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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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Our destination today is NGC 7727, a galaxy 89 million light-years away.

In it, two supermassive black holes are on a collision course. One has a mass almost 154 million times that of the Sun, while its companion is 6.3 million solar masses.

Read more: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2117/ 🔭
December 10, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Join Dr. Andrew Kerr as we explore this week's night sky, with highlights including:

• Our Solar System’s moon king
• All about Saturn’s moons
• A closer look at Jupiter’s Galilean moons
• The stars lining the belt of Orion
• The Orion & Horse Head Nebulae

#LasVegasNightSkyWeekly #DEP #CSN
Las Vegas Night Sky Weekly: December 8th - 14th, 2025
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December 9, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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NGC 602

James Webb
December 8, 2025 at 3:43 AM
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Today is International Day of Persons with Disabilities #IDPwD.

ESA keeps moving forward the conversation to break down barriers and make space and science accessible to all.

#EveryoneIncluded #AccessibleWorld
December 3, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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Tonight's festive Mariachi Concert will be presented under the direction of Perry Chacon. The show also includes performances by CSN’s Mariachi program as well as youth groups from Clark County School District.

Tickets still available online at: www.csn.edu/pac
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CSN Mariachi Concert December 3, 2025
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December 3, 2025 at 4:50 PM
This December we have a Holiday & Winterly themed program, including old favorites such as Season of Light & Experience the Aurora! ❄️🎆🌟

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CSN students receive FREE admission 1st Friday 12/05 & for any weekend show if extra credit is offered for your course.
December 3, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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#PPOD: NASA's Perseverance rover captured this view of Deimos, the smaller of Mars' two moons, shining in the sky at 4:27 a.m. local time on March 1, 2025, the 1,433rd Martian day, or sol, of the mission. 🧪 🔭

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
December 2, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Join Dr. Andrew Kerr as we explore this week's night sky, with highlights including:

• Saturn lights up the Southern sky
• The Moon joining Jupiter & Gemini’s stars in the Eastern skies
• Mercury at Greatest Elongation on 12/07
• The elderly stars Betelgeuse & Rigel
• Our Sun’s eventual fate
Las Vegas Night Sky Weekly: December 1st - 7th, 2025
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December 2, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Our next showing of Pink Floyd’s 50th anniversary planetarium show for The Dark Side of the Moon will be the last one of the year! 🌒🌈✨

Saturday, December 13th, 2025 @ 9:00PM

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#daleetheridgeplanetarium #csn #pinkfloyd #darksideofthemoon #lasvegas
November 30, 2025 at 7:28 PM
A Happy Thanksgiving weekend from the planetarium. ✨😊🧡

We are grateful for each and every one of you.

We will be back with December’s Winter & Holiday themed public program next Friday, 12/05.

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November 29, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Join Dr. Andrew Kerr as we explore this week's night sky, with highlights including:

• The Moon in Aquarius on Thanksgiving
• Terminator’s 3D appearance during 1st quarter
• Saturn’s rotation & revolution
• Best times to view Orion, Jupiter, & Uranus
• HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!! 🦃

#LVNightSkyWeekly
Las Vegas Night Sky Weekly: November 24th - 30th, 2025
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November 25, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Join us for a tranquil meditation in our planetarium’s dome theater on Monday, November 24th at 12:30pm. ✨

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#MeditationMondays #DaleEtheridgePlanetarium #CSN #NLVCampus #FreeEvent #LasVegas
November 23, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Join Dr. Andrew Kerr as we explore this week's night sky, with highlights including:

• The face of Taurus the Bull
• The Pleiades & Hyades and mythology
• Definition of a Light Year
• All about Saturn’s rings 🪐
• The thin crescent moon beside Venus in the dawn sky will move to the evening skies
Las Vegas Night Sky Weekly: November 17th - 23rd, 2025
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November 18, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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This is the last concert scheduled of CSN's fall semester!
November 14, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Join Dr. Andrew Kerr as we explore this week's night sky, with highlights including:

• Northern Taurids tonight & the Leonids next Monday morning ☄️
• Jupiter rising late evening
• When to expect the crescent moon in the dawn skies 🌙
• How to spot Saturn with the naked eye 🪐

#LVNightSkyWeekly #CSN
Las Vegas Night Sky Weekly: November 10th - 16th, 2025
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November 11, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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
Join Dr. Andrew Kerr as we explore this week's night sky, with highlights including:

• NightSky adjustments as clocks fall back an hour
• Precession & pole stars
• Debunking astrology
• Saturn near Capricorn & Sagittarius
• Best phases & methods for optimal lunar observations 🌗🔭
Las Vegas Night Sky Weekly: November 3rd - 9th, 2025
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November 4, 2025 at 5:50 AM
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
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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Astronomers have discovered a ready-to-image super-Earth candidate less than 20 light-years away.
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A Super-Earth Candidate Less Than 20 Light-Years Away
Astronomers have discovered a ready-to-image super-Earth candidate, named GJ 251c, less than 20 light-years away.
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October 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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
Join Dr. Andrew Kerr as we explore this week's night sky, with highlights including:

• Comet Lemon 2025 🍋
• The Swan comet near Saturn 🪐🦢
• Our extrasolar visitor, comet 3I/Atlas & its scientific value
• The Europa Clipper’s possible path through 3I/Atlas’ tail
• Which planets are visible when
Las Vegas Night Sky Weekly: October 27th - November 2nd, 2025
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October 28, 2025 at 5:27 AM
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 ✨

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#CollegeofSouthernNevada
#Fall2025
October 27, 2025 at 4:10 AM
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
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