Super Stellar Fridays
On the 1st Friday of the month, enjoy an evening exploring science with Discovery Center educators and special guest speakers through live programs, planetarium shows, and telescope observing with the NH Astronomical Society.
Schedule of Events:
6:30pm: Doors Open
7:00pm: Presentation Begins
8:00pm: Planetarium Show: Tonight’s Sky
Topics vary, covering new discoveries, historical events, scientific concepts and more!
Ticket costs includes admission to the presentation, exhibit galleries, and a planetarium show. Tickets for this event can be purchased at the front desk on the night of the event, or prior to the event online.
Ticket Pricing:
Adult: $13.00
Child (3-12): $10.00
Senior (62+): $12.00
Students (13-college): $12.00
EBT/SNAP/WIC Card Holders + Up To 5 Guests: $3.00 (Use code “4ALLSSF” at checkout!)
Members and Child Under 2: Free!
Can’t make it in person?
Presentations will be recorded with presenter’s permission and available on the Discovery Center’s YouTube channel within a week. Please note that not every presentation will be recorded. We are no longer offering a livestream of the presentation portion of Super Stellar Friday presentations.
Please consider making a donation to support future programming like this—thank you!
Coming up on Super Stellar Friday:
February 7th, 2024 | 6:30-9:30pm
The Last Ice is a short documentary by NH science teacher Greg Stott and Vermont filmmaker Nick Natale. Stott received the Christa McAuliffe Sabbatical award from the NH Charitable Foundation in 2023. He used this time to produce this film. The film focuses on the last Ice Age and its effect on the Connecticut River Valley. Scientists investigate our modern landscape for clues about the past climate that enveloped our area. The film also looks at the life of Edward Hitchcock, a geologist and theologian whom the lake is named after. The film features local landmarks from the Upper Valley to the Pioneer Valley in Massachusetts.
About The Speaker:
Gregory Stott has been teaching since 1997, with the last 22 years teaching Earth Science to 8th grade students in New Hampshire. He believes it is important to learn about our place on this planet, regardless of location. Glacial lakes formed all over New England at the end of the last Ice Age, and he happens to live where one was formed. He is fascinated by the effects of the Glacial Lake Hitchcock as he drives around his area. He hopes to inspire others to look closely at their own areas, for there is always something to learn about.