Great Buildings of Buenos Aires: Planetarium "Galileo Galilei"

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When I was a kid I loved visiting the Planetarium, a sort of astronomy museum with meteorites and space images all over the place. Whilst you were sitting in the Planetarium you could see the images of the solar system shown on the projectors which made you feel as if you were in space. The Planetarium is called Galileo Galilei and is located in Palermo, in the Tres de Febrero park in Buenos Aires. I always loved the building where the Planetarium was built, its construction having been started in 1962 under the direction of architect Enrique Jan and inaugurated in 1966. The Planetarium is a kind of round building with five floors, six staircases and one 20 meter diameter room with 360 seats. The inside of the 20 mtr semispherical dome is covered with reflective aluminium. The Planetarium itself is located in the center of the building, has over 100 projectors and is approximately five meters high with a weight of 2,5 tons. The cylindrical framework has independent projectors for the Moon, the Sun and all visible planets, i.e Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn and also has two spheres in the extremes that can project almost 9.000 stars, constellations and nebulas. In the museum there are two pieces of lunar rock that were brought back to Earth by the Apollo XI mission and given to the Planetarium by Richard Nixon. You can also find meteorites that fell on Argentine territory. If you like astronomy and architecture the Planetarium is a great place to visit.

When I was a kid I loved visiting the Planetarium, a sort of astronomy museum with meteorites and space images all over the place. Whilst you were sitting in the Planetarium you could see the images
of the solar system shown on the projectors which made you feel as if you were in space.

The Planetarium is called Galileo Galilei and is located in Palermo, in the Tres de Febrero park in Buenos Aires.

I always loved the building where the Planetarium was built, its construction having been started in 1962 under the direction of architect Enrique Jan and inaugurated in 1966. The Planetarium is a kind of round building with five floors, six staircases and one 20 meter diameter room with 360 seats. The inside of the 20 mtr semispherical dome is covered with reflective aluminium.
The Planetarium itself is located in the center of the building, has over 100 projectors and is approximately five meters high with a weight of 2,5 tons. The cylindrical framework has independent projectors for the Moon, the Sun and all visible planets, i.e Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn and also has two spheres in the extremes that can project almost 9.000 stars, constellations and nebulas.
In the museum there are two pieces of lunar rock that were brought back to Earth by the Apollo XI mission and given to the Planetarium by Richard Nixon. You can also find meteorites that fell on Argentine territory.
If you like astronomy and architecture the Planetarium is a great place to visit.