Discovery of the Southern Sky

Planétarium de Reims, 49 Avenue du Général de Gaulle

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