How to Use planetarium in a Sentence

planetarium

noun
  • Instead, go to a planetarium for a night-time view of the sky — sans the frigid temps.
    — Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, 22 Dec. 2022
  • If those nights are cloudy, the park will host a planetarium show instead.
    — Joan Rusek, cleveland, 16 May 2022
  • Guests to this planetarium show can sit back and learn about eclipses and how to safely observe them.
    — Joan Dittmann, Post-Tribune, 21 June 2017
  • This is a free attraction with a small cost for the planetarium shows.
    — John Pana, cleveland, 29 Apr. 2021
  • One group wanted to put a planetarium-style screen to show short films, Dull said.
    — Scott Wartman, Cincinnati.com, 28 Apr. 2017
  • Dozens of events have been planned for the big day at restaurants, wineries, parks and planetariums alike.
    — Catherine Garcia, theweek, 18 Mar. 2024
  • Just open the online planetarium and click on the date and time in the bottom right corner.
    — Washington Post, 19 Nov. 2021
  • Then this voice comes from the dome—that planetarium director voice.
    — National Geographic, 2 Oct. 2016
  • The planetarium opened in 1975, the same year as the high school.
    — Rafael Guerrero, chicagotribune.com, 24 Dec. 2020
  • The room filled with sounds that resembled the wait music for a planetarium.
    — Julia Whelan Emma Kehlbeck Joel Thibodeau, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
  • For a list of all the planetariums to visit to view the meteor showers, check out our guide.
    — Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 8 July 2025
  • When the auction came to an end the other day, there were zero bids on the telescope and one bid on the planetarium.
    — Steve Rubenstein, SFChronicle.com, 4 Sep. 2020
  • Sky Tonight is a live planetarium show in the center’s dome theater.
    — Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Next comes the planetarium theater, which is enclosed in a sphere and emerges from the building's roof like a moonrise.
    — CNN, 11 July 2021
  • Then take a break for a laser or planetarium show in the Digital Dome.
    — Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 14 Apr. 2026
  • But no one should deny anyone doing a show at Sphere their chance to turn it into a planetarium.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 21 Sep. 2024
  • From the top, the planetarium and observatory are just a short walk away.
    — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 11 Oct. 2024
  • In that case, a 37-year-old convict with more than a year left to serve for theft fled during an outing to a planetarium.
    — Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 28 Nov. 2025
  • The ceiling of his screening room is a programmable planetarium based on the one at Pixar.
    — New York Times, 22 Sep. 2019
  • The duo proceeded to the planetarium, where the students recorded a sweet voiceover about the planets.
    — Dana Rose Falcone, PEOPLE.com, 23 Nov. 2021
  • The planetarium shows were the clear priority, as people filled the 54 seats for each of the five shows.
    — Linda Gandee/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 22 July 2019
  • This year, in Tunisia, there will be a full day of programming at the planetarium in Tunis.
    — New York Times, 20 June 2018
  • The hotel feels like a secluded cabin in the woods, and at night, the stars resemble a planetarium.
    — Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2022
  • The lighting on the back of the mouse is just right, enough to mark it as a gaming mouse, but not so much that your desktop becomes a trippy planetarium show.
    — Jess Grey, WIRED, 17 Aug. 2019
  • The museum is closed on Mondays but will offer some planetarium shows on the eclipse and restrooms will be open.
    — Bruce Henderson, charlotteobserver, 15 Aug. 2017
  • The planetarium show costs $7 for adults and $5 for seniors ages 60 and older.
    — Linda McIntosh, sandiegouniontribune.com, 24 Jan. 2018
  • The museum also has a planetarium with evening shows on the third Friday of every month.
    — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 9 Feb. 2026
  • The themes spill over outside the planetarium, such as using the museum’s new solar scopes to safely view the sun during the day.
    — Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 29 June 2024
  • The planetarium also plays host to free events, including rooftop stargazing the last Friday of the month.
    — Jordyn Noennig, Journal Sentinel, 14 Feb. 2023
  • For museum and planetarium, the cost is $5 per person.
    — Susan McDonald, The Providence Journal, 26 Mar. 2026

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