When I was a child, a trip sponsored by the school where I studied took me to visit the Humbolt planetarium, located in the Park Generalísimo Francisco de Miranda - East Park, in Caracas.
I have no memory of my expectations about it, but I do remember leaving the place happy, for me the show was pure magic. When I arrived, I had no idea of what was to come.
A huge projector in the middle of the room with electromechanical operation that in its movements gave realism to the scene, for me at that time it was almost like being aboard a spaceship. Emulating a starry sky and planets, it was one of the best things I saw as a child.
In my adolescence and adulthood I have returned to go to the planetarium, as you can hardly see stars in the city because of the high pollution, going for a while into the spectacle of the starry sky through realistically projected images is quite nice and satisfying, although now I think the projector looks like a giant ant, I still like it and even more what it can do.
The Humbolt Planetarium projector is an old Zeiss Mark III model. There are high-end projectors such as the Hayden Planetarium in New York and the projectors of the Shanghai Astronomy Museum, however, I do not intend to make a comparison of an old projector to one of last generation or that as technology advances in some countries while in others seems to have stopped, first I am not an expert in the area, secondly, I am not very interested in that part.
What I find fascinating is what these devices can do, they are able to emulate the celestial space, immerse us in the cosmos, show us how small we are in the vast universe and give us a show full of brightness and realism.
Literally, brilliant.
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