Blown Away: The Wild World of Weather. This show is a virtual adventure produced by the New Detroit Science Center. You will see an incredible view of the many forms of our earth's weather through spectacular footage, projected on our 40 foot dome. Blown Away features a journey into space to explore the sun's effect on weather conditions and on-screen appearances by news meteorologists to further uncover the science of our planet's climate.

Search for Life in the Universe. Are we alone in the universe? Host Leonard Nimoy (Star Trek's Mr. Spock) poses this question, which has puzzled humanity since its beginning. Learn about the attempts being made to establish contact with extraterrestrial civilizations. Examine the ingredients necessary for life on our planet as we ponder the possibility of life in our solar system and beyond.

Ring World. Follow the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft as it passes Venus, Earth, and Jupiter on its way to Saturn. See it fly across the 40-foot Sky Dome of the Planetarium and witness it land on Titan, the only moon in the solar system with its own atmosphere. Take the timely journey through space with the probes which left Earth more than six years ago.

Kentucky Skies. Get a sneak-preview of tonights sky! How? Through the magic of our 40-foot dome, plus the expertise of our planetarium staff! Learn the constellations, the lore of the night sky, and some celestial events you can see for yourself.

GOLDEN POND OBSERVATORY
The observatory is home to the West Kentucky Amateur Astronomers. WKAA meetings are held each Saturday closest to the New Moon and the public is invited to attend at no charge.

The observatory is home to the West Kentucky Amateur Astronomers. WKAA meetings are held each Saturday closest to the New Moon and the public is invited to attend at no charge. For a complete list of WKAA meetings, look on our calendar of events. Our observatory houses a 12.5" custom-built Newtonian telescope that is set up for astro-photography. There is also a 4.5" refractor set up for Hydrogen-Alpha viewing of the sun. General observing is done through a 17.5" Dobsonian and two 8" Schmidt-Cassegrain telescopes.