Opening of Moscow Planetarium

• The opening of the Moscow planetarium

The updated planetarium opens its doors and invites visitors to take a journey into interstellar space. It completed a long reconstruction, which took place over 17 years.

Now the Moscow planetarium - a multifunctional complex combining scientific-educational, educational resources, and the center of family entertainment, aimed at different age groups of visitors.

Appearance of the building has not changed, the main difference lies in the fact that the historic building is raised by 6 meters, to it built out of 14 thousand meters of new space.

At the opening there were a lot of kids.

Urania Museum named after the patroness of astronomy. Hall 2. There the relief globes of the planets and the Moon, a unique collection of meteorites and interactive model "Solar System".

Sometimes it seems that he was on the set of "Star Wars"!

Vacuum stand, with a bell in the fan, the degree of vacuum is adjusted buttons, very entertaining!

The projection glass screen, the picture is hanging in the air.

At the entrance stands the layout of the planetarium, which shines like a rainbow.

Plasma lamp - the invention of Nikola Tesla (1894).

Stand with static electricity.

Very cool stuff - makes using the air flow out of steam, just did a real tornado, only a small,

And here, taking the tube and attach to specific points on the globe, you can hear the radio of the country corresponding to this point.

The classic optical illusions and more.

Lunarium - Hall 1, exposition is framed as a space station with thematic sections: "Landing on Mars", "Interplanetary Voyage", "Birth of the galaxy," "Journey to Infinity".

Magnetized beads demonstrate gravitational interaction between celestial bodies.

Optical stand, prisms and filters, adults interested no less than the children.

It is necessary to guess the constellation shown by pressing the corresponding button, I only obeyed my native Taurus.

The gift shop at the entrance you can buy pieces of meteorites, books, telescopes, souvenirs and even a real space food, however, at astronomical prices ...

The old projectors starry sky of the Moscow planetarium, Carl Zeiss creations are exhibited in the first hall of the Urania Museum.

The walls are an interactive exhibits.

The lander spacecraft Vostok "3KA-2." March 23, 1961 he made his start with a dummy, "Ivan Ivanovich" dog and an asterisk, his successful return to land paved the way for manned space flights.

Evgeny Yurchenko, April 12, 2011 in order to return to his homeland apparatus bought it at auction, "Sotheby's".

Ilya Lagutenko congratulated on the opening of the planetarium.

Grand opening after 17 years of renovation took place.

A collection of meteorites museum contains 113 samples of extraterrestrial matter!

model of the solar system by clicking on the appropriate button, you can get information on interesting planet.

Give me a fulcrum ...

The exhibits from the collection of the museum planetarium ...

The collective image of the medieval astronomer and a large collection of astronomical instruments of antiquity ...

starry sky projector worked from 1977 to 1994.

Light and Optics projector 1929.

Even in new areas appeared 4D-cinema.

Lagutenko with his wife generate a cloud.

On this stand you can find out your weight of gravity of different planets of the solar system.

Planetarium Director General answered the questions of journalists, promised to clubs for children of all ages, education and other pleasures.

The heart of the planetarium, the new projector "Universarium M9". It consists of 32 projectors, demonstrating 9,100 twinkling stars. The device allows the maximum possible at the moment up to simulate a real view of the starry sky and astronomical phenomena in the period of time 10 000 years.