Since I was a kid, I’ve always stared up at the stars in wonder and dragged my parents to the science center whenever I could. Which is why, when we found out the local planetarium was having a special wine and bread night, we couldn’t pass it up.
The Stardome planetarium is located in a park right next to One Tree Hill, one of the fantastic lookout spots near Auckland. It’s not particularly huge, but it was recently rennovated and has a nice little museum display complete with some interactive displays. Of course, the main event we were there for was The Stories of the Stars, one of a series of Tuesday night special events that they hold once a week. We were ushered into the planetarium, where our two hosts took us through a number of constellations, covering both the stories behind them and then zooming in to show the nebulae, galaxies, and other objects that can be found within them.
