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Guided Tour of the Planetarium

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Guided Tour of the Planetarium
Completely renovated, the Planetarium is one of the city's must-see attractions.
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The Planetarium is the main astronomy dissemination center in the city. It has a hemispherical projection room with three hundred and sixty reclining seats and a dome twenty meters in diameter where nearly 8,900 stars, planets and satellites of the universe are reproduced, thanks to an impressive equipment (unique in Latin America) that contains six Sky projectors. Skan with 8K resolution, indicating that the dome contains 38 million pixels.

Its five-story building also has a museum and a small secondary projection room, in addition to housing a collection of meteorites from northern Argentina. In the adjacent lake there is the sculpture Surprised, by the Italian Nicolás A. Ferrari and, a few meters away, a monolith evocative of the Polish wise man Nicolás Copernicus.

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Guided tour Free​


When?
Tuesday to Friday at 12 and 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays at 12, 2 and 4:30 p.m.
On Saturdays and Sundays, with prior reservation: on the Planetarium website, it is enabled on Fridays, at 5:30 p.m.

👉https://planetario.buenosaires.gob.ar/

Where?
Galileo Planetarium Galilei Sarmiento Av. and Roldan Belisario Av. , Palermo



Do you want to know every corner of the Galileo Galilei Planetarium? Join the free guided tours. You will learn about interesting astronomical topics, the Earth, the Moon and the Solar System.



50 Anniversary​

During 2017, on the occasion of its 50th anniversary, its building - declared Historical and Cultural Heritage of the City - was restored and enhanced, respecting its original physiognomy and aesthetics. From the park it is possible to enjoy 50 meters of translucent LED screens and a remote management system so that the Planetarium is illuminated in a coordinated way with six other key points of Buenos Aires: the Obelisk, the Monument of the Spanish, the Pyramid of May , the Puente de la Mujer, the Floralis Genérica and the Monumental Tower.

In the museum on the first floor, a complete technological revolution was carried out that includes a robot that interacts with visitors, touch screens with astronomical information, virtual reality, 4D simulators and augmented reality games.
In the ring on the second floor there is an astro-gallery with photographic displays on large screens and in the Astronomical Plaza a "selfie point" was installed to take photos, play with astro filters and obtain images that will be projected on the screens of the ring.

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Tour virtual 360​

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No I'm an American. Ha! But you can't beat FREE. Wow there seem to be a lot of you Scottish on this forum. Or at least I recall seeing another Scottish poster too. LOL.
There are only two of us ! I thought you might make it three!

BelIeve it or not we arrived at more or less the same time in Argentina and we were actually born only 5 miles from each other in Scotland. Still trying to arrange a meet but we live quite a way from each other.
 
There are only two of us ! I thought you might make it three!

BelIeve it or not we arrived at more or less the same time in Argentina and we were actually born only 5 miles from each other in Scotland. Still trying to arrange a meet but we live quite a way from each other.
What a small world!! That is amazing and quite special.
 
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