On several Thursday evenings throughout the year, the Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum, 180 Little Neck Road in Centerport invites the community to join them for a FREE family-friendly planetarium show.

This week, on November 14, Thankful Thursday will feature Earth, Moon & Sun, for ages 7 and up, at 7 p.m.

This family show explores the relationship between the Earth, Moon and Sun with the help of Coyote, an amusing character adapted from Native American oral traditions, who has many misconceptions about Earth and its most familiar neighbors. Native American stories are used to help distinguish between myths and science.

Learn why the Sun rises and sets and the basics of fusion and solar energy. Examine the Moon’s orbit, craters, phases and eclipses. The show also explores past and future space travel to the Moon and beyond. Produced by the Morehead Planetarium and Science Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

After the show,  the observatory will be opened to the public and an astronomy educator will invite you to look through a telescope at the night sky (weather permitting). Funding for this series is generously provided by BAE Systems.

Registration is required. To register for this free program, click here.