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As the outreach arm of the Department of Astronomy, we are not a full-fledged or staffed science center. We do our best to meet all requests. We offer public shows based on staffing availability. The Planetarium at COSI is open for public programs.

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An Indigenous View of the Night Sky
October 15, 2024

Bilingual Spanish and English Planetarium Shows - Oct 15, 2024

Smith Lab 5033 - Arne Slettebak Planetarium
Comet A3 by Daniel Korona
October 16 - October 17, 2024

Comet Watch - October 2024

Smith Lab Roof (above the planetarium in Smith 5033)
October 18, 2024

Public Planetarium Programs - Oct 18, 2024

Smith Lab 5033 - Arne Slettebak Planetarium
WestFest logo
October 19, 2024

WestFest 2024

West Campus Quad near Byrd Polar

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Comet A3 by Daniel Korona

How to view Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS

Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS vaults into the evening sky on or about Oct. 11th. Map dates show the comet's position from latitude 40° north during the evening hours for U.S. time zones.

Aurora Borealis over Alaska

Severe solar storm could supercharge auroras across US, impact power grids, NOAA warns

A severe geomagnetic storm is possible on Thursday and Friday (Oct. 10 and Oct. 11).

Full Moon picture taken by wikipedia user gnuckx

What's Up? - Ohio Skylights October 2024

By Noah Downing
Constellations, Planets, and Astronomical Events Visible in October 2024

Happy October and happy Fall! With the days getting shorter and shorter the month will see sunrise and sunset at 7:28am and…

A tree with a night side and day side

What's Up? - Ohio Skylights September 2024

By Noah Downing
Constellations, Planets, and Astronomical Events Visible in September 2024

Happy September! I’ll be the new writer for Ohio SkyLites, so I look forward to keeping everyone up to date on what’s up…

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Liam Dubay
Liam Dubay
Planetarium Presenter
dubay.11@osu.edu
Todd Thompson
Todd Thompson
Professor of Astronomy
thompson.1847@osu.edu
Jennifer Johnson
Jennifer Johnson
Professor of Astronomy
johnson.3064@osu.edu
Amanda Ash
Amanda Ash
Planetarium Presenter
ash.172@osu.edu

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