Discovery of the astronomical clock of Jean Legros

Name: Descubrimiento del reloj astronómico de Jean Legros
Start: 2022-09-17T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T18:15:00+02:00
Location: Planétarium

Discover an astronomical clock unique in France, entirely made in Meccano.

17 i 18 septiembre 2022Passed

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©Benjamin Poupard-Planetarium de Reims

Discover an astronomical clock, unique in France, entirely made in Meccano.

Atypical in design, it is the result of 22 years of work and passion of the Reims pharmacist Jean Legros (1903-1978).

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Visite commentée / Conférence

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About the location

Planétarium

49 Avenue du Général de Gaulle, 51100 Reims

Marne
Grand Est

The Planetarium is a pedagogic tool and of information unique(only) general public in the region, associated with a multimedia technique to gain knowledge of constellations, to discover the planets of solar system and universe as a whole. The discovery begins with the museographic space, then continues in the room of hemispheric projection equipped with an unique(only), ultra modern astronomic projector with France, provided of about 7 000 optical fibers allowing to reconstruct a starry sky identical to that observed in nature.