Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium

The Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium is located on the grounds of the Brisbane Botanic Gardens within the suburb of Toowong, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The Planetarium changed into officially opened on 24 May 1978. The Planetarium is named after Sir Thomas Brisbane, governor of the colony of New South Wales and well known Scottish astronomer who installed the first tremendous observatory at Parramatta, Australia, in 1822 for mapping the southern skies. The Planetarium is placed approximately 5 kilometres from the Central Business District, and is run through the Brisbane City Council.

The Planetarium functions the 12.5 m diameter Cosmic Skydome with a lately upgraded, country of the artwork Sky-Skan digital dome projection system, console and refurbished seats for a most concentric seating ability of 133. An observatory contains a completely established Zeiss 15 cm refractor and a Meade 25.4 cm "Go To" Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope. Extensive space exploration and astronomy presentations in the Planetarium's Foyer and Gallery consist of the 1969 Moon landing with a replica of Neil Armstrong's space fit and numerous models of spacecraft and astronomical instruments. A mini-theatre typically functions a regularly updated Space Telescope Science Institute net feed. You can visit this place with your friends and loved ones.