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Visit the second largest planetarium in Illinois!
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. The planetarium is in a large cylindrical building with a conical roof. The planetarium now boasts a Digistar 6 digital projection system and the first Carl Zeiss M1015 opto-mechanical star projector installed in the western hemisphere. The lobby displays the Billy Morrow Jackson painting听Cosmic Blink听and the Goose Kaler Memorial Meteorite Collection.
Public shows are held on Friday evenings at 7 pm and 8 pm and on Saturday afternoons at 1听pm and 2听pm. All tickets are sold at the door or at . However, if you're bringing a group of 20 or more, you can call听217/351-2568 to make special arrangements. For a full schedule of听programming,听see the听public show calendar. The planetarium is听closed on听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.听For more information on听booking a field trip for your class or group, see听the听Group Visits page