Planetarium
Photo: Steve Savage
Current Show Schedule
‘Imiloa's digital full-dome planetarium system and 5.1 audio surround sound create a spectacular immersive audio-visual experience! Every presentation includes a live sky lecture featuring the sky as viewed from Maunakea.
All daily Planetarium shows are included in the price of a general admission ticket.
Daily Shows:
| 11 AM | Maunakea: Between Earth and Sky |
| 1 PM & 3 PM |
Fragile Planet Earth, our only known haven for life, inhabits a special place in the cosmos. But how special? Sigourney Weaver guides audiences on an immersive excursion that will inspire a new perspective on our home world. After a close look at Earth, Fragile Planet visits the planets and moons in our solar system in search of hide-outs for life, and then takes in our ongoing exoplanetary exploration and extragalactic discoveries. |
| 2 PM |
Awesome Light: Seeing the Invisible Awesome Light 2 is currently in production and features Caltech Submillimeter Observatory, James Clerk Maxwell Telescope, Harvard Smithsonian Submillimeter Array, and the Very Long Baseline Array. The program looks at radio and submillimeter astronomy and how this area of astronomy reveals discoveries not possible in visible light. |
| 10 AM on Saturdays |
Sesame Street: One World, One Sky The 20-minute planetarium show follows Sesame Street's Big Bird and Elmo as they explore the night sky with Hu Hu Zhu, a Muppet from Zhima Jie, the Chinese co-production of Sesame Street. Together, they take an imaginary trip from Sesame Street to the moon, where they discover how different it is from Earth. One World, One Sky is a brilliant spectacle of light and color as the furry friends watch the stars twinkle over Sesame Street. |
Evening programs:
| 7 PM |
Maunakea Skies 3rd Saturday of the month |
| 7 PM |
Hitchhikers Guide Thursdays, Starts August 5 to September 9 |
Coming Soon:
| Sept 25 | Dawn of the Space Age |
Avatar or other 3D movies in the planetarium
Planetarium show schedule subject to change, please check at the front desk to confirm programming, show times or cancellations.
