Buehler Planetarium & Observatory


Buehler Planetarium & Observatory is located on A.Hugh Adams central campus of the Broward Community College Davie on SW Davie Road in Davie, Florida. The observatory is open to the public for night observing Wednesday, Friday and Saturday from 8pm to 10pm. On clear nights the telescope enables visitors to view stars, nebulae and the moon with quite a lot of detail, while on Wednesdays from 1pm to 3pm there are solar observing sessions.

The planetarium has a large 40-foot dome as part of its state of the art facility and uses a Zeiss Star Projector. Presentations are given on various days of the week, which members of the public are welcome to attend. The presentations are free for staff, faculty and students of Broward College. Presentations include a children's program given on Saturdays and Sundays at 1.30pm.

Afternoon presentations are given on Wednesdays at 1.30pm and 3pm, while evening presentations are given on Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays and generally last for one hour. There are several eateries near the college campus including Pizza Ranch and Sterling Country Kitchen, which are about half a mile away on Sterling Road, Hollywood.

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