Planetario Luis Enrique Erro
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Planetario Luis Enrique Erro
is a planetarium
located in Mexico City
, owned and operated by the National Polytechnic Institute
. It was the first planetarium in Mexico
open to the public and is one of the oldest in Latin America
. It was opened in 1967 and operated for over 39 years with a planetarium projector
model Mark 4.
It was reopened to the public on 15 January 2007 after renovation and modernization costing about 43 million pesos
. Its innovations include a stellar dome and new digital projection systems Digistar 3
provided by E&S through Ecosistemas de México, audio, acoustics and lighting.
Luis Enrique Erro
Luis Enrique Erro was a Mexican astronomer, politician, and educational reformer.Born in Mexico City, Erro studied civil engineering and accounting, among other subjects. He occupied the post of head of the Department of Technical Education until 1934...
is a planetarium
Planetarium
A planetarium is a theatre built primarily for presenting educational and entertaining shows about astronomy and the night sky, or for training in celestial navigation...
located in Mexico City
Mexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
, owned and operated by the National Polytechnic Institute
National Polytechnic Institute
The National Polytechnic Institute colloquially known as the Polytechnic is one of the largest public universities in Mexico with 153.027 students at the high school, undergraduate and postgraduate levels...
. It was the first planetarium in Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
open to the public and is one of the oldest in Latin America
Latin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
. It was opened in 1967 and operated for over 39 years with a planetarium projector
Planetarium projector
A planetarium projector is a device used to project images of celestial objects onto the dome in a planetarium.The first modern planetarium projectors were designed and built by the Carl Zeiss Jena company in Germany between 1923 and 1925, and have since grown more complex. Smaller projectors...
model Mark 4.
It was reopened to the public on 15 January 2007 after renovation and modernization costing about 43 million pesos
Mexican peso
The peso is the currency of Mexico. Modern peso and dollar currencies have a common origin in the 15th–19th century Spanish dollar, most continuing to use its sign, "$". The Mexican peso is the 12th most traded currency in the world, the third most traded in the Americas, and by far the most...
. Its innovations include a stellar dome and new digital projection systems Digistar 3
Digistar 3
Digistar 3 is a dome-based projection technology created by Evans & Sutherland - to offer audiences immersive entertainment and education experiences that integrate fulldome video, real time 3D computer graphics, and a digital planetarium facility...
provided by E&S through Ecosistemas de México, audio, acoustics and lighting.