Planetario_de_Montevideo

Planetario de Montevideo

Planetario de Montevideo

Planetarium

The Planetario de Montevideo (or Montevideo Planetarium; also known as the Surveyor Germán Barbato Municipal Planetarium), is a planetarium in Montevideo, Uruguay.

Planetario de Montevideo in 2017

Inaugurated on 11 February 1955,[1] it was the first planetarium in Latin America[2] and all of the southern hemisphere.[citation needed] It has a 18.3 m diameter dome and seats 157 people.[3]

Interior in 2015, showing the old Spitz projector

Historically, it used a Spitz Model B projector, which in 2016 was the oldest such projector still in working order.[4] The planetarium was renovated in 2017–19, when the Spitz projector was replaced by a digital system; it reopened in December 2019.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    "Un poco de historia", Planetario (in Spanish), archived from the original on 17 December 2010, retrieved 22 December 2020
  2. [2]
    Timeline of planetarium history, International Planetarium Society, retrieved 22 December 2020
  3. [3]
    Planetario de Montevideo Agrimensor German Barbato, World Planetariums Database, retrieved 22 December 2020
  4. [4]
    Uruguay has world's oldest planetarium, EFE, 8 May 2016, retrieved 22 December 2020

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