We recently had the opportunity to experience our first planetarium show. I personally had not been to one since I was a elementary school student so it was cool to see how things had improved since the late 80's early 90's.
One thing about the show is that your seat does matter. If you are not seated in a prime location you feel like your neck is going to break trying to see the projected images on the doom right side up. Also two of my children had a moment when the simulated tornado got a bit to real for them and they wanted to get up immediately and leave. I managed to get them back relaxed and got them to understand that it was a projection and there was no tornado in the room. But I guess that's a testament to the quality of the show.
Seeing the show did spark an interest in the constellations and the zodiac. I was actually surprised out how many constellations the children were familiar with. Its been about 3yrs since we last formally studied astronomy. Its always cool to see how much information is still retained.
It was an awesome experience. We definitely plan to go back again in the future.
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