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photo of two silhouetted people looking up inside a planetarium dome
Vanderbilt Museum and Reichert Planetarium

180 Little Neck Rd, Centerport, NY 11721

June 3, 2023
9:30 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Join scientists from Brookhaven Lab as they discuss the wonders of the universe at the Vanderbilt Museum and Reichert Planetarium. Take a turn with hands-on experiences that show the different weights in different planetary gravities, explore craters of the moon, and more!

exterior photo of the Reichert Planetarium

Vanderbilt Museum's Reichert Planetarium

The Vanderbilt Museum and grounds and Reichert Planetarium will open at 9:30 a.m.and admission will be FREE for all members of the public until 2 p.m. Visitors will have access to the grounds as well as exhibits in the Vanderbilt Mansion and Marine Museum. Seating for the scientific talks and Planetarium shows require reservations. Click on the shows below to reserve your seat!

10 a.m. Comets, Asteroids and Near Earth Objects."
Scientist Steven Bellavia of Brookhaven Lab's Collider-Accelerator Department will share a talk about the comets and asteroids (45 minutes).
Reserve Seat
11 a.m. A Guide to Galactic Cosmic Rays: Studying Space Particles at Brookhaven National Lab.
Scientist Trevor Olsen of Brookhaven Lab's NASA Space Radiation Laboratory will share a talk about galactic cosmic rays (45 minutes).
Reserve Seat
Noon The Vera Rubin Observatory: Legacy Survey of Space and Time.”
Scientist Steven Bellavia of Brookhaven Lab's Collider-Accelerator Department will share a talk about the Vera Rubin observatory (45 minutes).
Reserve Seat
1 p.m. The Far Side of the Moon: Probing the Unexplored Universe.”
Scientist Paul O’Connor of Brookhaven’s Lab Instrumentation Division will share a talk about the Lunar Surface Electromagnetics Experiment-Night (LuSEE-Night) project.
Reserve Seat