Centered in the Universe - Griffith Observatory

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That includes our place in the universe, ever since the first people looked up at the sky. Even as our scientific observation has shown the cosmos does not revolve around us, our ongoing investigations continue to keep us <em>Centered in the Universe</em>.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="hero--accent z--2"></div> <div class="fill opacity--90 z--1"> <img src="https://griffithobservatory.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/PTO100_v19_flat.3830-1600x800.jpg" alt="" class="fit fit--bottom--interior" data-object-fit="cover" data-object-position="center 75%" /> </div> </header> <section class="cards cards--block padding--horizontal--25"> <div class="flex--row flex--between flex--align-stretch mobile-flex--column mobile-flex--start padding--horizontal--75"> <div class="width--45 mobile-width--100 flex--shrink--0 order--1 mobile-order--1 block__image"> <div class="fill"> <img src="https://griffithobservatory.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/PTO100_v19_flat.3830-1200x1200.jpg" alt="" class="fit" loading="lazy" data-object-fit /> </div> </div> <div class="content flex--grow padding--vertical--100 mobile-padding--vertical--0 mobile-padding--top--50 padding--left--100 mobile-padding--left--0 order--2 text--day--black text--night--white mobile-order--2"> <div> <p>The premiere show in the Samuel Oschin Planetarium uses state-of-the-art all-dome technologies to weave a story that transports audiences from familiar constellations to cosmic destinations beyond everyday experience. Every show is presented by a live, engaging, knowledgeable storyteller, supported by a Zeiss Universarium Mark IX star projector and all-dome digital animation projected through two Digistar 3 digital laser projectors from Evans & Sutherland. Centered in the Universe creates a sense of awe and wonder as it reveals our ever-expanding universe and the changing stories we have told ourselves about our place within it.</p> <p><strong>Show Length:</strong> 35 min.</p> </div> <div class="margin--top--50 padding--top--50 border--top--1 border--day--gray--dark--25 border--night--gray--25 text--day--black text--night--white"> <div class="margin--bottom--10"> <span class="subhead">Show Times</span> </div> <div class="p--small text--card--copy"> <div class="margin--bottom--10"> <p><a href="https://griffithobservatory.org/explore/daily-programs#hours">Weekdays </a><br /> <div class="showtimes"><div><p class="p--small">2:45 p.m.</p></div><div><p class="p--small">5:15 p.m.</p></div><div><p class="p--small">7:45 p.m.</p></div></div></p> </div> <div class="margin--bottom--10"> <p><a href="https://griffithobservatory.org/explore/daily-programs#hours">Weekends </a><br /> <div class="showtimes"><div><p class="p--small">12:45 p.m.</p></div><div><p class="p--small">3:15 p.m.</p></div><div><p class="p--small">5:15 p.m.</p></div><div><p class="p--small">7:45 p.m.</p></div></div></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="flex--row flex--start flex--align-center mobile-flex--column mobile-flex--align-start padding--top--50"> <a href="https://stg-griffithobservatory-stagingobs.kinsta.cloud/exhibits/samuel-oschin-planetarium/#tickets" target="_self" class="button mobile-width--100">Tickets Required</a> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="cards padding--horizontal--25"> <div class="padding--horizontal--50"> <div class="width--100 flex--row flex--between flex--align-center padding--horizontal--25 padding--bottom--25 text--day--black text--night--white"> <div class="flex--grow flex--row flex--start flex--align-center text--line"> <h3>Other Shows</h3> </div> </div> <div class="flex--row flex--start flex--align-stretch flex--wrap mobile-flex--column mobile-flex--start"> <div class="card_container flex--basis--2 flex--column flex--start flex--align-stretch padding--25 mobile-width--100"> <div class="flex--grow flex--column flex--start flex--align-stretch card card--light"> <a href="https://griffithobservatory.org/planetarium/signs-of-life/" target="_self" class="card__image bkg--accent margin--bottom--10"> <div class="fill"> <img src="https://griffithobservatory.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/sol_branding_design_design_HBanner_noText-1000x750.png" alt="Signs of Life promotional image depicting a drop of water hanging from a leaf. Inside the drop of water is an image of space." class="fit" loading="lazy" data-object-fit /> </div> </a> <div class="card__content content flex--grow flex--column flex--start flex--align-stretch padding--top--25 padding--horizontal--50 padding--bottom--50"> <div class="flex--grow"> <h4 class="text--card--headline"><a href="https://griffithobservatory.org/planetarium/signs-of-life/">Signs of Life</a></h4> <div class="margin--top--10 text--card--copy"> <p><em>Signs of Life</em> is an astronomical detective story that propels visitors to uncover what it took to put life in the universe. Earth is the launchpad to Mars, the moons of Jupiter and Saturn, and planets beyond our Milky Way Galaxy in a search for answers to the mysteries that captivate our imagination.</p> <p><strong>Show Length:</strong> 35 min.</p> </div> <div class="margin--top--50 padding--top--50 card__border text--card--copy"> <div class="margin--bottom--10"> <span class="subhead">Show Times</span> </div> <div class="p--small text--card--copy"> <div class="margin--bottom--10"> <p><a href="https://griffithobservatory.org/explore/daily-programs#hours">Weekdays </a><br /> <div class="showtimes"><div><p class="p--small">1:45 p.m.</p></div><div><p class="p--small">4:15 p.m.</p></div><div><p class="p--small">6:15 p.m.</p></div><div><p class="p--small">8:45 p.m.</p></div></div></p> </div> <div class="margin--bottom--10"> <p><a href="https://griffithobservatory.org/explore/daily-programs#hours">Weekends </a><br /> <div class="showtimes"><div><p class="p--small">11:45 a.m.</p></div><div><p class="p--small">2:15 p.m.</p></div><div><p class="p--small">4:15 p.m.</p></div><div><p class="p--small">6:45 p.m.</p></div><div><p class="p--small">8:45 p.m.</p></div></div></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="padding--top--50 text--card--link"> <a href="https://griffithobservatory.org/planetarium/signs-of-life/" target="_self" class="link">Learn More</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card_container flex--basis--2 flex--column flex--start flex--align-stretch padding--25 mobile-width--100"> <div class="flex--grow flex--column flex--start flex--align-stretch card card--light"> <a href="https://griffithobservatory.org/planetarium/water-is-life/" target="_self" class="card__image bkg--accent margin--bottom--10"> <div class="fill"> <img src="https://griffithobservatory.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/skim2-1000x750.jpg" alt="" class="fit" loading="lazy" data-object-fit /> </div> </a> <div class="card__content content flex--grow flex--column flex--start flex--align-stretch padding--top--25 padding--horizontal--50 padding--bottom--50"> <div class="flex--grow"> <h4 class="text--card--headline"><a href="https://griffithobservatory.org/planetarium/water-is-life/">Water Is Life</a></h4> <div class="margin--top--10 text--card--copy"> <p><em>Water Is Life</em> was written and produced for Griffith Observatory’s fifth grade school field trip program. Drawing on the fifth grade science content standards, Water Is Life explores where our water in California comes from, and how water on Earth keeps us alive.</p> <p><strong>Show Length:</strong> 32 min.</p> </div> <div class="margin--top--50 padding--top--50 card__border text--card--copy"> <div class="margin--bottom--10"> <span class="subhead">Show Times</span> </div> <div class="p--small text--card--copy"> <div class="margin--bottom--10"> <p><a href="https://griffithobservatory.org/explore/daily-programs#hours">Weekdays </a><br /> <div class="showtimes"><div><p class="p--small">12:45 p.m.</p></div></div></p> </div> <div class="margin--bottom--10"> <p><a href="https://griffithobservatory.org/explore/daily-programs#hours">Weekends </a><br /> <div class="showtimes"><div><p class="p--small">10:45 a.m.</p></div></div></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="padding--top--50 text--card--link"> <a href="https://griffithobservatory.org/planetarium/water-is-life/" target="_self" class="link">Learn More</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="cards cards--block padding--horizontal--25"> <div class="flex--row flex--between flex--align-stretch mobile-flex--column mobile-flex--start padding--horizontal--75"> <div class="width--45 mobile-width--100 flex--shrink--0 order--1 mobile-order--1 block__image"> <div class="fill"> <img src="https://griffithobservatory.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/2022-05_SOP-Tickets-Signs-of-Life-1200x1200.jpg" alt="" class="fit" loading="lazy" data-object-fit /> </div> </div> <div class="content flex--grow padding--vertical--100 mobile-padding--vertical--0 mobile-padding--top--50 padding--left--100 mobile-padding--left--0 order--2 text--day--black text--night--white mobile-order--2"> <div class="margin--bottom--10"> <h2>Member Benefit: Parking & Show Reservations</h2> </div> <div> <p>As an exclusive benefit of membership, Griffith Observatory Foundation members at the <a href="https://griffithobservatory.org/support/membership#membership-levels">Antares level and above</a> may reserve Samuel Oschin Planetarium show tickets in advance! Reservations include parking for one vehicle and are subject to availability. <a href="https://griffithobservatory.org/support/membership/" rel="noopener">Join today</a> to enjoy this benefit!</p> <p>Already a member? <a href="https://8993.blackbaudhosting.com/8993/Samuel-Oschin-Planetarium-Reservations-31Dec2021" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Submit a request for Samuel Oschin Planetarium reservations</a> today!</p> </div> <div class="flex--row flex--start flex--align-center mobile-flex--column mobile-flex--align-start padding--top--50"> <a href="https://griffithobservatory.org/support/membership/" target="_self" class="button mobile-width--100">Join Now</a> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="content edge padding--horizontal--25"> <div class="flex--row flex--start flex--align-stretch mobile-flex--column bkg--day--white bkg--night--black border--top--1 border--bottom--1 border--day--black border--night--white"> <div class="flex--grow padding--75 border--day--black border--night--white order--1 border--right--1 mobile-order--1 mobile-border--right--0 mobile-border--left--0 mobile-border--bottom--1"> <div class="text--day--black text--night--white"> <div class="margin--bottom--10"> <h2>About Centered in the Universe</h2> </div> <div> <p>The show opens with a glorious sunset projected by the Digistar 3 digital laser projection system and transforms into the most gorgeous, the most awe-inspiring, and the most accurate vault full of stars, all projected by the Zeiss Universarium Mark IX star projector. The live lecturer reminds us that people have always filled the sky with stories to explain the cycles of day and night, the circling of stars in the heavens, and the wandering of planets and to help them feel at home in the universe.</p> <p>Then stories gave way to scientific theories. Ten minutes into the show, the Zeiss night sky fades to Alexandria, Egypt, circa 140 A.D. Using computer graphics in the immersive, 360-degree wrap-around environment of the Samuel Oschin Planetarium, the audience journeys from astronomer Claudius Ptolemy’s Earth-centered universe to Galileo’s Sun-centered solar system and on to Edwin Hubble at Mount Wilson Observatory, where he was forging our current view of the universe. Hubble realized the universe is not only incredibly vast but also expanding. Combining advanced technology, imagination, and the skills of astronomical animators, we are able to experience the Big Bang, travel through filaments of clusters of galaxies, and see the ultimate structure of the universe. Even as we scratch the surface of phenomena like dark energy and dark matter, we realize there is still more to be observed and discovered as we return home to the front lawn of Griffith Observatory. We have completed a voyage of evolving cosmic perspective.</p> <h3>Show Development</h3> <p>Centered in the Universe is made possible by a unique collaboration between Friends Of The Observatory and the Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks. Both have provided financial support for show development and equipment. In the process, a professional animation studio was created that is producing a planetarium show at a level of excellence that will delight general audiences, scientists, and animation specialists.</p> <p>Griffith Observatory’s own astronomical artist, Don Dixon, directed the show and also co-wrote the script in collaboration with Dr. E. C. Krupp, Director of Griffith Observatory and a renowned expert on ancient astronomy, and André Bormanis, story editor for Star Trek Enterprise.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="width--40 landscape-width--35 mobile-width--100 flex--shrink--0 order--2 mobile-order--2 mobile-padding--bottom--400"> <div class="image--day fill"> <img src="https://griffithobservatory.org/wp-content/themes/griffith/images/accents/accent_hori.png" class="fit" data-object-fit /> </div> <div class="image--night fill"> <img src="https://griffithobservatory.org/wp-content/themes/griffith/images/accents/accent_hori--white.png" class="fit" data-object-fit /> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="content edge padding--horizontal--25"> <div class="padding--100 mobile-padding--75 bkg--day--white bkg--night--black border--top--1 border--bottom--1 border--day--black border--night--white"> <div class="column text--center padding--vertical--25 mobile-padding--vertical--0 text--day--black text--night--white"> <h2>A Griffith Observatory Production</h2> <table class="film-credits"> <tbody> <tr> <td rowspan="1"class="credit-title padding--bottom--75">Observatory Director</td> <td class="credit-name padding--bottom--75" >Dr. E.C. Krupp</td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"class="credit-title padding--bottom--75">Sponsored by</td> <td class="credit-name padding--bottom--0" >City of Los Angeles</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="credit-name padding--bottom--0" >Department of Recreation and Parks</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="credit-name padding--bottom--75" >Friends Of The Observatory</td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1"class="credit-title padding--bottom--75">Executive Director</td> <td class="credit-name padding--bottom--75" >Camille Lombardo</td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1"class="credit-title padding--bottom--0">Director</td> <td class="credit-name padding--bottom--0" >Don Dixon</td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1"class="credit-title padding--bottom--0">Executive Producer</td> <td class="credit-name padding--bottom--0" >Ann Hassett</td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1"class="credit-title padding--bottom--0">Visual Effects Producer</td> <td class="credit-name padding--bottom--0" >Bill Murphy</td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1"class="credit-title padding--bottom--75">Art Director</td> <td class="credit-name padding--bottom--75" >Chris Butler</td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"class="credit-title padding--bottom--75">Writers</td> <td class="credit-name padding--bottom--0" >Don Dixon</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="credit-name padding--bottom--0" >Dr. E.C. Krupp</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="credit-name padding--bottom--75" >André Bormanis</td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1"class="credit-title padding--bottom--75">Performance Director</td> <td class="credit-name padding--bottom--75" >Chris Shelton</td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" class="padding--bottom--0">Visual Effects</th> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4"class="credit-title padding--bottom--75">Lead 3D Artists</td> <td class="credit-name padding--bottom--0" >Jerry Weil</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="credit-name padding--bottom--0" >Tom Bradley</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="credit-name padding--bottom--0" >Zeth Dubois</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="credit-name padding--bottom--75" >Michael Kory</td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"class="credit-title padding--bottom--75">3D Artists</td> <td class="credit-name padding--bottom--0" >Patrick So</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="credit-name padding--bottom--75" >Craig Sylvester</td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"class="credit-title padding--bottom--75">Compositing Leads</td> <td class="credit-name padding--bottom--0" >August Coleman</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="credit-name padding--bottom--75" >Zeth Dubois</td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"class="credit-title padding--bottom--75">Compositors</td> <td class="credit-name padding--bottom--0" >Kevin O’ Neal</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="credit-name padding--bottom--75" >Robyn Kralik</td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4"class="credit-title padding--bottom--75">Models & Textures</td> <td class="credit-name padding--bottom--0" >Dan Wanket</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="credit-name padding--bottom--0" >David Summers</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="credit-name padding--bottom--0" >Jessi Chang</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="credit-name padding--bottom--75" >Mark Shoaf</td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4"class="credit-title padding--bottom--75">Editors</td> <td class="credit-name padding--bottom--0" >Shawn Crosby</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="credit-name padding--bottom--0" >Barrett Sanders</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="credit-name padding--bottom--0" >Don Dixon</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="credit-name padding--bottom--75" >Drew Anderson</td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1"class="credit-title padding--bottom--75">Pre-Visualization</td> <td class="credit-name padding--bottom--75" >Michael Makara</td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"class="credit-title padding--bottom--75">Technical Development</td> <td class="credit-name padding--bottom--0" >Irv Moy</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="credit-name padding--bottom--75" >Barry Dempsey</td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"class="credit-title padding--bottom--75">Night Render Management</td> <td class="credit-name padding--bottom--0" >Bobby Coquia</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="credit-name padding--bottom--0" >Wally Chin</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="credit-name padding--bottom--75" >Vince Lavares</td> </tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" class="padding--bottom--0">Original Music</th> </tr> <tr> <td class="credit-name credit-center padding--bottom--0" colspan="2">Alan Ett</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="credit-name credit-center padding--bottom--0" colspan="2">Scott Liggett</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="credit-name credit-center padding--bottom--0" colspan="2">William Ashford</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="credit-name credit-center padding--bottom--75" colspan="2">Alan Ett Music Group</td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1"class="credit-title padding--bottom--0">Music Recording and Mix</td> <td class="credit-name padding--bottom--0" >Damon Tedesco</td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1"class="credit-title padding--bottom--0">Music Editor</td> <td class="credit-name padding--bottom--0" >Irl Sanders</td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1"class="credit-title padding--bottom--0">Music Project Coordinator</td> <td class="credit-name padding--bottom--0" >Levon Broussalian</td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"class="credit-title padding--bottom--0">Sound Design</td> <td class="credit-name padding--bottom--0" >Media City Sound</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="credit-name padding--bottom--0" >Jon Schell</td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1"class="credit-title 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