{"id":966,"date":"2005-10-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-10-05T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/blog\/news\/?p=966"},"modified":"2014-09-24T12:19:32","modified_gmt":"2014-09-24T16:19:32","slug":"planetarium-show-spotlights-venus-mars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2005\/planetarium-show-spotlights-venus-mars\/","title":{"rendered":"Planetarium Show Spotlights Venus, Mars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/news\/images\/planetarium-class.jpg\" alt=\"Planetarium\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\" \/> Look, up in the air, it&#8217;s a bird, it&#8217;s a plane!<\/p>\n<p>No, it&#8217;s a planet &#8211; in fact, two celestial bodies currently shining brightly in the night sky.<\/p>\n<p>Earth&#8217;s next-door planetary neighbors, Venus and Mars, are the subject of the fall public program at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/sciencecenter\/\">M.T. Brackbill Planetarium<\/a> at Eastern Mennonite University.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The planet Venus is currently prominent in the southwest sky at sunset,&#8221; said planetarium director John L. Horst. &#8220;As Venus slowly sets, Mars rises in the east.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Planetarium shows are 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 16 and 23 and Nov. 6 and 20.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/sciencecenter\/homepage.html\">D.R. Hostetter Museum of Natural History<\/a>, next to the planetarium, with more than 6,000 artifacts and specimens on display, will be open for browsing 2-3:30 p.m. each time.<\/p>\n<p>Admission to both attractions, in EMU&#8217;s Suter Science Center, is free.<\/p>\n<p>Church, school and civic groups can arrange planetarium programs and museum tours by calling 540-432-4400 for appointments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Look, up in the air, it&#8217;s a bird, it&#8217;s a plane! 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