Planetarium Leaders

This ongoing series of articles allows you to meet individuals and organizations who understand the power and potential of the modern planetarium and use this platform creatively to engage, educate, and inspire.

Barnard Astronomical Society

UTC Clarence T. Jones Observatory

There's a lot more beyond just your typical space topics you can dive into with the equipment from Digitalis.

Beau Hartweg

Tyler Junior College

My dad had kind of a science mind as well. He encouraged me to always be curious and explore new things.

Erin Brady

Culp Planetarium High Point University

Zooming out to show you the entire observable universe blew my mind... and made me realize that I could work in this field.

Mark Breen

Fairbanks Planetarium

Planetariums offer a unique opportunity to immerse your audience, and yourself, in a science that spans human history.

Norbert Vance & Tom Kasper

Eastern Michigan University

It's an easy to use system — I can turn over the controls to other professors, and within a few minutes they're demonstrating things like celestial motions.

George Desjarlais

MacEwan University

As we get into our Cree language, and we start to share a lot of the teachings, you begin to understand the importance of that connection between ourselves, as people, and the night sky.

Heather Preston

Calusa Nature Center and Planetarium

I felt like if you've got to have a purpose to your life, advancing the sum total of human knowledge would be a cool purpose... the deep ocean or space were two places where you could really do that in a major way.

Rod Kennedy

Casper Planetarium

Planetariums are a way to illustrate your thinking instead of just the written word.

Eric Larez

Prosser School District

Kids love to see space and the stars... Everybody can understand and look up at the sky and see stars in the sky.

Carlos Miranda

Paterson Public Schools

It's a wonderful privilege to inspire wonder and curiosity through our immersive planetarium programming.

Brian Murphy

Holcomb Planetarium Butler University

We can really be what I call 'dynamic' with the planetarium now. Even if it's a cloudy night, you can still impress the patrons.