetarium-show-spotlights-venus-mars/ Wed, 05 Oct 2005 04:00:00 +0000 http://www.emu.edu/blog/news/?p=966 Planetarium Look, up in the air, it’s a bird, it’s a plane!

No, it’s a planet – in fact, two celestial bodies currently shining brightly in the night sky.

Earth’s next-door planetary neighbors, Venus and Mars, are the subject of the fall public program at the at ²ÝÝ®ÉçÇø.

“The planet Venus is currently prominent in the southwest sky at sunset,” said planetarium director John L. Horst. “As Venus slowly sets, Mars rises in the east.”

Planetarium shows are 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 16 and 23 and Nov. 6 and 20.

The , next to the planetarium, with more than 6,000 artifacts and specimens on display, will be open for browsing 2-3:30 p.m. each time.

Admission to both attractions, in EMU’s Suter Science Center, is free.

Church, school and civic groups can arrange planetarium programs and museum tours by calling 540-432-4400 for appointments.

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