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2015-10-31
      12:30

UofT Planetarium: Halloween Planetarium Show

Showtimes: 12:30pm and 2:00pm

**Please note that this show will geared towards children and costumes are encouraged!**

Looking for a Halloween scare? Then enter – if you dare! Vampire stars, howling comets, cannibal galaxies. Our Universe is home to some truly spooky sights! Join us on a haunted tour while listening to the eerie sounds recorded by spacecraft as they wander the cold, dark expanse of deep space. And remember – in space, no one can hear you scream!
 • Spooky nebula
 • The Perseus cluster’s screaming skull
 • Zombie stars
 • Vampires in Space!
 • Galactic cannibalism
 • The howling comet: 67P
 • Set against the spooky ‘soundtrack’ of our solar system!

Your show will be approximately 50 minutes long. All of our shows are presented live and in person by University of Toronto astronomers. Plenty of time is allocated for questions from the audience.

If you have questions please contact planetarium@universe.utoronto.ca

Who can attend: Everyone
Fee: $6 (Online pre-purchase)
Tickets: Online pre-purchase. Normally, shows sell out prior to the day of the show. However, any tickets not pre-sold will be available at the door for $5 per person, cash only.
Organized by: UNIVERSE.utoronto.ca (Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, the Dunlap Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, and the Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics)
Location: University of Toronto, Astronomy Building, Room AB79 (basement), 50 St. George Street, Toronto

http://www.dunlap.utoronto.ca/events/halloween-planetarium-show-3/

Ghost Nebula image credit: T.A. Rector/University of Alaska Anchorage, H. Schweiker/WIYN andNOAO/AURA/NSF

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