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Sixth-grade students step into portable planetarium to learn about constellations

Sixth-graders got an up close and personal look at the constellations when the StarLab portable planetarium made a recent stop at Watervliet Elementary School.

  • StarLab lands at Watervliet Elementary School [Photo 1 of 10]
  • Sixth-graders get ready to experience StarLab. [Photo 2 of 10]
  • Students draw their own constellations. [Photo 3 of 10]
  • A sixth grader imagines what her constellation will look like before drawing it. [Photo 4 of 10]
  • Grade 6 student draws a constellation. [Photo 5 of 10]
  • A student shows off the constellation he drew. [Photo 6 of 10]
  • Students head inside the inflatable planetarium. [Photo 7 of 10]
  • A projector inside the inflatable planetarium shows the constellations in the night sky. [Photo 8 of 10]
  • The StarLab portable planetarium is a program presented by the Dudley Observatory in Schenectady. [Photo 9 of 10]
  • Students shared their knowledge of constellations before venturing inside the dome. [Photo 10 of 10]