PROPUESTA DE CENTRO ASTRONÓMICO EN EL PLANETARIO DE LA ARMADA, AVENIDA 25 DE JULIO, GUAYAQUIL, ECUADOR

Abstract

The present project of thesis is the design of an Astronomical Center in the Planetarium of the Navy, located in the Avenue 25 of Julio, Guayaquil, Ecuador. This same proposal seeks integration of public spaces of the national government dedicated to defense with astronomical research since both are at the service of the scientific and public community, complying with all municipal requirements and national and international regulations. In Ecuador, the advances in astronomical studies have not had an adequate impulse, reducing to the imparting of basic principles of this scientific branch towards the public, although in this part there was not a significant advance if the sma ll number of centers is taken into account. of astrono mical exploration at the national level, that is, two main centers of astronomical studies located in the first two main cities: Quito and Guayaquil. The city is the most populated city in the country and with the most international access due to its commercial port activity, has an ast ronomical center or Planetarium of the Navy since 1984, located near the Maritime Port, which also receives tourists from internat ional cruises. Its impact has been limited only in organizing with educational institutions the realization of visits of its students, as well as the e xecution of conferences outside the astronomical sciences. No steps are being taken to promote astronomic al tourism, in which it is tried to promote different experiences with observing the cosmos to the public. The result of this exploratory descriptive character in which it generates an impact on the population of Guayaquil through these spaces as an incent ive for the public to become familiar with astronomy and due to the attraction that is generated between man and the cosmos observable from the Earth.