Bays Mountain Planetarium announces new presentation

KINGSPORT – A new show is starting this weekend in the planetarium theater at Bays Mountain! The show, entitled “Appalachian Skies – Winter,” is a brand-new live show that takes visitors on a journey of the current winter sky. The presentation is designed to take advantage of the many cool features of the Powerdome digital system and the planetarium’s fantastic optical sky projector. The show was designed and programmed by Bays Mountain‘s Jason Dorfman, Astronomy & Space Sciences Program Administrator – Educational Interpreter. This feature is our alternate offering for the weekends of the months of January and February and will show at 2 p.m.

The current feature presentation is “The Case of the Disappearing Planet.”  It’s a fun show that looks at what we call a planet.  Of course, it covers the status of Pluto.  It also shows that this labeling change happened 200 years ago with the discovery of the asteroids.  The shows’ main character, Skye Watcher, is a savvy, 1940’s-style gumshoe.  This presentation is shown at 4 p.m. Tues.-Fri. and 1 p.m. & 4 p.m. on the weekends.

Visit Bays Mountain Park and enjoy these shows along with great nature programs and our Park’s natural beauty!