Feb. 10, 2025 — The University of Memphis Lambuth M. D. Anderson Planetarium announces an upgrade with its acquisition of a new Digitarium Theta III projector. The Theta III uses a 4k UHD laser-phosphor projector plus Digitarium’s innovative fisheye lens to project high-contrast imagery over the full 30-foot dome.
The University of Memphis Lambuth M. D. Anderson Planetarium seats 60 and offers public shows twice a week, on Tuesdays (5:30 p.m.) and Fridays (1:30 p.m.), as well as a Kids’ After School Special the second Friday of the month at 3:45 p.m., and a Kids’ Saturday Morning Planetarium Show the fourth Saturday of the month at 9:30 a.m. Doors open 15 minutes before showtime. For safety reasons, there is no seating once the IN USE lights are on. No food or drink is allowed in the auditorium.
Here is the remaining schedule for February:
- Tuesday, Feb. 4, 5:30 p.m. – “Two Small Pieces of Glass: the amazing telescope”
- Friday, Feb. 7, 1:30 p.m. – “Two Small Pieces of Glass: the amazing telescope”
- Tuesday, Feb. 11, 5:30 p.m. – “Cosmic Origins Spectrograph”
- Friday, Feb. 14, 1:30 p.m. – “Cosmic Origins Spectrograph”
- Friday, Feb. 14, 3:45 p.m. – Kids’ After School Special Planetarium Show – “Max Goes to the Moon”
- Tuesday, Feb. 18, 5:30 p.m. – “Forward! To the Moon”
- Friday, Feb. 21, 1:30 p.m. – “Forward! To the Moon”
- Saturday, Feb. 22, 9:30 a.m. – Kids’ Saturday Morning Planetarium Show – “TimeSpace”
- Tuesday, Feb. 25, 5:30 AND 6:30 p.m. – “Sunstruck”
- Friday, Feb. 28, 1:30 p.m. – “Sunstruck
For more information about the University of Memphis Lambuth, visit www.memphis.edu/lambuth, call 731.425.1904, or email lambuth@memphis.edu.
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MEDIA CONTACT:
Holley Wood
planetarium@memphis.edu
731.425.736
