I-Planetarium yaseGoli


INingizimu Afrika yathola iplanethiarium kungekudala, ngo-Okthoba wonyaka wamashumi ayisithupha wekhulu lama-20. Lesi sikhungo semfundo nesemfundo sasungulwa ngesisekelo se-University of Witwatersrand. Itholakala eMpumalanga Campus yayo enkabeni yedolobha laseGoli (Bramfontein).

Ifasitela endaweni yonke

I-planetarium ibhekwa njengeyokuqala egcwele eNingizimu Afrika kanti eyesibili kuyo yonke iNingizimu Yezwe. Manje sekudala kunazo zonke kuleli zwekazi lase-Afrika. It ifakwe ne-telescope ne Zeiss optics MkIII. Ububanzi be-dome ngamamitha angu-20. Indawo yegumbi ikuvumela ukuba uthande izinkanyezi ngesikhathi esifanayo izinkanyezi eziyizinkulungwane ezingamakhulu amane.

Lapho umphathi weyunivesithi ecabanga ngokukwakha iplanethiyamu yakhe, wayengazi ukuthi isakhiwo kufanele sibe njani. Ngakho-ke, emva kwengxabano emfushane, izimali zaqoqwa ukuthenga iplanethiyamu eyenziwe ngomumo. Ukuzikhethela kwawela eHabsburg, eyakhiwa ngo-1930.

Isakhiwo sasikopishwe ngqo kusukela ekuqaleni. Wayesebenesibonakude sesimanje.

Izindleko zokuvakashelwa

Ngonyaka we-2016, inani elilandelayo lemali lisetjenziselwa ukuvakatjhela ku-Planetarium yeGoli :

Ukuthenga amathikithi kuyatholakala isigamu sehora ngaphambi kokuboniswa.