[2] It is one of three planetaria in São Paulo, the others being Professor Aristóteles Orsini Planetarium[3] and the Johannes Kepler Planetarium at Sabina Escola Parque do Conhecimento.

The 1,750 square metres (18,800 sq ft) building has a projection dome that is 10 metres (33 ft) high and 20 metres (66 ft) diameter, with 230 reclining seats, and projection by a Carl Zeiss AG Universarium VIII, which uses 9,000 optical fibres and 109 lenses to portray the night sky.

[2] The planetarium closed in 2007[3] due to structural problems[5] arising from infiltration,[6] and fungi was discovered on the lens of the projector in 2010.

[4] The observation area reopened in 2012, before closing again in January 2013 due to a water leak.

[6] It reopened with revised management, and a branch of the astrophysics school (which is primarily located at the other planetarium in São Paulo).