Planetarium

 Where science meets entertainment for an unrivalled 360° cinematic experience in New Zealand’s first full dome digital planetarium.

 The Planetarium presents:

Mount Cook Space Traveller (18 minutes):  Leave Earth and fly to the edge of our solar system and galaxy, See the Southern night sky, including the Southern Cross, the Milky Way with its iridescent beauty, the inverted constellations and the clusters of galaxies beyond. This virtual tour takes you deep into space to visit planets, stars and galaxies.  

Infinity Express (22 minutes): Where did it all begin? Is there life outside our own solar system? From the discoveries of early astronomers to today’s inventions and man’s ambition to explore beyond the Earth’s atmosphere, you’ll be amazed by dramatic scientific breakthroughs in the quest to understand our universe.

 Black Holes (22 minutes): Imagine a place where time stands still, where the unimaginable becomes reality. Welcome to the world of Black Holes. Travel through space as astronomers scan the universe to find nature’s most bizarre creations.

 Screenings Mid morning, mid afternoon and evening.

 

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