WARD BEECHER PLANETARIUM
Planning your visit!​
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Our public show season runs September through the first weekend of May!
(Note: We will begin weekly shows again in early September 2025) -
All shows are free and open to the public
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Information line: 330-941-1370
(This is a recorded line and does not accept voice mail messages) -
We will begin offering school/group tours in fall 2025
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GPS Address: 100 Lincoln Ave, Youngstown
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Social Media: Facebook
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Click "Request a Mailing" to be added to our mailing list for a printed show schedule (mailed in late August)
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ATTENTION TEACHERS and GROUP LEADERS:
School and group tours will not be available until fall 2025.
To our teachers, educators, parents and grandparents and education friends:
Until we can host school tours again, please visit the FOR TEACHERS page for educational materials.
Our YouTube Page also has videos of our live shows and presentations!
OVER 50 YEARS OF SERVICE
The Ward Beecher Planetarium, located on the Youngstown State University (YSU) campus, serves as an astronomy and science education resource center for the Mahoning Valley and surrounding communities. A YSU facility in the Department of Physics, Astronomy, Geology, and Environmental Sciences (PAGES), we support astronomy teaching on campus and provide a variety of educational programs to public and private groups of all ages.
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SKIES OVER YOUNGSTOWN
In the rows labeled "sky conditions", find a column of blue blocks. You can probably observe then.
Read the image from left to right. Each column represents a different hour. The colors of the blocks are the colors from CMC's forecast maps for that hour. The two numbers at the top of a column is the time. A digit 1 on top of a 3 means 13:00 or 1pm. It's local time, in 24hr format. (Local time for Youngstown is -4.0 hours from GMT.)
Special thanks to the creators and moderators at cleardarksky.com