College of Southern Nevada Planetarium

Vegas' best kept cinematic experience!We went for the Saturday 9pm showing of "Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon", and man, what a great show. The Planetarium is so cute and cozy; a great place to take the family on a Friday or Saturday Night.

Love the movies here. It's basically a small size of Sphere. The ocean clips are amazing. Highly recommended. Easy parking and access. They also have the professional staff to assist with the tour and answer your questions.

Who knew that there was a planetarium at CSN, Cheyenne campus? It's a secret that's well kept. It's also a secret because getting to the correct building, and the right place in that building, can be a challenge. There is no signage until you get in the correct building. I was shown the way yesterday by a kind woman who took me right to the entrance from a neraby building where I parked.The planetarium is quite small. I was there yesterday, not for their normal program, but to attend a musical concert of about one hour that had music composed by Gustav Holts called "The Planets." This is a seven movement composition by Holts to depict music he thought of when he studied different planets.The show opened with the stars moving across the planetarium's walls and then the planet for each movement was displayed. The music was quite interesting. I would never have guessed it was from 1910 to 1917. It almost seemed new age.There were only 7 of us there yesterday so it was a small audience. A man introduced the show before starting and then went to the controls.I cannot rate their regular programs as I've never been to one. Now that l know it exists and where it is, I'll look for one of their regular programs. This was a unique way for me to enjoy the planetarium.

I have been to some of the best of the best planetariums, and this one does not come close to those, but, it is very much worth going to if you live in Las Vegas and you want some planetarium action. It's small and exists in the most heavily light polluted place in the world, but offers amazing good quality shows. I just saw Black Holes and The Dark Matter Mystery, and they were both well done and informative, but the shows switch out every couple months. The resolution of the screen was nice, and the seats were comfortable enough. The arm rests weren't always the best because they weren't solid to allow for desk conversion. I sat towards the back, and found that offered the best view without strain and made for less head swiveling. Afterwards, there was a question and answer forum hosted by a professor at the college. He was very knowledgeable and answered all our questions. We also walked around the outside for about four minutes to an observation area to view Jupiter. While the light pollution made star gazing difficult, the professor still pointed out the winter's circle and any other information about the sky he could. One thing they don't put on their website, but you should know, is that the shows start promptly and they will not let you in after the doors shut. It is very frustrating, even if you're just two minutes late, but understandable. I just wish they would publicize it better so folks could plan accordingly. Also, it is not very clear where the planetarium is and where to park for it. After you take the first pull in from going eastbound Cheyenne, you will want to pull in to the first parking lot on the right and go into the main building. This is the closest parking you will find.They also have a little gift shop with astronomical themed stuff and toys perfect for kids and adults alike. I would also recommend this for kids.

Received free tickets for the planetarium at 8pm. Never been here before and never knew Las Vegas had a planetarium so was very excited. When we arrived we expected so much more, where is the pictures of stars or planets? I was expecting a walk thru of pictures, mini videos, displays, but non of that. They had us watch a 45 min video of Egyptians then we got to ask questions. And after they had us walk outside to the side of the building to look thru a telescope where we got to see Saturn. Now that was cool!

Pretty cool. Capacity of planetarium is about 75 people so on the smaller side. Good for adults and kids. They also have a star gazing program after the shows.FYI you might get motion sickness.... I did! No barf bags included

Visited this small planetarium today to give a lecture on Mars. Seats 68 guests. It was a delight and the hosts, the Las Vegas Astronomical Society, were wonderful. It costs $4 to see a show, btw.

Down in Flagstaff, Arizona, the Lowell Observatory stands as a working monument to the power of a well-constructed telescope. On many weekends, long lines of star gazers stand in 1-2 hour long lines waiting for a chance to look through a telescope in the observatory where former planet (now dwarf planet) Pluto was discovered.Well . . . the College of Southern Nevada's observatory is not that observatory. It's much smaller. And the planetarium is much smaller. That said, we all know that we sacrifice some things to live in Las Vegas. One of those appears to be a spacious planetarium and strong academic interest in astronomy. But I don't fault the CSN planetarium for that. In fact, it's a really nice place to have in a public-funding strapped state like Nevada. They offer some great programs on how to identify stars and seasonal programs discussing special events in the stars. It's a good educational early evening event for families. And, an underrated and imaginative idea for the beginning to a date night.And if you head there on a clear night, the observatory may offer you the chance to look at a planet through one of their larger telescopes (well, larger for Vegas).

I've seen some pretty amazing planetariums, so this was definitely smaller than I expected. Not terribly impressive, but my kids thought it was absolutely amazing!!!!The first reviewer, in my opinion, was completely unfair. 1 star? Really? You've been twice, the first time was great and the second time they had technical difficulties. Hardly fair to give them a single star for that. I would think that at least merits 3 stars. It is, after all, a publicly funded community college in a state that's been strapped for cash for several years now.I'm grateful they have something like this here in Las Vegas. We went there during Nevada Science Week and got to meet some professors and the folks who operate the observatory and planetarium. Thank you for having a good science department at your college, and thank you for participating in NV Science Week and allowing families to visit and enjoy for free. My kids are in love with science, and my oldest wants to be an astrophysicist when he grows up, so we appreciate every opportunity to encourage his interests.

Great host. Loved going to the late show then after he took us outside to look through the telescopes at the moon and Jupitar.