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Information about borrowing Planetarium Passes for ERAU faculty, staff, and students for free entrance to one show.

Checking out Planetarium Passes

General Information

  • Tickets are for ERAU students, staff, and faculty only.
  • You may check out a total of two passes.  Each pass is for an individual seat as shown on the front side of the pass.
  • Checkouts last one week.  Only check out a pass if there is a show over the upcoming weekend.
  • Passes are for the Saturday, 3pm shows only.

Checking out Passes

  • Look for the passes at the checkout desk.
  • Select the seat number that you want.
  • Check it out at the front of the checkout desk.
  • Your receipt is your ticket.

Upcoming Planetarium Shows

For the full listing of shows and to purchase tickets, visit: https://prescott.erau.edu/about/planetarium/public-shows

Upcoming spring shows for which Planetarium Passes will be available:

Whale Super Highway

Whale Super Highway follows humpback whales and blue pygmy whales on their 4,000-mile migration down the coast of Western Australia to the freezing waters of Antarctica and back again. It reveals fascinating information about whales -- while underscoring how much we still have to learn.

Show Times:

  • Saturday, January 24, 3 p.m.
  • Saturday, April 18, 3 p.m.

Across the Visible Universe

This show is all about the concept of size and scale when it comes to the universe. Starting at Earth, we will fly farther and farther away from home, encountering the incredible structures that populate the cosmos, traveling right to the edge of our visible knowledge of what surrounds us.

Show Time:

  • Saturday, January 31, 3 p.m

Romance Among the Stars

The universe may be cold and empty, but it is not without its spots of fire, fury, and frenzy. Join us as we travel across the cosmos this February to visit some of the most romantic spots and situations in space.

Show Time:

  • Saturday, February 14, 3 p.m.

The Arctic

Imagine a place in America that is vast, wild and untouched, where some of the world’s greatest wildlife spectacles unfold. For five years Florian Schulz has lived in the Arctic to film this land and reveal it to audiences around the globe. Join Florian as he tracks the Porcupine Caribou herd on the longest animal migration on Earth and witnesses pregnant female polar bears denning along the coastal plain.

Show Time:

  • Saturday, February 28, 3 p.m.

Jane Goodall's Reasons for Hope

This movie is an uplifting journey around the globe to highlight good news stories that will inspire people to make a difference in the world around them.

Featured stories such as the Northern Bald Ibis' migration over the Alps, the re-introduction of the American Bison by the Blackfeet Nation, the worldwide recognized Sudbury Regreening Story and inspiring youth-led initiatives involved in Jane Goodall's Roots & Shoots align with historic footage of Jane's beginnings as a chimpanzee researcher.

Show Times:

  • Saturday, March 14, 3 p.m.

Rising Stars of Prescott

Are you interested in getting to know your night sky? Join Suzy Gurton for this live planetarium program that 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. Telescope viewing will be available after the evening shows, weather permitting.

Show Time:

  • Saturday, April 4, 3 p.m.

The Cosmic Web

In a live planetarium show, we will use the three movements of a London Symphony Orchestra recording of Rachmaninoff's 2nd Piano Concerto to delve into three aspects of the universe James Webb is investigating with the best technology humanity has sent into space to date.

Show Time:

  • Saturday, April 11, 3 p.m.