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Discovering the Southern Sky

Culture · Friday, October 30 · 15:30 · Reims

Planétarium de Reims, 49 Avenue du Général de Gaulle

Live guided session under the dome of the Planetarium. Europeans discovered the southern hemisphere sky only from the 15th century, with great navigators like Christopher Columbus, Amerigo Vespucci, and Fernando de Magellan. Under this sky completely unobservable from metropolitan France, you will discover new constellations such as the Southern Cross, but also nebulae and galaxies among the most beautiful visible from Earth. Level: Adults, teens, and children aged 8 and up.