Planetario de Montevideo

The Planetario de Montevideo (or Montevideo Planetarium; also known as the Surveyor Germán Barbato Municipal Planetarium), is a planetarium in Montevideo, Uruguay.

Planetario de Montevideo in 2017

Inaugurated on 11 February 1955,[1] it was the first planetarium in Latin America[2] and all of the southern hemisphere. It has a 18.3 m diameter dome and seats 157 people.[3]

Interior in 2015, showing the old Spitz projector

Historically, it used a Spitz Model B projector, which in 2016 was the oldest such projector still in working order.[4] The planetarium was renovated in 2017–19, when the Spitz projector was replaced by a digital system; it reopened in December 2019.[3]

References
  1. "Un poco de historia", Planetario (in Spanish), archived from the original on 17 December 2010, retrieved 22 December 2020
  2. Timeline of planetarium history, International Planetarium Society, retrieved 22 December 2020
  3. Planetario de Montevideo Agrimensor German Barbato, World Planetariums Database, retrieved 22 December 2020
  4. Uruguay has world's oldest planetarium, EFE, 8 May 2016, retrieved 22 December 2020

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