The Dale Etheridge Planetarium at the College of Southern Nevada

The Dale Etheridge Planetarium at the College of Southern Nevada The Planetarium at CSN, Southern Nevada's only public planetarium, is the Astronomical heart of LV.

09/09/2026

Your Las Vegas Night Sky Weekly is here for September 7th - 13th, 2026

Join Dale Etheridge Planetarium at CSN manager and astrophysicist, Dr. Andrew Kerr as we explore this week’s night sky, with highlights including:

• Who saw the Jupiter-Moon conjunction?
• Mars-Castor-Pollux Triangle
• Catch Orion before Dawn
• Locating Spica & Arcturus near Venus
• The Great Square of Pegasus above Saturn & near the Andromeda Galaxy in the sky

We’ll see you back again next week for more night sky highlights from Las Vegas! ✨

https://youtu.be/TEGCcMCXnFA?si=5d2EuGMGAXA0FraY

09/01/2026

Your Las Vegas Night Sky Weekly is here for August 31st - September 6th, 2026

Join Dale Etheridge Planetarium at CSN manager and astrophysicist, Dr. Andrew Kerr as we explore this week’s night sky, with highlights including:

• Venus near Spica in the west
• Evening Star soon to be the Morning Star
• When the Moon & Saturn are rising
• International Observe the Moon Night 🌗
• Nancy Grace Roman telescope launch

We’ll see you back again next week for more night sky highlights from Las Vegas! ✨

https://youtu.be/57OQWB2tfzk?si=wJQz3CWHKlOQXMEi

08/25/2026

Your Las Vegas Night Sky Weekly is here for August 24th - 30th, 2026

Join Dale Etheridge Planetarium at CSN manager and astrophysicist, Dr. Andrew Kerr as we explore this week’s night sky, with highlights including:

• All about Thursday’s Lunar Eclipse!
• What exactly is a “Blood Moon?”
• Our Lunar Eclipse event w/ LVAS
• Pink Floyd’s TDSOTM also Thursday night 🌑🌈✨
• Saturn rejoins our nighttime sky 🪐

We’ll see you back again next week for more night sky highlights from Las Vegas! ✨

https://youtu.be/cIfsrHaJlSU?si=lB62yOVetxSubUL-

08/18/2026

Your Las Vegas Night Sky Weekly is here for August 17th - 23rd, 2026

Join Dale Etheridge Planetarium at CSN manager and astrophysicist, Dr. Andrew Kerr as we explore this week’s night sky, with highlights including:

• The Moon starts off the week in the western sky, where will it end up?
• Spica & Virgo betwixt the Moon & Venus
• Early evening Milky Way stargazing
• How to find Arcturus using the Big Dipper
• Saturn joins the nighttime sky 🪐

We’ll see you back again next week for more night sky highlights from Las Vegas! ✨

https://youtu.be/xfhyw1_nSL0?si=xoA6i-98aLdDKfHR

08/12/2026

Join Dale Etheridge Planetarium at CSN manager and astrophysicist, Dr. Andrew Kerr for a special Solar Eclipse edition of the Las Vegas Weekly Night Sky. 🌞🌚🌍

Although not visible from Las Vegas, we’ll be hosting a live-stream of the total eclipse of the Sun from NASA in our planetarium’s dome theater on Wednesday, August 12th beginning at 10:15am.

If you’re not able to make it, you can also catch NASA’s eclipse live-stream at 2026 Total Solar Eclipse | NASA+

And don’t forget to look out for a spectacular showing of the Perseids meteor shower this year! It peaks late night/early morning Tuesday into Wednesday & Wednesday into Thursday, so just head outside the city lights for optimal viewing. ☄️🌠

We’ll see you back again next week for more night sky highlights from Las Vegas! ✨

https://youtu.be/rIfrNHGRsO0?si=Mg_yTsCPVkvhS1G-

08/06/2026

Your Las Vegas Night Sky Weekly is here for August 3rd - 9th, 2026

Join Dale Etheridge Planetarium at CSN manager and astrophysicist, Dr. Andrew Kerr as we explore this week’s night sky, with highlights including:

• The truth about our ‘evening star’ Venus 🔥
• Scorpius, Sagittarius & the 13th zodiac constellation
• Late night Moon near Saturn
• How to spot Saturn with binoculars 🪐
• Which planet will join the morning sky ⁉️

We’ll see you back again next week for more night sky highlights from Las Vegas! ✨

https://youtu.be/zN45pzUkmhE?si=3NHBCtLWME_T5IQU

07/28/2026

Your Las Vegas Night Sky Weekly is here for July 27th - August 2nd, 2026

Join Dale Etheridge Planetarium at CSN manager and astrophysicist, Dr. Andrew Kerr as we explore this week’s night sky, with highlights including:

• A lone planet in the evening sky
• Saturnian midnight snack 🪐
• Spotting the Andromeda Galaxy
• Moon’s journey from the teapot of Sagittarius 🫖
• Advance tips for the Perseids ☄️

We’ll see you back again next week for more night sky highlights from Las Vegas! ✨

https://youtu.be/9aj9jzdYz1o?si=ABDBabA4mlxLTNma

07/21/2026

Your Las Vegas Night Sky Weekly is here for July 20th - 26th, 2026.

In this special edition highlighting Apollo 11, Dr. Kerr explores that historic mission in detail, including audio & visuals from that famous day. 🌖

We’ll see you back again next week for more night sky highlights from Las Vegas! ✨

https://youtu.be/24Rya5KKEPA?si=Vb7MRQ0RcahggvOg

07/14/2026

Your Las Vegas Night Sky Weekly is here for July 13th - 19th, 2026

Join Dale Etheridge Planetarium at CSN manager and astrophysicist, Dr. Andrew Kerr as we explore this week’s night sky, with highlights including:

• Venus & Regulus joined by the Moon early evening
• The Northern Triangle in the east
• How to draw a line across the disc of the Milky Way
• When & where to find Saturn 🪐
• Mars & Aldebaran in the morning sky

We’ll see you back again next week for more night sky highlights from Las Vegas! ✨

https://youtu.be/BWwjP-dgY3c?si=rO5QOXTuJZt8d82z

07/07/2026

Your Las Vegas Night Sky Weekly is here for July 6th - 12th, 2026

Join Dale Etheridge Planetarium at CSN manager and astrophysicist, Dr. Andrew Kerr as we explore this week’s night sky, with highlights including:

• The only planet left in early evening sky
• Venus & Regulus in close proximity
• Finding the galactic center In Sagittarius
• Moon & Saturn rise together early Wednesday
• Mars, Aldeberan, & a thin crescent moon will be in alignment the morning of the 11th 🌙

We’ll see you back again next week for more night sky highlights from Las Vegas! ✨

https://youtu.be/05FTFaWALeo?si=VPYGhru9d7JYTugg

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