SHSU Planetarium

SHSU Planetarium Offers free planetarium shows/education content to the university and public The SHSU Planetarium is located in the Farrington Building Room 102.

09/20/2026

Might be a few open spots tonight at the observatory. Viewing the Moon, star clusters and Saturn till about 10:30...(Saturn after 10) Come on out.

Hey ! Introducing the Crescent Nebula...an emission nebula created by the solar wind of a massive Wolf-Rayet star coll...
09/19/2026

Hey ! Introducing the Crescent Nebula...an emission nebula created by the solar wind of a massive Wolf-Rayet star colliding with material from earlier ejections. It is 5000 light years away in the constellation Cygnus. The final image is a stack of 720 frames taken over several nights.

Hey ! One of my favorite objects to view through a telescope is M17, the Swan Nebula. Located 5500 light years away i...
08/23/2026

Hey ! One of my favorite objects to view through a telescope is M17, the Swan Nebula. Located 5500 light years away in the constellation Sagittarius, it boasts a mass of 800 times that of the Sun!

07/23/2026

Hey ! Got plenty of spots left for tonight's 7:00 show.

Hey ! Long time, right? Have I got a treat for you though! So you've heard about black hole, maybe seen some cool an...
07/12/2026

Hey ! Long time, right? Have I got a treat for you though! So you've heard about black hole, maybe seen some cool animations online of what they may look like. And w we know, seeing one is nearly impossible because...well, its a black hole (not really a hole, but i digress) and light can't escape it. Check this out.

That is a super massive galaxy called M87. At its center is a black hole, famously imaged by the planet sized New Horizons Telescope in radio. In most computer simulations, a black hole is shown to have 2 jets of material shooting outward. That material never quite made it on to the black hole, so some gets spat back out.

If you zoom in, you can see the 5000 light years long jet sticking out at roughly the 9:00 position.

Fun fact, prior to 1991, only 1 person had ever visually seen it....and yes, we can see it through ours...with some practice.

06/23/2026

Hey SHSU!

Sorry for the long delay, but I can now announce that the summer planetarium schedule is now available! Complete show dates are June 25, July 2, July 8, July 16, July 23, and July 30....all shows start at 7:00. The show titles are: Sunstruck, and Out There. You can find details of each show on the Events section here on the page.

Clear Skies!

Hey ! Took a little trip out to Terlingua, Texas. This is looking east through a mountain valley near Christmas Mount...
05/19/2026

Hey ! Took a little trip out to Terlingua, Texas. This is looking east through a mountain valley near Christmas Mountain and Bad Rabbit Cafe.

05/07/2026

Still plenty of seats for tonight's planetarium show at 7:00.

04/16/2026

Plenty of spots left for tonight's 7:00 show! Come see what's up!

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1908 Avenue J, TX, , Department Of Physics, Sam Houston State University Farrington Building, Room 102, Box 2267
Huntsville, TX
77340

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