If you want to see how the night sky at the South Pole looked a decade ago then you might want to take a look at the UCLA planetarium. At the planetarium, visitors can view the sky as it would have been at different times in history. During what the department calls “special topic” shows that occur every Wednesday, graduate students are able to teach visitors about specific topics. In the middle of the planetarium, running the show is a projector that fills the night sky with stars and allows visitors to see first hand what astronomy is about. In addition, the projector also utilizes digital imaging to provide information in specialized astronomical studies. According to Kevin Hainline, astrophysics graduate student and planetarium coordinator, “I’ll give shows and have college students really having a good time, little kids really enthusiastic, and then even the adults are also excited.”

[via The Daily Bruin]

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