Southwest Minnesota University Planetarium - Marshall, Minnesota

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Southwest Minnesota University Planetarium - Marshall, Minnesota

The planetarium is located in the Science and Math building on the University campus.

SMSU’s planetarium houses a Spitz 512 star projector system with a 30-foot dome.  The Spitz 512 planetarium projector, located at the center of the theater, is the heart of the planetarium and can accurately simulate the night sky as seen from anywhere on Earth thousands of years in the past OR future. When the room lights are darkened, the dome is transformed into an amazingly realistic simulation of the starry sky.  The Spitz 512 is capable of projecting the sun, moon, the 5 naked-eye planets, and about 4,000 stars on the domed ceiling with accuracy in brightness and color. The result is a simulation of the nighttime sky that can be seen day or night — cloudy or clear.

There is so much to see and do at the planetarium that you will want to go back time after time for new adventures.