STEPHENVILLE, Texas \u2014 The Tarleton State University Planetarium\u2019s most popular holiday show, \u201cThe Mystery of the Christmas Star,\u201d will run through Dec. 22. It investigates possible dates for the birth of Christ and examines recorded sightings of significant astronomical events at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Planetarium visitors will see how signs in the sky could have been remarkable enough to cause the Wise Men to travel across the desert to Bethlehem, likely from the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Show schedule:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Monday, Dec. 4, 7 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wednesday, Dec. 6, 7 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thursday, Dec. 14, 7 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Saturday, Dec. 16, 11 a.m., 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Monday, Dec. 18, 1 and 7 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tuesday, Dec. 19, 1 and 7 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wednesday, Dec. 20, 1 and 7 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thursday, Dec. 21, 7 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The planetarium is in the Lamar Johanson Science Building on the Stephenville campus. Seating is limited to 86 guests per show; admission is free. The box office will open one hour before each show. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Park after 6 p.m. in lot P-22\/P-23, which is accessible from North Rome Street, across from the Campus Recreation Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To schedule school groups, clubs or other gatherings, call 254-968-0523 or email planetarium@tarleton.edu<\/a>. Notice is required for private screenings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" STEPHENVILLE, Texas \u2014 The Tarleton State University Planetarium\u2019s most popular holiday show, \u201cThe Mystery of the Christmas Star,\u201d will run through Dec. 22. It investigates possible dates for the birth …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":49877,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","wds_primary_category":382,"footnotes":""},"categories":[382,423,424],"tags":[441,442],"class_list":["post-49876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-homepage","category-academics-research","category-arts-events","tag-college-of-science-mathematics","tag-community-events"],"acf":{"image":false},"author_meta":{"display_name":"priddle","author_link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/author\/priddle-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2\/"},"featured_img":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/11\/4834-300x191.jpg","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["_Homepage<\/a>","Academics & Research<\/a>","Arts & Events<\/a>"],"unlinked":["_Homepage<\/span>","Academics & Research<\/span>","Arts & Events<\/span>"]},"tags":{"linked":["College of Science & Mathematics<\/a>","Community Events<\/a>"],"unlinked":["College of Science & Mathematics<\/span>","Community Events<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":0,"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 2 years ago","modified":"Updated 2 years ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on November 29, 2023","modified":"Updated on November 29, 2023"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on November 29, 2023 1:01 pm","modified":"Updated on November 29, 2023 1:01 pm"},"featured_img_caption":"Three camels under a starry sky with \"Mystery of the Christmas Star\" text.","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49876"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49876\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}