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The Dale Etheridge Planetarium at the College of Southern Nevada
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The Dale Etheridge Planetarium at CSN is Southern Nevada's only public planetarium and the astronomical heart of Las Vegas!

We offer field trips on weekdays and our public program on weekends, with special events year-round.

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November’s theme is Exoplanetary Astronomy, and we have a brand new show debuting at 8:00pm called, “A New Blue - The Exoplanet Movie! 🌍✨

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CSN students receive FREE admission this first Friday, November, 7th.

#DaleEtheridgePlanetarium #November2025 #CSN
November 5, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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We’ll have a special showing of Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon tomorrow, Nov. 3rd at 11:00am at the Dale Etheridge Planetarium at CSN.

Get your tickets here: csnplanetarium.square.site/special-events 🎟️✨🌑🌈

#PinkFloyd #TDSOTM #DaleEtheridgePlanetarium
November 3, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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College campuses are closed today for the holiday. Wishing everyone a good Nevada Day & we’ll be back tomorrow 11/1 for the last day of our spooky astronomy themed program! 👻🕸️🦇🎃

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#daleetheridgeplanetarium #csn #collegeofsouthernnevada #planetarium #nevadaday
October 31, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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Join us if you dare. . . for a very Spooky Open Mic session this Thursday, October 30th from 5pm - 8pm at the planetarium (S146) at CSN’s North Las Vegas campus! 👻🦇🕸️

Hosted by @csncreativewritingclub @nativeheritagealliancecsn and @csn_fineartsclub

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October 29, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Catch a free spooky planetarium show Monday, 10/27 @ 11am with “Phantom of the Universe - The Hunt for Dark Matter.”

Check out the flyer below for more info. & for our other Fall 2025 semester showtimes!

Open to all CSN students ✨

#DaleEtheridgePlanetarium
#CollegeofSouthernNevada
#Fall2025
October 27, 2025 at 4:10 AM
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Join us this Saturday for a rock hunt hosted by CSN’s Native Heritage Alliance. 🪨

We’ll meet at 10:00am by the planetarium lobby in S building, the South entrance of CSN’s NLV campus.

We’ll carpool and return to the same spot around 1:30pm.

Please check the flyer to see what supplies to bring.
October 23, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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We have two showings of Pink Floyd’s 50th anniversary planetarium show for The Dark Side of the Moon coming up! 🌒🌈✨

Thursday, Oct. 23rd, 2025 @ 7:00pm
Monday, Nov. 3rd, 2025 @ 11:00am

Grab your tix at the link below! 🎟️

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#PinkFloyd #DarkSideoftheMoon
October 21, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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Join us for our free Meditation Mondays series tomorrow, Oct. 13th @ 12:30pm!

No need to bring a yoga mat, this will be a seated meditation in the planetarium’s dome theater. ✨

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#DaleEtheridgePlanetarium #MeditationMondays #CSN
October 12, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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October 11, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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Visit us in costume this October & take home a free poster from NASA’s Galaxy of Horrors. 👻🎃🕸️🦇

#SpookyAstronomy #DaleEtheridgePlanetarium
October 9, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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This October’s theme is Spooky Astronomy! 👻🦇

Check out what’s playing on Fridays & Saturdays at the planetarium, and visitors in costume will get to choose a free 11 x 17” poster from NASA’s Galaxy of Horrors!

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#DaleEtheridgePlanetarium #October
October 3, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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We’re having a special event for Moon Night with @lasvegas astronomy this Saturday and would like you to join us!

Register for your free tix for “Extraterrestrial Postcards & How to Read Them,” one of our moon shows, STEM activities, telescopes & more:

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October 1, 2025 at 5:33 AM
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Check out a special showing of Pink Floyd’s “The Dark Side of the Moon” 50th anniversary planetarium show the evening of our special event for International Observe the Moon Night Saturday, Oct. 4th at 8pm! 🌚🌈✨

Also enjoy telescope observations w/ LVAS 🔭

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September 26, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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“Extraterrestrial Postcards and How to Read Them” 👽☄️

In conjunction with our special event for IOTMN, UNLV Geoscience PhD candidate Sierra Ramsey will be giving a special presentation in the dome at 4:00pm & you’ll get to touch a real Martian meteorite!

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September 25, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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Join our event for NASA’s International Observe the Moon Night, Saturday, Oct. 4th! 🌓

Free moon shows, STEM activities, a Martian meteorite, telescopes with LVAS & more!

Register for one of our free Moon-themed planetarium shows here:

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#NASA #IOTMN
September 25, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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CSN students, please come enjoy some free planetarium shows this Thursday, Sept. 18th @ 11:00am! ✨

#CSN #DaleEtheridgePlanetarium #Fall2025Semester #CSNStudents
September 17, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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Our next showing of Pink Floyd’s 50th anniversary planetarium show for The Dark Side of the Moon is next Friday, September 19th at 11:00am. 🌒🌈✨

Grab your tix at the link below! 🎟️

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September 12, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Get ready for a night that’s out of this world! Come hang out with us for tasty food trucks, live music, a cool solar system presentation, telescopes to explore the stars, a dazzling laser demo & some unforgettable stargazing under the night sky.

Free 🎟️
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September 10, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Our 1st meditation of the Fall Semester is Monday, 9/15 @ 12pm.

Join us for a 30-minute guided meditation by Ball State University.

Please Note: These are seated meditations in our theater & yoga mats are not necessary.

Register for your free spot at:
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September 8, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Come on down to the planetarium next Saturday, 9/13 @ 1pm for our Author’s Storybook Reading with CSN student & author, Joseph P. Camel. He will be reading in the dome and signing his Clara B. John’s Award winning children’s storybook, “To Space We Go!”

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September 6, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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September’s Indigenous Astronomy Program:

3:30pm Sat: Earth, Moon & Sun
6:00pm Fri/Sat: Tales of the Maya Skies + Always Above
7:00pm Fri/Sat: The Secret of Calakmul & The Mayans: Cosmic Planners + Always Above
8:00pm Fri/Sat: One Sky + Always Above

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September 5, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Here is Ambassador of Astronomy Braeden’s review of our 8pm feature film this Friday & Saturday, “Natural Selection;” part of August’s Life on Planet Earth theme. 🧬🌎🐢

#DaleEtheridgePlanetarium #CSN #LifeonPlanetEarth #ShowReview #LasVegas #LV #Vegas #Planetarium
August 28, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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Here are Ambassador of Astronomy Braeden’s reviews of “River of Bears” & “Always Above: Space is Closer Than You Think,” our 7pm shows on Fridays & Saturdays this month as part of our Life on Planet Earth theme. 🐻🌎

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August 23, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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This month’s ‘Life on Planet Earth’ theme on weekends 🌍

3:30pm Sat: Zula Patrol: Down to Earth
6:00pm Fri/Sat: Global Soundscapes + Big Questions Astrobiology
7:00pm Fri/Sat: River of Bears + Always Above
8:00pm Fri/Sat: Natural Selection + Always Above

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August 16, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Here is Ambassador of Astronomy Braeden’s review of “Global Soundscapes”, our 6pm show Fridays & Saturdays this month, along with “Big Questions: Astrobiology” and of course, “Seasonal Stargazing” for summertime. ✨🌍🐸

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#GlobalSoundscapes #CSN #Planetarium
August 15, 2025 at 10:44 PM