Noun(1) (2) a building housing an instrument for projecting the positions of the planets onto a domed ceiling(3) an optical device for projecting images of celestial bodies and other astronomical phenomena onto the inner surface of a hemispherical dome(4) an apparatus or model for representing the solar systems [also: planetaria (pl)]
Noun(1) (2) a building housing an instrument for projecting the positions of the planets onto a domed ceiling(3) an optical device for projecting images of celestial bodies and other astronomical phenomena onto the inner surface of a hemispherical dome(4) an apparatus or model for representing the solar systems [also: planetaria (pl)]
(1) Shows at the temporary planetarium will allow visitors to explore the planets and moons of the solar system, take a journey into ancient Egypt to see how science was used to create calendars, and look at the search for life in outer space.(2) I told them we trust the museum will open in the spring of 2007 and that we hope to open the planetarium , lobby, and cafu00e9 in the middle of this year.(3) When she got a few minutes away from planning the wedding, she was trying to set up the summer program for the planetarium .(4) He wrote Theorica Planetarum which describes the construction of a planetarium , the first to be described by a European.(5) The Royal Observatory at Greenwich is to be restored and opened to the public, with the addition of a new planetarium .(6) Cosmonova, at the Swedish Museum of Natural History in Stockholm, is made up of an Omnitheatre with both a modern planetarium and a 70 mm-wide cinema.(7) He announced to his wife that he was going to educate the public by building a planetarium in the back room of their house.(8) A Zeiss projector that was centrepiece of the Star Theatre for the planetarium 's 27-year lifespan was purchased by York University, which currently has it disassembled in storage.(9) Over 150 people, including school and college students, turned up at the planetarium on Thursday evening to view the celestial bodies.(10) Although not terribly well known, the Observatorio Astronomico de Mallorca has a working planetarium and offers public skywatching using telescopes sufficiently powerful to study Jupiter, Mars, Saturn, Venus and Mercury.(11) Not only will it offer both an earth science museum and a planetarium (the Barlow Planetarium), but it also provides visitors with an opportunity to view a portion of the Barlow collection.(12) The QM2 boasts 24-hour casinos, the only planetarium at sea, and the Canyon Ranch SpaClub, where you can unwind from the day with an assortment of pampering treatments.(13) The observatory will be open to the public for the first time and the galleries will be located in the Victorian South Building, home of the old planetarium .(14) So, in the past eight years, under his direction, the Bangalore Association for Science Education at the planetarium has helped young students start out on scientific careers.(15) The planetarium projects bright stars and constellations visible in the Southern Hemisphere on your walls and ceilings.(16) An inflatable planetarium is introducing the wonders of the universe into the classroom.
