Out of this World
Since 16 February 2010 more than 500,000 visitors saw the exhibition.
Exhibition "Out of this World"
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Exhibition 'Out of this World - Wonders of the Solar System' extended until end of 2010
The exhibition 'Out of this World - Wonders of the Solar System', presented by the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) and Gasometer Oberhausen GmbH, has been extended until 30 December 2010. More than 300,000 visitors have so far experienced the wonders on show. Following the enormous success of the exhibition, it has been named as a project of RUHR.2010, the European Capital of Culture 2010. |
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The exhibition 'Out of this World - Wonders of the Solar System' opens in the Oberhausen Gasometer
From Thursday, 2 April 2009 the new exhibition 'Out of this World - Wonders of the Solar System' will be open to visitors at the Oberhausen Gasometer. It shows our Solar System as a huge process of growth and decay and takes visitors on a journey into the cosmos. Spectacular reproductions of our planetary system, fascinating images of alien worlds, precious historical instruments and modern space research technology all form part of this multifaceted exhibition. The 'largest moon on Earth' can be seen under the Gasometer's 100-metre high roof. |
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The largest Moon on Earth
The 'largest Moon on Earth', with a diameter of 25 metres, floats inside the 100-metre high free space that is the Oberhausen Gasometer's 'main ring'. In virtually total darkness, the scene is set for this simulated satellite of the Earth using elaborate lighting. Visitors to the exhibition are able to observe the simulated Moon in all its phases. This picture gallery shows how the sculpture of the Moon was produced and installed. |
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Exhibits from 'Out of this World'
On the gas-pressure disc of the gasometer there are cultural relics, historical telescopes, measuring instruments, astronomical charts and old globes – and beside them the modern instruments of space research. Here it becomes clear how findings concerning cosmic happenings always made progress when new observation technologies revolutionised our gaze into the depths of the cosmos. Among other things, the exhibits include a few small grams of real Moon dust. The Soviet probe Luna 24 brought them back to Earth in 1976. Also on show is a Hasselblad camera with Zeiss lenses, as used by the Apollo astronauts on their trips to the Moon. The model shown was never on the Moon but is, however, an original backup camera. |
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Exhibition "Out of this World - Wonders of the Solar System"
| 02. 04. 2009 - 30. 12. 2010 |
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The new exhibition "Out of this World - Wonders of the Solar System" in the Oberhausen Gasometer takes visitors on a journey through the cosmos. The exhibition, open to visitors from 2 April 2009 until 30 December 2010, offers spectacular reproductions of our planetary system and fascinating images of strange worlds.
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Gasometer Oberhausen GmbH |
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