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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

Whale Super Highway

This program 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. Whale Super Highway provides a stunning look at life in the waters of Western Australia. It reveals fascinating information about whales while underscoring how much we still have to learn.

Showtimes: New showtime now available on Sept. 14 at 5 p.m.!

  • Friday, Sept. 13: 6 p.m. (Sold Out) and 7 p.m.
  • Saturday, Sept. 14: 2 p.m., 3 p.m., 4 p.m. and 5 p.m.

Ticket Price: $7.50

Reserve your ticket to Whale Super Highway.

Rising Stars of Prescott

Are you 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. Telescope viewing will be available after the evening shows, weather permitting.

Showtimes:

  • Friday, Sept. 20: 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. (Sept. 20 shows will start later than normal to ensure dark skies for telescope viewing following the programs.)
  • Saturday, Sept. 21: 2 p.m., 3 p.m. and 4 p.m.
  • Friday, Oct. 25: 6 p.m. and 7 p.m.
  • Saturday, Oct. 26: 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. (Oct. 26 programs will be in the evening, as opposed to standard matinee times, to allow for further telescope viewing.)

Ticket Price: $6

Reserve your ticket to Rising Stars of Prescott.

Uncovering Black Holes

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?

Showtimes:

  • Friday, Sept. 27: 6 p.m. and 7 p.m.
  • Saturday, Sept. 28: 2 p.m., 3 p.m. and 4 p.m.

Ticket Price: $6

Reserve your ticket to Uncovering Black Holes.

Across the Visible Universe

This show is all about the concept of size and scale in 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.

Showtimes:

  • Saturday, Oct. 5: 2 p.m., 3 p.m., 4 p.m. and 5 p.m.

Ticket Price: $6

Reserve your ticket to Across the Visible Universe.

Tour of the Solar System

This is the planetarium show we present to educational groups visiting for field trips, and we want to offer this learning experience to the public as well. Aimed to provide an introductory perspective on our Solar System, this show takes viewers to different planets, dwarf planets, moons and more within our local region of the universe. All ages interested in an educational experience about the Solar System are welcome!

Showtimes:

  • Friday, Oct. 18: 6 p.m. and 7 p.m.
  • Saturday, Oct. 19: 2 p.m. and 3 p.m.

Ticket Price: $6

Reserve your ticket to Tour of the Solar System.

Mysteries of the Unseen World

High-speed and time-lapse photography, electron microscopy, and nanotechnology are just a few of the advancements in science that allow us to see a whole new universe of things. This technology gives researchers “superpowers” to see beyond the events, creatures and processes we previously never knew existed. Visually stunning and rooted in cutting-edge research, "Mysteries of the Unseen World" will leave audiences in thrall as they understand the enormity of the world they can't see that exists in the air they breathe, on their bodies and in all of the events that occur around them minute-by-minute, nanosecond-by-nanosecond..

Showtimes:

  • Friday, Nov. 1: 6 p.m. and 7 p.m.
  • Saturday, Nov. 2: 2 p.m. and 3 p.m.

Ticket Price: $6

Reserve your ticket to Mysteries of the Unseen World.

The Cosmic Webb

Explore the newest frontiers of space revealed to us by the James Webb Space Telescope. 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 that James Webb is investigating using the best technology humanity has sent into space. Billions of light-years of space and unfathomable eons of time have never been closer to our fingertips.

Showtimes:

  • Friday, Nov. 15: 6 p.m. and 7 p.m.
  • Saturday, Nov. 16: 2 p.m., 3 p.m. and 4 p.m.

Ticket Price: $16.50

Reserve your ticket to The Cosmic Webb.

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