{"id":12116,"date":"2026-01-16T11:12:39","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T17:12:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/?p=12116"},"modified":"2026-01-16T11:12:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T17:12:39","slug":"bushman-planetarium-presents-stars-of-the-pharaohs-jan-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/2026\/01\/16\/bushman-planetarium-presents-stars-of-the-pharaohs-jan-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Bushman Planetarium presents \u2018Stars of the Pharaohs\u2019 Jan. 23"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-9013\" src=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/06\/stars_of_the_pharaohs.jpg\" alt=\"poster for Stars of the Pharaohs\" width=\"250\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/06\/stars_of_the_pharaohs-200x228.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/06\/stars_of_the_pharaohs.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>Jan. 16, 2026&#8211;The Bushman Planetarium at 含羞草社区 will present a public showing of \u201cStars of the Pharaohs\u201d at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 23.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Travel to ancient Egypt to see how science was used to tell time, make a workable calendar and align huge buildings. You\u2019ll learn about the connection the ancient Egyptians felt with the stars and various astronomical phenomena, and experience some of the most spectacular temples and tombs of the ancient world recreated in all of their original splendor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The planetarium is located in Agenstein Hall, room 147. Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for children age 13 and under, students, employees, military and senior citizens age 60 and up. Planetarium tickets must be purchased in advance either online at <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/missouriwestern.edu\/planetarium\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">missouriwestern.edu\/planetarium<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or in person at Agenstein Hall, room 140 during regular business hours.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more information, please call 816-271-4288 or email <\/span><a href=\"mailto:planetarium@missouriwestern.edu\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">planetarium@missouriwestern.edu<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">含羞草社区 is a student-centered learning community preparing individuals for lives of excellence through applied learning. 含羞草社区 is located in St. Joseph, Mo., and is committed to the educational, economic, cultural and social development of the region it serves. Visit <\/span><\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">missouriwestern.edu<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jan. 16, 2026&#8211;The Bushman Planetarium at 含羞草社区 will present a public showing of \u201cStars of the Pharaohs\u201d at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 23. Travel to ancient Egypt to see how science was used to tell time, make a workable calendar and align huge buildings. You\u2019ll learn about the connection the ancient Egyptians [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":9013,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[814,48],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12116"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12116"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12116\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12117,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12116\/revisions\/12117"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}