As some of you may remember, UPEI used to have a planetarium.
UPEI Planetarium
Michelle Cottreau, a UPEI Physics graduate, sent me the photograph below and shared the following memories of her time working at the planetarium.
“I worked there for several years and only have one picture of that time. It wish I had more and some of the inside. It was amazing and the best job I ever had!”
Planetarium staff, summer 1985 (left to right): David Yorston, David Brennan (Manager), Michelle Cottreau, David Wheeler
“We had several different shows but my favourite was the one we did for young children called “Our Sky Family”. The star projector was nick-named “Jake” and the show began with the sound of snoring. Jake would suddenly wake up and would rise out of the underground well (where the projector was stored) to greet the children and the show began. They loved it!”