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Member of the NASA Museum Alliance
 

Reservations and Information:  
(714) 564-6356

or email:   Lewis_Jo@sac.edu


  Seats by reservations only.

All shows are booked

through our reservationist.

For more information about making 

an individual or group reservation,

 click here.

 

Next Saturday Shows:

How Far is Up?

Feb. 11, 11 a.m.

Mar. 3, 11 a.m.

Apr. 21, 11 a.m.

America in Space

Apr. 21, 11 a.m.

 

Evening Shows

How Far is Up?

Feb. 23, 7 p.m.

Mar. 6, 7 p.m.

 

  Please, no children under 5 years old.
  Call for schedule and reservation 
  
(weekend and evening shows not
  offered every week).

  Want to receive our newsletters and
  show announcements?

  Send email to:   menn_bob@sac.edu
 

                 Newsletter sample

  Planetarium Director
     Dr. Stephen Eastmond     
 
Program Manager
     Bob Menn
 
Astronomy Educators
    Sheryl Johnson
    Dawn-Ellen Cross
    Patricia Sullivan
                   
  Building M-100
  on the campus of Santa Ana College

  Parking is $2. You can purchase a
  permit from the yellow box in the
  visitor lot right in front of the
  planetarium--but please do not
  park in the visitor lot
. Come early, 
  parking lots are typically very
  crowded during the spring and fall
 semesters.

 

 "Moon Landing" by Emon

 

 

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Now Playing

Can You See in the Dark?

Show designed specifically for Kindergarteners and First Graders

Watch as a city cousin visits his cousin in the country - and sees the  night sky like he's never seen it before. The cousins share a trip across the solar system. A shorter show structured for the sensibilities and attention span of younger children. Designed by a former preschool teacher who explored astronomical concepts with his classes. Please no children under 5.
Special $3 price.

What is  a Black Hole?

Explore the most exotic events in the cosmos: black holes, pulsars, supernovas and wormholes. Experience the most extreme forces in the universe as you cross the event horizon of a black hole and become "spaghettified!"  Seats are $5.

 

Learn about all our shows

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Please Help...

Are you concerned as to where our next generation of scientists and engineers are
 coming from? The Tessmann Planetarium
 has been inspiring students to study science and take up careers in science
and engineering for over 40 years.

We need your help and your donations.

Over 19,000 children visit the Tessmann Planetarium each year. But many schools are finding it difficult to send their students on field trips in these challenging  economic
times in California.

Help support science and astronomy
education in southern California. Your contribution may help inspire the next
Carl Sagan or Albert Einstein.

Make a difference in a child's life and contribute to the Planetarium's
endowment and field trip funds.

We Need Your Help
Now More than Ever

...Send our students on
a tour of the universe...



F
or more information, call:

Director of College Advancement

714-564-6091

Support Science Education
in Southern California.
Act today!

 

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Building M, 1530 W. 17th Street,
Santa Ana, CA 92706

Planetarium Web Editor: B. Menn