Planetarium etiquette

I copied the following information from Professor Seligman's website. Please read this rules before the field trip this Friday night.

Important Information / Planetarium Etiquette

Individuals with back or neck problems should wait until theater style seating is installed (in late 2007) to attend planetarium presentations, as the chairs currently in use may exacerbate those problems.

On-campus parking requires an LBCC parking permit (regular or 1-day; see http://cseligman.com/planetarium/visit.htm#parking).

Donation envelopes are available at the door for those who wish to make a donation to the LBCC Foundation, which provided most of the funds for the planetarium. There is no requirement that you make a donation; but if you choose to do so, please indicate account #1156 on your check or donation envelope to show that it was in connection with a planetarium show.

Reserved seating begins twenty minutes before the program. Individuals without reservations may be seated at the same time, if there are unreserved seats.

Standby seating (reservation no-shows) begins five to ten minutes before the program.

During full-dome presentations, the planetarium is completely darkened. As a result, there is no entry during planetarium presentations. If necessary, you may leave the planetarium, but you will not be able to return until the show is over. Also, all laptops, cell phones, and other devices which emit light must be turned off.

No food or drink is allowed in the planetarium, save for bottled water.

For planetarium presentations, the best seating is toward the back of the room, but inside the circular footprint of the dome, near the central aisle. If you can comfortably view the top of the dome and the area above the operator's console, you should have a good view.

No photography is allowed during presentations. The deliberate or inadvertant use of flash photography not only spoils the show for everyone else, but is completely pointless. All that a flash photograph shows is the blank white dome that is visible when the lights are on.