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Apollo 13 astronaut, Fred Haise, gave a talk and answered questions about his long career as a pilot.

Monica Ong presented work from her collection, Planetaria, in an immersive poetry reading she designed for the planetarium experience.

Monday’s eclipse-viewing event at Yale’s Leitner Family Observatory and Planetarium was a celebration of science, springtime, and sociability.

Visitors to Yale’s Leitner Family Observatory and Planetarium on Monday, April 8 will see the moon cover 91% of the sun (weather permitting).

Connecticut will experience a partial solar eclipse on Oct. 14 — a prelude to the total solar eclipse that will occur next spring.

Yale’s Leitner Family Observatory and Planetarium recently resumed a full schedule of planetarium shows.

SOM students check out the night sky at Yale’s LFOP, with the help of Joandy Pratama ’24, a classmate and astronomy enthusiast.

The Aug. 21 event will be studied closely by Yale scientists. The public can also view the eclipse at Leitner Observatory.

A crowd gathered at the Leitner Family Observatory and Planetarium to view the last transit of Venus  on June 5 and 6, 2012.