It may not look like much – in fact, it might actually look odd and a little alarming – but this silver balloon cradles the universe in its belly.
The South Shore Astronomical Society visited the Scituate Town Library today and brought along “Stars Across New England,” the Gene & Martha Luzader Planetarium. This inflatable planterarium filled the back room on the library’s lower level; to get inside you crawl through the smaller balloon passageway you can see on the lower right. Once inside, my family and I traveled to the North Pole, the Equator and then home to Massachusetts, seeing the star-filled sky above us as we went. We learned about the colors of stars, the constellations and their ancient stories and watched them rise and set over our heads.
Many thanks to the members of the South Shore Astronomical Society for a wonderful Astronomy Day!
What fun for the kids. I remember being in elementary school and we had something similar come to visit… it was a big whale that you crawled into and had a similar experience. I bet the planetarium is even better.