Tales of the Maya Skies
Thursday, February 29, 2024

We reserved the WVU Planetarium on Thursday, February 29, 2024 exclusively for retirees to see an introduction entitled Night Sky Tonight and the film Tales of the Maya Skies.  The Night Sky Tonight is the planetarium’s most popular intro lesson and gives all audiences the basic tools to get oriented to the night sky. The film, Tales of the Maya Skies, is a journey back in time to the beautiful jungle city of Chichén Itzá and the world of the ancient Maya. It is about how this ancient civilization learned to interpret the world around them to develop a sophisticated understanding of astronomy, mathematics and science - knowledge that has influenced much of our present day learning.