The Manitoba Museum Planetarium’s popular online program, Dome@Home, returns this month. Hosted by Planetarium astronomer Scott Young, the show brings the wonders of the universe to anyone with an internet connection.
The show has changed formats, becoming a 1-hour program run on the last Thursday of each month. The show’s content will focus on all of the celestial sights and special events that viewers can see over the next month.
“We started Dome@Home during the pandemic, when the Planetarium was closed,” says Young. “Once the Planetarium reopened, we weren’t able to produce a weekly online show as well as operate all of our planetarium shows and programs, so something had to give.”
The first show of the new format will be broadcast live at 7 pm CDT on Thursday, August 31 on the Manitoba Museum’s Facebook page and YouTube channel. The kick-off show features a tour of the end-of-summer sky, close-ups on the visible planets, and a look ahead to a possible bright comet in September.
The next episode, set to air September 28, will focus on the upcoming partial eclipse of the Sun visible from Winnipeg on October 14 of this year. Future episodes will look at other celestial sights, and also see the return of favorite Dome@Home segments like “Cool Space Stuff” and guest presentations by local astronomers and observers.
