Catawba Science Center

The Millholland Planetarium is a state-of-the-art theater, featuring full-dome digital technology -MEDIAGLOBE 3-D, created by Konica Minolta of Japan - and a powerful surround sound system to truly transport audiences beyond the confines of Earth.

Visitors will be immersed in giant-screen, 30-foot dome images of the surface of the Sun, Mars, nearby galaxies and beyond. Features include a traditional star talk - Catawba Sky-and rotating digital presentations.

Explore the rings of Saturn, massive black holes, volcanoes, ocean depths, the human body and more!

This exciting show explores many fascinating facts about space rocks and their impact on Earth. Fire in the Sky is the first public Planetarium show produced specifically for CSC's Millholland Planetarium and was donated to the science center by the developer and special planetarium host for the evening Tom Lesser.

Tom Lesser was Senior Lecturer at the American Museum of Natural History -Hayden Planetarium, in New York, where he was responsible for all public programming. Dr. Lesser received his doctorate from New York University. He writes astronomy columns for two magazines and reviews astronomy books for the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He recently wrote and produced Fire in the Sky, which he has donated to the Catawba Science Center.

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