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
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Adventure begins here.
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Weather Forecast
***WIND ADVISORY FOR NY AND VT EXCEPT THE CT VALLEY FROM ORANGE COUNTY SOUTH THROUGH THIS EVENING***
***FLOOD WATCH FOR THE WHITE MOUNTAIN REGION IN NH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING***
Showers and thunderstorms likely. Strong south winds region-wide. A few strong, damaging thunderstorms possible this afternoon.
Current Weather Information for June 18, 2026
Today
Rain, showers, then scattered showers and strong thunderstorm this afternoon. Windy.
65 to 70 northeast, 70s west and south of I-89
Thursday Night
Showers and storms ending. Partial clearing.
50s
Friday
Partly sunny. More afternoon clouds, a rising chance of showers and storms north.
Upper 60s and 70s
Saturday
Breezy; showers likely north; chance south.
Mainly upper 60s to mid 70s
Eye on the Night Sky
Thursday, June 18, 2026
Today:
With the Summer Solstice but three days hence, you might think that the Sun will pass directly overhead. It’s true that the Sun reaches its highest point at our latitude on the Summer Solstice, though it runs just shy of 70 degrees above the southern horizon near 1:00 PM. To see the Sun directly overhead, you would need to travel south to the line on the globe marked the Tropic of Cancer, the northernmost point at which this happens on the Summer Solstice.