WVWC providing month-to-month planetarium exhibits | Information, Sports activities, Jobs

BUCKHANNON — West Virginia Wesleyan College is internet hosting month-to-month exhibits at its planetarium that function a journey by house, a tour of the night time sky and telescope viewing experiences.

The applications are supplied the primary Saturday of every month within the 40-seat planetarium, which is positioned on the second flooring of Christopher Hall. The periods are open to the general public and seating is on a first-come, first-serve foundation.

The subsequent planetarium expertise at Wesleyan will likely be on Saturday, Sept. 6 at 8 p.m. Doors will open half-hour earlier than showtime, and cash taken in from ticket gross sales go on to facility upkeep and video price. Funds collected additionally enable the planetarium to supply free exhibits for college and children’ teams all year long.

The 40-seat planetarium was a key a part of the design of the Christopher Hall of Science and was accomplished in December 1968. Originally, it had a state-of-the-art Spitz A3P prime projector and was supposed for each educating and public exhibits.

“In the fall of 2017, with a generous donation from the Naylor Family Trust Fund, we upgraded to a fully digital projection system that now allows us to fly up close to planets and display beautiful images of deep sky objects,” stated Dr. Tracey DeLaney, affiliate professor and West Virginia Wesleyan College Planetarium director. “Of late we have only been using the planetarium for teaching and school shows, but we are now excited to finally reopen for public shows.”

West Virginia Wesleyan College is a personal, four-year residential liberal arts and sciences school in Buckhannon. A practice of excellence for greater than 130 years, West Virginia Wesleyan gives college students practically 60 majors and 40 minors.

For extra info on Wesleyan or any of its upcoming occasions, go to the school’s Facebook web page or go to www.wvwc.edu.