What is Planetarium?

A Planetarium is a theater built to show educational and entertaining presentations about astronomy and the night sky. They are also used for training in celestial navigation. A main part of most Planetarium is the large dome shaped screen onto which images of stars, planets and other celestial objects can be shown and made to move to show the “motions of the heaven”. The celestial scenes can be created using many different technologies. These include ‘star balls’ that combine optical and electro-mechanical technology, slide projector, video, full dome projector systems, and lasers. These technologies are used together to give an accurate image of the motion of the sky. Common systems can be set to show the sky at any point in time, past or present. They often show the night sky as it would appear from any point of latitude on Earth.

Facts about Planetarium:

There are many different sizes of planetariums. They can be as large as the Hayden Planetarium’s 21-meter dome. It seats 423 people. They can also be as small as a three-meter portable dome where children sit on the floor. These portable planetariums are used for education presentations outside of the permanent planetarium at museums and science centers.

The term planetarium is sometimes used to mean other things which show the solar system. These include computer simulations or any orrery. Planetarium software refers to software that creates a 3 dimensional image of the sky on a two dimensional computer screen. The term planetarium is used for someone who works at a planetarium. The plural of planetarium is either planetarium or Planetaria.

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