Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) is currently in the constellation Ophiuchus, the serpent-bearer. It approaches the Sun (perihelion) on November 8.
⏲️ Use binoculars to look west after 7PM,
🌌 For the best chance of seeing it, go to regions that are darker and away from city lights.

South Africa is a global hub for astronomy 🌌

Experience Rising Star at the Wits Digital Dome - a planetarium film that journeys from our beginnings to the future of African astronomy, featuring SALT & MeerKAT. 🇿🇦✨

🎥 Made in Africa. For the world.

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Our live shows 17 Oct - 15 Nov, are a fabulous way to have an interactive tour of the universe and view the constantly changing night sky. We will explore the summer constellations, deep-sky objects, and astronomy survey regions for exoplanets.
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The Wits Anglo American Digital Dome will premiere "Close Encounters", that takes audiences on a larger than life immersive virtual safari, bringing them face-to-face with Africa’s most iconic animals. Please buy tickets for shows on 4, 18, 26, or 31 October
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Join us at the Wits Anglo-American Digital Dome for the launch of Out of This World and Into The Next by Adriana Marais, in conversation with: Jenny Crwys-Williams
14:30, Saturday, 20 September 2025
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We welcome you for a public talk by Dr Adriana Marais titled "Out of this World - and into the Next".
15:00, Friday, 19 September at the Wits Anglo American Digital Dome.
Dr Adriana Marais is an award-winning theoretical physicist and internationally renowned advocate for off-world exploration.

The Wits Anglo American Digital Dome will premiere "Close Encounters", that takes audiences on a larger than life immersive virtual safari, bringing them face-to-face with Africa’s most iconic animals.
Tickets are R120, please buy online on Web Tickets
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The Faculty of Science Lunchtime Lecture series showcases the cutting-edge and diverse research and teaching innovations in Wits’ Faculty of Science.

As part of the National Science Week to promote, exhibit and communicate awareness in science, we will be having two fulldome shows and public talks between Monday 4 August - Wednesday 6 August at the Wits Anglo American Digital Dome. Please reserve your seats here www.quicket.co.za/events/32884...

The Search for Life launches visitors on an awe-inspiring trip through space and time; from the depths of Earth’s oceans to the outer reaches of the cosmos, to explore the links between life on Earth and the potential for life on other planets. Buy tickets online
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The Wits Anglo American Digital Dome has been honoured with a historic Blue Plaque by the Johannesburg Heritage Foundation, recognising its cultural, architectural, and academic significance as the former Johannesburg Planetarium
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We are excited to screen a kids show "321 Liftoff!" starting 9 August 2025.

Alan is a hamster who finds a robot which fell from the Earth’s orbit, and the robot’s spaceship is going to leave soon. Will Alan manage to get the robot back on their ship in time?

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The Wits Anglo-American Digital Dome celebrated the unveiling of the first light images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory.
#RubinWatchParty @vrubinobs.bsky.social
Rubin First Look Press Release with Images and Videos is now public and available here: noirlab.edu/public/news/...

Welcoming all astronomy enthusiasts for our interactive live shows from 3 July. In an hour, we will explore the southern sky gems, some of the less well-known southern sky constellations and deep-sky objects.
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Tickets are online only
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The first planetarium opened on May 7, 1925 in Munich. This May, we celebrate a century of wonder, discovery, and exploration with the show, '100 Years of Eternity', from early cultures and leading to the modern Digital Dome.
Tickets only on Web Tickets.
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We are excited to bring "Journey to the Stars" to the Wits Anglo American Digital Dome starting on 16 May!
This show is developed by the American Museum of Natural History, New York @natural-history.bsky.social and narrated by Whoopi Goldberg.
Please book online
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