The Delta College Planetarium

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It was actually a lot worse of a day than the opening photo would lead you to believe. There was a pretty substantial wind coming from the west on this day and when we left home to visit the planetarium, we had already lost power at our house.

@mrsbozz and I were slated to babysit one of her friends kids on this particular Saturday, so she thought it might be fun to take them to a show at the local planetarium. The Delta College Planetarium has been around for as long as I can remember. Even though I attended Delta College for a couple of years to get my Associates Degree, I think I have only been in the planetarium maybe twice in my life.

Both those times were in the past five years.

The first was to watch James Hood's Mesmerica a couple of years ago, and the second was this weekend when we went to watch "Let It Snow".

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If you visit the site, you will actually see they have about four shows playing right now.

  • Life Under the Arctic Sky
  • Let It Snow
  • Eclipse: The Sun Revealed
  • James Hood's Beautifica

Clearly, since we had the kids, we were checking out the Let It Snow show as I mentioned before. We also had @mrsbozz's dad tag along with us because we thought he might enjoy the show.

As you can see from the photos, the building has an interesting shape to it. I think they were going for some combination of the capsules from the old style rockets, and a starbase on some distant planet. It's pretty cool though and I'm almost sorry that the pictures I took don't do it justice.

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Surrounding the actual planetarium seating area they have mission flags and displays as you can see in the photo above. They also have a gift shop that sells all sorts of space related trinkets you would expect from a place like this. Given the association with the college, there is a large emphasis on education and many schools in the area take multiple field trips to the planetarium each year.

The tickets for this show were ridiculously cheap, even without the veterans discount that we got for my wife's dad. There aren't that many seats inside the planetarium, but I don't think too many people come here. I will be the first to admit I don't usually consider visiting here, but after looking at a couple of the shows they have going right now, I'd certainly be interested.

That life under the arctic sky sounds amazing!

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We ended up being pretty far back in the line, so I wasn't able to get any photos of the interior of the planetarium proper. I would have liked to show you the seating. They are a bit date, but they kind of tilt back so you can look up at the ceiling to get a full view of the stars.

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I apologize, I know the photos kind of look washed out here, but trust me, as soon as they bring the lights down, things really start to clear up. The projector is full 360 degree high definition. In fact, as soon as they close the doors to start the show, you are allowed to leave, but you are not allowed to re-enter. They claim it is for safety reasons given how dark it is inside.

They always start every show with a video of some comet that one of the probes flew by recently. They display it in a box to show you what it would look like if you were in a movie theater. Then they expand the view to completely surround you to show what they are capable of in the planetarium. It's pretty cool.

Let It Snow as a pretty good program. It didn't last more than an hour and my father in law was asleep after the first song. It was basically classic Christmas Carols played with a backdrop of various geometric patterns and shapes spinning all around you.

I get the feeling that's how a lot of the non-educational shows go... shapes spinning, merging, separating, flying around. Trust me, it's cooler than I make it sound.

There were a large number of families in the audience and of course there were several songs that everyone decided it would be a good idea to do a sing-a-long much to my chagrin.

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Thankfully, the show only lasted about an hour, then it was time to go and get an early dinner. I picked up this beauty of a burger that was absolutely delicious! My mouth is watering just looking at the photo again!

It never fails, whenever I talk about the planetarium, I always think about this episode of South Park.


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I've always been fascinated with the night sky ever since I was a little kind, I remember asking for a telescope pretty much every year for Christmas and never getting one until I was a grown adult. That makes the planetarium extra special for me even if the show has nothing to do with the stars, constellations, or heavenly bodies.

Do you have a planetarium near where you live? Have you ever been? Do they do special shows like the one we visited? Have you ever seen a prettier burger? :)


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I think there is too much lettuce on that burger or?! haha But it looks pretty big!!

Ive never been to a planetarium, I usually find them very boring like on that South Park clip! haha

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It's pretty amazing what they can show you. I think my favorite part of the South Park clip is when they show the two stars and then they say it is some big complex constellation. My mind isn't creative enough to see half those figures. Looking back, the lettuce does seem a bit weak. The pickles were on point though.

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I like the architecture of the planetarium really cool! 😎

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It is a very unique building!

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I do like a good planetarium show. It's not something you can experience otherwise. I've not been to one in a while though. There's one in London, but it's a long time since I was there.

You do seem to find the biggest burgers. Enjoy.

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I figured they probably had something in the big city there. This was actually a pretty small burger compared to the other options on their menu! It was delicious though.

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The planetarium has an interesting and attractive shape and they also have a great variety of shows playing, where I live there are two planetariums nearby, I went once when my son was younger but they only had a single program but it was a nice experience. By the way the burger looks tasty, I have always liked the combination of cheddar cheese, onions, pickles and bacon

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There is something really special about a classic burger. I like the fancy ones with crazy toppings too, but you just can't beat tradition. I need to make it a point to get over to the planetarium more.

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I’ve never seen a burger that is as big as this, hahaha
I don’t think I’d be able to finish this

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It actually wasn't too bad. You just squish all the veggies down and it is more manageable. This burger is pretty small compared to some I have seen.

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I've not been to one in years, but they do have really cool shows. It's hard to see the night sky well in southern California unless you head up into the mountains or beyond out into the desert.

Burger sure looks awesome...
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I live close to a smaller city and it is still hard to see the stars sometimes. It's like a totally different sky when we head up camping, those are some of my favorite times.

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It's nice isn't it when you can see the Milky Way and all the stars!

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Sounds like a nice planetarium ! I went to see the musical Wicked the other night, and the person sitting next to me fell asleep at that !

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I've never seen Wicked, but I can't imagine falling asleep at a musical. I guess some people can sleep anywhere!

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The Architecture work here is amazing

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I love planetariums. If I had one nearby I think I'd probably go to every show they do.

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I'm going to try and make it a point of going to this one more. It's in a cool area on the waterfront surrounded by bars and restaurants, so you could definitely make an evening or afternoon of it.

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