WARD BEECHER PLANETARIUM
Planning your visit!​
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Our 2025-2026 public show dates are September 12, 2025 through May 1, 2026.
(Friday evenings at 8:00 pm, Saturdays at 2:00 pm and 8:00 pm). -
All shows are free and open to the public
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For show information and to reserve a group/school tour: 330-941-1370
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GPS Address: 100 Lincoln Ave, Youngstown
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Social Media: Facebook
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Brochure: Click "Request a Mailing" below 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:
Please call 330-941-1370 to leave your information for field trips/group tours.
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