Comments on: The Peter Harrison Planetarium: A Review.

By: depth386

depth386 — Sat, 19 Apr 2014 08:50:21 +0000

Your rage is well placed. Uranus has the insane 98 degree tilt, and Uranus radiates very little heat relative to what it receives from the sun. This is a curiosity as Neptune (and other planets) radiate much more. I mean, one could at least say something like “Voyager did not initially discover anything interesting about Uranus, but we now know…” But you put it best: “Assholes”. To think such crap gets shown in an expensive planetarium!

By: Oli Hutt

Oli Hutt — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 21:13:32 +0000

I saw a pretty terrible display narrated by Patrick Stewart when I went a year or two ago. I only live ten minutes away but bugger me if I’m going to waste my money on that place.

The park is nice though.

By: slimbuk

slimbuk — Tue, 29 May 2012 13:54:39 +0000

I visited the London Planetarium before and after it got taken over by Madame Tussauds. The first time was pure magic, seeing the night sky in amazing detail, galaxies and such in a way I’d never been able to before. While I can’t comment on the scientific content (I was too distracted by the spectacle) I’m sure it was superior to the second time I went which was all about celebrities and how “you too can become a star!”.

This is what the youth of today has to inspire them.

By: hentzau

hentzau — Mon, 28 May 2012 15:49:33 +0000

They kinda have. Renders of everyday stuff is DVD menu standard and should really be minimised as much as possible, but they can do some really mindboggling stuff with celestial objects.

By: hentzau

hentzau — Mon, 28 May 2012 15:47:44 +0000

“I think the bit on Uranus was literally “Voyager didn’t find anything interesting about Uranus, but it took this great picture! Look! Look!” Assholes.”

Wow, I just reread this and it’s *completely* unintentional, I assure you.

By: jiiiiim

jiiiiim — Mon, 28 May 2012 15:47:28 +0000

Liverpool Museum had (possibly still has) one that I enjoyed when I was 8, though all it was was a guide to constellations with a Liverpool skyline. I’d never even thought about them doing more than that though maybe computer graphics have advanced a bit in the last fifteen years.

By: Smurf

Smurf — Mon, 28 May 2012 15:05:59 +0000

It sounds like the scientists version of “He couldn’t hit the broad side of a barn”

By: Smurf

Smurf — Mon, 28 May 2012 13:27:01 +0000

“If you can’t score a direct hit on a star with a fucking galaxy”

This is currently my favourite quote on the internet.

By: innokenti

innokenti — Mon, 28 May 2012 13:12:24 +0000

Never really got excited by planetariums. Despite my mother’s best attempts.