The Planetarium Galileo Galilei
The City of Buenos Aires is a cosmopolitan and modern urban centre, where every day millions of people, among them tourists, come and go either to work or to visit the city.
The planetarium is impossible to miss as it rises out of Palermo’s busy and popular park district like a spacecraft or a giant eggcup. Between the appropriate architecture and the giant hunk of space rock on display outside the front door, those on the lookout can’t miss it.
Built in 1966 by architect Enrique Jan. Shaped like a planet, it has a 20 meter wide cupola. Shows are projected on the inside of the cupola through a spotlight and laser system. The equipment can project up to 8900 fixed stars, constellation and nebula. It is the perfect place to visit if you have kids. Built on the land of a defunct 19th century Cricket Grounds where the city’s first soccer team played, the Plaza Del Planetario was laid out and the following year the Planetario Galileo Galilei was unveiled.
The premises consist of five floors, six stairs (one of them is a spiral stair) and a circular room of 20 meters of diameter and 360 seats. At the semispherical dome - 20 meters of diameter and internally roofed with aluminum – the sky-blue dome is projected. At the center of the room, the proper planetarium is located: a device 5 meters high and 2.5 tones of weight equipped with one hundred projectors approximately.
The 1st Flashmob happened in 2003, that kind of Flashmob attracts participants of all ages, in Buenos Aires, where young people and teenagers were the main participants in this event. In the Planetarium Galileo Galilei, you will be able to find, many dinamic activities to make any day of the week, even the holidays. Besides it counts with activities for any age, sex, and even for blind people, and to deaf too.
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