Scotland's first fulldome digital planetarium opens at Glasgow Science Centre
Visitors to Glasgow Science Centre can now enjoy a new addition to the institution – Scotland’s first fulldome digital planetarium, which opened its doors to the public on 5 September.
Able to seat 115 people, the new fulldome digital system by Swedish company Sciss offers guests the chance to visualise real-time scientific data and satellite imaging and to see the universe in three dimensions. Additionally the system can now show 360º fulldome films, which will be projected in HD across the 15m (49ft) dome, with Google’s “Back to the Moon for Good” narrated by Tim Allen among the first to be shown.
“The new digital system will allow our visitors to explore the universe like never before, through live presenter-led shows taking them on a tour through our solar system, or zooming out of the Milky Way to seeing our galaxy from above,” said astronomer and planetarium manager, Steve Owens.
“We will take seconds to transport our audiences to places in space that would take the fastest spacecraft ever built 40,000 years to reach and we will have shows suitable for all ages, allowing us to engage with pre-school children, school pupils at all stages of learning, and families, while at the same time enabling us to take our adult learners on in-depth explorations of our cosmos in a programme of evening lectures and night classes.”
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