*THIS IS EVENT IS at FULL CAPACITY Pat Terhune-Inverso, Senior Adjunct Professor, has graciously offered a private tour of the planetarium to SAS. (See more on Pat below). She will discuss the planetrium and her approach to teaching astronomy at the college level. We will also see the professionally produced full planetarium movie "STARS" which tells the story of how stars are born, how they die and how our understanding has changed over time. Dinner will be at 6pm at the ... more

It is time for the Bonney Lake Chapter's trip to the Science Dome! The event is on Saturday, May 7th at 11am. Location is Pierce College in Fort Steilacoom. We will start with a presentation on comets, asteroids, and dwarf planets. After that there is the dome show on Planet Nine. The film goes int recent discovereis that lead scientists to believe there is something big lurking in the cold black of space. This object is believed to be out beyond the Oort cloud, knocking comets and ... more

Former planetarium supervisor and forever planetarian Jeff Dunn will discuss the joys and challenges of operating and maintaining a legacy planetarium. Additionally Jeff will share his experience working with various institutions, non-profit organizations and astronomical societies and what the future looks like for astronomical outreach.