Welcome to the Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium

Lyman Spitzer Jr. Planetarium

Immerse Yourself

The only public planetarium in Vermont invites you to take a tour of the cosmos, get transported by extreme weather, or travel through time to the age of the dinosaurs. Choose from a selection of films and in-person presentations during your visit. Or reserve the planetarium for a private show!

Today’s Programs

  • Tonight's Sky - Live Astronomy Show
    March 3011:30 am - 12:00 pm
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  • Extreme Weather Full-Dome Movie
    March 3012:30 pm - 1:00 pm
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  • Dinosaurs of Antarctica - Full Dome Movie
    March 301:30 pm - 2:00 pm
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  • Space Stations - Live Astronomy Show
    March 302:30 pm - 3:00 pm
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  • Flying Monsters- Full Dome Movie
    March 303:30 pm - 4:00 pm
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Membership

Adventure begins here.

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Weather Forecast

Partly to mostly cloudy. Increasing cloud cover overnight. Lows in the low to mid 30s, upper 20s in the coldest spots north.

Current Weather Information for March 30, 2026

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Tonight

Periods of clouds. Chance of mountain snow showers north.
30s

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Monday

Mix of sun and clouds. A stray shower far north.
40s north, near 60 south

Mix of sun and clouds.

Tuesday

Chance of showers increases as the day goes on.
40s to mid 50s

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Wednesday

Morning rain, then decreasing before noon.
50s to mid 60s south. 

Eye on the Night Sky

Monday, March 30, 2026

Today:
The nearly Full Moon rises late today at around 5:30 PM. It won’t be until closer to 8 PM that the constellation Leo will emerge from the twilight, appearing above the Moon. Of the stars in Leo, Regulus is the brightest. The Moon and Leo will ride across the southern sky overnight, before Leo sets at around 5:00 AM, the Moon doing so by around 5:45 AM.