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Lonely Planet review

Gávea's stellar attraction, the Planetário (Planetarium) features a museum, a praça dos telescópios (telescopes' square) and a couple of state-of-the-art operating domes, each capable of projecting over 6000 stars onto its walls (40-minute sessions in the domes are at and Saturday, Sunday and holidays). Visitors can also take a peak at the night sky through the far-seeing telescopes on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from to ( to in winter).

The hyper-modern Museu do Universo (Universe Museum) houses sundials, a Foucault's Pendulum and permanent exhibitions, and good temporary ones. Periodically, the planetarium hosts live chorinho (romantic, intimate samba) concerts on weekends. Check the website or the newspaper for information.