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The Jasper Planetarium is the only daily astronomy activity in Jasper National Park and Dark Sky Preserve in the Alberta Rockies. In addition to daily shows in a 35-seat domed theatre, the planetarium also offers weather-permitting stargazing through the largest telescope in the Rockies.

Enjoy an interactive, virtual tour of our 11,000 sq km dark sky park (which also has also skiing, rafting, hot springs, gondola, glacier, world-class shopping/dining/accommodations here) with an experienced LIVE host. Highlights include: - a world-exclusive look at a sky full of aboriginal First Nations constellations from what's now Canada - see the Rockies and the Northern Lights above them from space - audience-participation: use a sextant to find our position on Earth, choose what planets we zoom-in-on, and more...