Galileo Galilei Planetarium

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Planetario Galileo Galilei
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Location Buenos Aires City.png
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Location within Buenos Aires
EstablishedDecember 20, 1966 (1966-December-20)
Location Palermo Woods, Palermo, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Coordinates 34°34′11″S58°24′42″W / 34.56972°S 58.41167°W / -34.56972; -58.41167
Type Planetarium
ArchitectEnrique Jan
Website Official Website

The Galileo Galilei planetarium, commonly known as Planetario, is located in Parque Tres de Febrero in the Palermo district of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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History

The idea that Buenos Aires should have a planetarium began to take shape in 1958 by an agreement between Socialist Councilman José Luis Peña and the municipal Secretary of Culture, Dr. Aldo Cocca. Construction began under the direction of architect Enrique Jan in 1962, and it was inaugurated on December 20, 1966. The first function was carried out on June 13, 1967 for the students of "Escuela Comercial Nº 1" of Banfield and "Santa Unión de los Sagrados Corazones" of Capital Federal. Professor of geography and mathematics Antonio Cornejo showed them the sky over Buenos Aires, Argentine Antarctica and the South Pole, as well as demonstrating the orientation of the southern cross. The facility was officially opened to the public on April 5, 1968.[ citation needed ]

The planetarium was built in the same exact site from where the Buenos Aires Football Club and the Buenos Aires Cricket Club were evicted in the very late 1940s.[ citation needed ]

Structure

Hall inside the facility. Hall inside Buenos Aires Planetarium.jpg
Hall inside the facility.

The building has five floors, six staircases and a 20 metres (66 ft) diameter room with 360 seats. The inside of the 20 m semispherical dome is covered with reflective aluminium.

The planetarium (Zeiss projector Model M V) itself is located in the centre, it has over 100 projectors and is approximately 5 metres (16 ft) in height and 2.5 tons in weight. It consists of a cylindrical framework with independent projectors for the Moon, the Sun and the visible planets (Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn) and two spheres in the extremes that project 8,900 stars, constellations and nebulas.

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