Bowling Green State University

Physical Sciences Building

The Physical Sciences Laboratory Building features the BGSU Planetarium, photochemical sciences laboratories, classrooms and office space. The planetarium is a 118-seat public science theater serving BGSU students year-round, with public planetarium programs open to area schools and the public from September to early May. Set under a 40-foot dome, the Minolta star projector can show the sky as it would be seen from any place on the Earth at any time, including the Sun, Moon, planets, and more than 4000 stars. The building also has an Observatory, atop the building, has a computer-operated DFM reflecting telescope for stargazing and for observational research projects. The sky deck has several portable telescopes and a .5-meter telescope used weather-permitting following the weekend planetarium shows.

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Physical Sciences Laboratory Building Ridge St, Bowling Green, OH 43403

The Physical Sciences Laboratory Building features the BGSU Planetarium, photochemical sciences laboratories, classrooms and office space. The planetarium is a 118-seat public science theater serving BGSU students year-round, with public planetarium programs open to area schools and the public from September to early May. Set under a 40-foot dome, the Minolta star projector can show the sky as it would be seen from any place on the Earth at any time, including the Sun, Moon, planets, and more than 4000 stars. The building also has an Observatory, atop the building, has a computer-operated DFM reflecting telescope for stargazing and for observational research projects. The sky deck has several portable telescopes and a .5-meter telescope used weather-permitting following the weekend planetarium shows.

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Undiscovered Worlds: The Search Beyond Our Sun

Sun, Oct 20, 2024 4:30pm to 5:30pm

Physical Sciences Building, 112

$2 Donation Suggested
See how astronomers search for planets around other stars. Learn about what the first extrasolar planets to be discovered are like and how they are surprising to astronomers.
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Planetarium Show: NATURAL SELECTION

Thu, Oct 10, 2024 6:30pm to 7:30pm

Physical Sciences Building, Planetarium

$2 Donation Suggested
Join Charles Darwin on his voyage to the Galapagos where he developed the theory of evolution by natural selection. Hear Darwin explain it and see the sights and species that led him to his discovery.
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Planetarium Show: NATURAL SELECTION

Sun, Oct 6, 2024 7:30pm to 8:30pm

Physical Sciences Building, Planetarium

$2 Donation Suggested
Join Charles Darwin on his voyage to the Galapagos where he developed the theory of evolution by natural selection. Hear Darwin explain it and see the sights and species that led him to his discovery.
This is a past event.

Planetarium Show: NATURAL SELECTION

Sun, Sep 29, 2024 7:30pm to 8:30pm

Physical Sciences Building, Planetarium

$2 Donation Suggested
Join Charles Darwin on his voyage to the Galapagos where he developed the theory of evolution by natural selection. Hear Darwin explain it and see the sights and species that led him to his discovery.
This is a past event.

Planetarium Show: NATURAL SELECTION

Thu, Sep 26, 2024 6:30pm to 7:30pm

Physical Sciences Building, Planetarium

$2 Donation Suggested
Join Charles Darwin on his voyage to the Galapagos where he developed the theory of evolution by natural selection. Hear Darwin explain it and see the sights and species that led him to his discovery.
This is a past event.

Planetarium Show: NATURAL SELECTION

Sun, Sep 22, 2024 7:30pm to 8:30pm

Physical Sciences Building, Planetarium

$2 Donation Suggested
Join Charles Darwin on his voyage to the Galapagos where he developed the theory of evolution by natural selection. Hear Darwin explain it and see the sights and species that led him to his discovery.
This is a past event.

Planetarium Show: Star Tracks

Sun, Apr 28, 2024 7:30pm to 8:30pm

Physical Sciences Building, Planetarium, Room 112

$1 Donation Suggested
April marks the 40th anniversary of the BGSU Planetarium and with this show we continue to celebrate this milestone with the second show ever presented at the BGSU Planetarium.  This digitized version of the original “Star Tracks” program gives a guided tour of the winter sky and a just-for-fun “space journey” combining space music and motions of the starfield.

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