A planetarium is bringing space to the town centre as it begins its run in Sheffield.

According to its website, Planetarium Go aims to “make astronomy accessible, exciting, and deeply inspiring—sparking curiosity about our planet and the cosmos beyond”.

Attendees can choose from a variety of films accessible to all ages, and can sit back and relax in a deck chair as they stare up at the virtual stars.

Planetarium Go started in Spain, before coming to Battersea Power Station in February this year, and plans to visit Hull and Manchester next.

Kelsei Brown, an employee at the planetarium, said: “No matter if you are a kid or an adult you can actually learn something from this.

“There was a long time where space kind of got a little bit less prioritised – now I think it’s time to bring it back.

“Stuff like this will help engineer some kind of curiosity for the final frontier. Once we understand space we understand why we are here.

“Our curiosity for the stars – for space – helped us in science, it helped us in general relativity.”

One viewer, who attended with his grandchildren, said: “I was thinking about the children, and that the language was going to be hard.

“He’s taken in a lot more than I feared.”

Planetarium Go! shows a variety of films on the wonders of space

Geoff Charlton, secretary of the Sheffield Astronomical Society, believes that educating people on the wonders of space can help give us better perspective on our problems.

“Everyone has got lots of problems and lots of issues, and you look up and you think ‘well, really? does it really matter?’

“You look up at the skies and you see what is going on and you think ‘well maybe for a few minutes my problems don’t really matter’.

“It makes me feel insignificant.”

Mr Charlton works with organisations like Cubs and Brownies to educate people about space, hoping to inspire children by showing them the true scale of things.

He said: “We’ve had a few members who have come and then gone on to do astrophysics.

“One of the biggest things missing in the world is curiosity. The planetarium is a nice visual way to stimulate curiosity.”

Planetarium Go will be in Fargate in Sheffield town centre until the 28th of March.