Planetarium Shows
The Jim Cherry Memorial Planetarium at Fernbank Science Center is a celestial theater in the round, utilizing the Digistar 7 10K projection system. The planetarium has one of the highest resolutions of any planetarium in the world, creating a stunning immersive environment, while guiding the audience through the wonders of the universe!
The Sky Tonight
Audience: Best for a general audience.
Presented live by a Fernbank Science Center astronomer, this is a guided tour through the constellations, planets and celestial events of the current evening sky.
Showtime: First Saturday of each month at 12:00 PM
The Zula Patrol: Down to the Earth
Audience: Best for a younger audience (4-8)
When their hurt pet Gorga is tricked into helping the villainous Dark Truder rule the universe, the Zula Patrol must rescue him while learning about terrestrial and interplanetary weather.
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Perfect Little Planet
Audience: Best for a general audience
A family from another star system searches our solar system for the perfect vacation spot. Dad wants peace and quiet, Mom wants pretty moons. Visit all the planets and enjoy exotic locales in the vacation trip of a lifetime. Walk on Pluto's frozen surface. Fly the ice cliffs of Miranda. Feel the power of Jupiter's storm clouds.
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Two Small Pieces of Glass
Audience: Best for a general audience
"Two Small Pieces of Glass" follows two students at a star party as they learn how the telescope evolved from Galileo's simple lenses into massive modern space observatories. Through this journey, audiences of all ages explore 400 years of astronomical wonder and discovery.
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Big
Audience: Best for ages 8 and up
BIG uses a light-hearted storytelling style, computer animation, and stop-motion characters to answer one of astronomy's hardest questions: "How big is the Universe?" The immersive fulldome journey brings this massive subject down to Earth by traveling to the farthest reaches of our observable cosmos.
Black Holes
Audience: Best for ages 8 and up
Black Holes takes you on a fully immersive journey through one of the most mystifying, awe-inspiring phenomena in the universe: a black hole. Where do they come from? Where do they go? How do we find them? Is there one on Earth’s horizon? What was Einstein’s connection to them?
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