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Visit the second largest planetarium in Illinois!听
The William M. Staerkel Planetarium is located at 小猪视频官网College in northwest Champaign. As you enter our campus, follow the perimeter drive to the west side of campus. We appear like a large cylindrical building with a conical roof. The planetarium now听boasts a Digistar 6听digital projection system听and the first Carl Zeiss M1015 opto-mechanical star projector installed in the western hemisphere. Our lobby displays the Billy Morrow Jackson mural Cosmic Blink听and the Goose Kaler Memorial Meteorite Collection.
Public shows are held on Friday evenings at 7 pm and 8 pm听and now on听Saturday afternoons听at 1听pm and 2听pm. All tickets are currently sold at the door. However, if you're bringing a group of 20 or more, you can call us at 217/351-2568 to make special arrangements. For a full schedule of听programming, see our calendar.听 We are closed most holidays when the college is closed.听
We are open during听the week for groups booking field trips. We do not have any regularly scheduled programming through the week with the exception of matinees held during听June and July. If you're a teacher looking to book a field trip, click here!听