Show Schedule

December Shows

Show Date Show TIme Fulldome Show Presenter After-Show Presentation
December 13 6:30 PM Seeing! Rachael Hannah  Illuminating Vision
December 13 8:00 PM Seeing! Rachael Hannah  Illuminating Vision
December 14 3:00 PM Kids Show - Magic Treehouse Sera Shaughnessy Kids Matinee
December 14 4:30 PM Kids Show - Magic Treehouse Sera Shaughnessy Kids Matinee
December 20 6:30 PM Asteroid: Mission Extreme Sera Shaughnessy The Northern Autumn Sky
December 20 8:00 PM Asteroid: Mission Extreme Sera Shaughnessy The Northern Autumn Sky

January Shows

Show Date Show TIme Fulldome Show Presenter After-Show Presentation
January 17th 6:30 PM Fractals Rock! Samuel Cook & Stefanos Folias Fractals Rock!
January 17th 8:00 PM Awesome Light Sera Shaughnessy Sera Shaughnessy
January 24th 6:30 PM Scales of the Universe Travis Rector Guided PVT Tour
January 24th 8:00 PM Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity Travis Rector FAQ about Black Holes
January 25th 3:00 PM Kids Show: Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival Sera Shaughnessy Kids Matinee
January 25th 4:30 PM Kids Show: Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival Sera Shaughnessy Kids Matinee
January 31st 6:30 PM Seeing! Tim Hinterberger From Eye to Brain
January 31st 8:00 PM Seeing! Tim Hinterberger From Eye to Brain

February Shows

Show Date Show TIme Fulldome Show Presenter After-Show Presentation
February 1st 4:30 PM Members Only Show Katherine Rawlins  
February 8th 3:00 PM Kids Show: Earth, Moon, Sun Sera Shaughnessy Kids Matinee
February 8th 4:30 PM Kids Show: Earth, Moon, Sun Sera Shaughnessy Kids Matinee
February 14th 6:30 PM OneSky- Full Sera Shaughnessy OneSky- Full
February 14th 8:00 PM OneSky- Full Sera Shaughnessy OneSky- Full
February 21st 6:30 PM From Dream to Discovery Jessica Vos Spacecraft Systems Engineering & Associated Career Paths
February 21st 8:00 PM From Dream to Discovery Sera Shaughnessy Spring Stars
February 22nd 3:00 PM Kids Show: Magic Treehouse Sera Shaughnessy Kids Matinee
February 22nd 4:30 PM Kids Show: Magic Treehouse Sera Shaughnessy Kids Matinee
February 28th 6:30 PM Fractals Rock! Samuel Cook & Stefanos Folias Fractals Rock!
February 28th 8:00 PM Asteroid: Mission Extreme Sera Shaughnessy Spring Stars

March Shows

Show Date Show TIme Fulldome Show Presenter After-Show Presentation
March 1st 6:30 PM Mayan Archeoastronomy  Ryan Harrod  Agriculture and Astronomy: The archaeology of the sun, the moon, and the seasons
March 1st 8:00 PM Mexica Archeoastronomy  Ryan Harrod  Agriculture and Astronomy: The archaeology of the sun, the moon, and the seasons
March 8th 3:00 PM Kids Show: Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival Sera Shaughnessy Kids Matinee
March 8th 4:30 PM Kids Show: Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival Sera Shaughnessy Kids Matinee
March 21st 6:30 PM Above Alaska + Aurora Storm Jessica Knight Why we see the colors we do in the Aurora
March 21st 8:00 PM Above Alaska + Aurora Storm Jessica Knight Why we see the colors we do in the Aurora
March 22nd 3:00 PM Kids Show: Earth, Moon, Sun Sera Shaughnessy Kids Matinee
March 22nd 4:30 PM Kids Show: Earth, Moon, Sun Sera Shaughnessy Kids Matinee
March 22nd 6:30 PM Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival Ian Van Tets Using Dual-Energy X-ray Absorptiometry, DXA, to measure body condition in free-living small birds and mammals
March 22nd 8:00 PM Expedition Reef Ian Van Tets Using Dual-Energy X-ray Absorptiometry, DXA, to measure body condition in free-living small birds and mammals
March 28th 6:30 PM Origins of Life Brandon Briggs How did life change Earth?
March 28th 8:00 PM Undiscovered worlds Brandon Briggs What Life on Earth tells us about potential life elsewhere

April & May Shows

Show Date Show TIme Fulldome Show Presenter After-Show Presentation
April 11th 6:30 PM Supermassive Black Holes: Uncovering the Invisible Erin Hicks New Insight from Webb Space Telescope
April 11th 8:00 PM Exploding Universe Erin Hicks How Cosmic Explosions Shaped the Universe as We Know It
April 18th 6:30 PM Expedition Reef Laura Leonard  
April 18th 8:00 PM Expedition Reef Laura Leonard  
April 19th 3:00 PM Kids Show: Magic Treehouse Sera Shaughnessy Kids Matinee
April 19th 4:30 PM Kids Show: Magic Treehouse Sera Shaughnessy Kids Matinee
April 25th 6:30 PM Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival Skye Kushner Dinosaurs and Alaskan Fossils
April 25th 8:00 PM Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival Skye Kushner Dinosaurs and Alaskan Fossils
May 3rd 6:30 PM Asteroid: Mission Extreme Jessica Buser How Earth is Used to Study our Universe 
May 3rd 8:00 PM Asteroid: Mission Extreme Jessica Buser Remote Sensing and Applications to Discovering Life

Follow us on to get updates on these events. Please note that this schedule may need to change.  If the demand is high, we will work to offer additional shows.  

Online Ticket Prices:
  • $10 for Adults
  • $ 5 for UAA Students (w/ valid ID)
  • $ 5 for Youth (12 and under)

Tickets sold in advance at 

We have shows every week, except the first Friday. Our schedule continues into the summer with at least 2 show nights a month. Our 60 minute shows usually highlights one of our immersive, fulldome films followed by a presentation from one of our community's expert scientists, plus time for questions from the audience at the end of every show. We also have our all-live planetarium shows which feature the immense Planetarium database where one of our Astronomers will fly you through the Scales of the Universe, Stars of the Alaskan Sky, or show you our Tilted Solstice.

Seats can be purchased until the show begins and doors open 15 minutes before the show. Because the theater is dark and can be scary for young children, we do not recommend bringing children under the age of 4. Some shows have bright lights and moving scenery which could cause motion sickness or seizures. There are routes out of the planetarium if you start to feel any ill effects.

Seats may typically be reserved online until 15 minutes before the start of the show, being purchased online with a credit card. All remaining tickets will be sold at the door on a first-come, first-served basis on the night of the show. Even if a show is sold out, we typically have a few seats available on the night of the show.  The planetarium will open for seating 15 minutes before each show.  You must be in the theater 10 minutes before the show starts.  Unclaimed reserve seats will be released after this time to stand-by customers.  There is no entry after the show begins.

For questions about the planetarium, our shows, or how to make reservations on UAATix.com, please contact the planetarium staff via email at planetarium@alaska.edu or by phone at (907) 786-1838.  Should you require to cancel your public show reservations, please let us know!  

Can't make it on Friday nights? Don't like sitting next to strangers in a dark room? You and up to 63 friends can book the planetarium for a private show! Our private shows are available all year long and can be tailored to your request. We have discounted rates for school and youth groups as well. For pricing and availability email us at planetarium@alaska.edu.