If you ever get a chance, go ahead and go check it out. It's a really impressive facility. The "typical" planetarium show is called Carolina Skys and is really quite good. When I went it was narrated by a dude named "Meteor Mike", and he was incredibly informed and engaging.

http://www.moreheadplanetarium.org/

Right now they have a coupon good till the 30th of August that does a 2 for 1 on Tuesdays... so that would be only this Tuesday. Also, they have student rates, so... that's cool, but probably cant' combine the coupons with the rates, whatever.

Go. Its fun.

8/24/2008 4:17:34 PM

bttt

8/27/2008 11:16:30 AM

I went a handful of times in elementary school. I might hit it up with this new chica, she digs that sorta thing. Where did you come across this 2for1 coupon?

8/27/2008 11:18:40 AM

I just go for the astronaut ice cream in the gift shop

8/27/2008 11:45:48 AM

I've been meaning to go for 6 months nows.

8/27/2008 11:50:07 AM

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"I went a handful of times in elementary school."

yup

I went two summers ago, good times really. One of the neater things is that you can go to the planetarium show and then just drive south to Jordan lake and test out your new found skywatching skills.

8/27/2008 1:32:23 PM

2 girls 1 coupon

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8/27/2008 2:12:37 PM

^^

or after the show going right outside and finding that polaris REALLY IS fucking due north

like DUE FUCKING NORTH

it's crazy

8/27/2008 2:13:42 PM

i went sometime in the last few years, they said they were switching to a digital star projector soon instead of that old star projector. they said it was one of the last of its kind which i thought was kind of cool. they also said they could project what the night sky would like from anywhere on earth if you gave them a date and location

8/27/2008 2:51:09 PM

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"I went two summers ago, good times really. One of the neater things is that you can go to the planetarium show and then just drive south to Jordan lake and test out your new found skywatching skills."

That sounds like a really awesome date idea but I'm also a total nerd who loves the planetarium. I kind of miss the laser shows too, those were bad ass.

8/27/2008 3:05:06 PM

i remember seeing a Pink Floyd laser show there as part of one of my younger visits. It was far out.

8/27/2008 3:40:50 PM

Enjoy Polaris being the "north star" while you still can...
darned ol' precession!

(in many years of course)

8/27/2008 4:18:41 PM

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"they also said they could project what the night sky would like from anywhere on earth if you gave them a date and location"

Last time I went they did this for us.

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"or after the show going right outside and finding that polaris REALLY IS fucking due north like DUE FUCKING NORTH"

I know. It beats the Southern Hemisphere, that is for sure. There, you're looking for a black spot near the horizon that has no stars. Lame. No wonder they sent all the convicts to Australia.

8/27/2008 4:43:21 PM

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"Morehead's public areas (planetarium, NASA Digital Theater, gift shop and exhibits) are closed for routine maintenance until Sept. 16, 2008. These areas will reopen at that time with a new fall schedule to follow. "

8/30/2008 8:43:06 PM

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"One of the neater things is that you can go to the planetarium show and then just drive south to Jordan lake and test out your new found skywatching skills."

My boyfriend and I did that once as a date. A++

8/31/2008 5:03:21 AM