Akashi Municipal Planetarium |
The Akashi Planetarium was established in 1960, commemorating the International Geophysical Year of 1957. In 1995 the heavy Kobe earthquake did also affect the neighbouring Akashi City. The planetarium building partially was damaged and had to be closed for some years. The Universal Projection Planetarium actually did not take notice of the earthquake – it has been operational. |
1960 |
23 m |
ZEISS UPP 23/3 |
National Educational Center “Bobek” |
The Republic of Kazakhstan is a transcontinental country mainly located in Central Asia with a smaller portion west of the Ural River in Eastern Europe. There are only very few planetariums. One is located in Almaty, the largest city in Kazakhstan Almaty with a population of about 2,000,000 people. |
2009 |
10 m |
ZEISS SKYMASTER ZKP 4 |
Asahikawa Science Center |
Asahikawa, the second largest city on the island of Hokkaido, has one of Japan’s biggest science centers. Opened in 2005, the main attraction is the planetarium. Its ZEISS projector replaced a ZEISS small-dome planetarium, which had successfully performed in the service of knowledge transmission since 1963. |
1963 |
8 m |
ZEISS ZKP 1 |
2005 |
18 m |
ZEISS STARMASTER |
Schoolchildren's Palace |
In 2011 the Schoolchildren's Palace was built in Astana. It offers all kind of activities for children with the emphasis on education. ZEISS installed a 4k fulldome system in the 18-m dome. |
2011 |
16 m |
ZEISS 4DOME |
Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium |
Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium, Bangalore, was established in 1989 by the Bangalore City Corporation. The former SPACEMASTER Space Flight Planetarium was replaced by a ZEISS Hybrid system featuring a SKYMASTER ZKP 4 LED projector combined with a 6-channel VELVET fulldome system. |
1989 |
15 m |
ZEISS SPACEMASTER |
2017 |
15 m |
True Black Hybrid |
Beijing Planetarium |
The planetarium of Beijing, China, is of central importance on a nationwide scale. The new building, a large glass palace right next to the old planetarium building, houses exhibitions, observatories and a second planetarium dome for astronomical visualization. In 2008 a ZEISS UNIVERSARIUM Mark IX replaced the instrument in the traditional planetarium. |
1957 |
23 m |
ZEISS UPP 23/2 |
2008 |
23 m |
ZEISS UNIVERSARIUM Mark IX |
Bucheon City Library |
Bucheon was built as a satellite city to the Seoul metropolis. Now it grows with its own color - the City of Cinema and Culture. The Hanwoolbit Library is one of five for seven hundred inhabitants and specialized to science. The city authorities included a planetarium to the library to enhance science education. |
2009 |
10 m |
ZEISS SKYMASTER ZKP 4 with SPACEGATE Quinto |
Meghnad Saha Planetarium |
The city of Bardhaman (Burdwan) has a planetarium named after India's scientist Meghnad Saha. It is the second planetarium of the state after Kolkata's Birla planetarium. ZEISS installed a new fulldome system in 2016. |
2016 |
8 m |
ZEISS SPACEGATE Quinto |
Regional Science Centre & Planatarium |
Regional Science Centre & Planetarium Calicut functioning under NCSM (Govt. of India) shoulders the leading role of propelling science in Kerala. The Calicut Planetarium presents approx. 1200 Shows each year. The planetarium is equipped with a hybrid projection system since 2014. |
1994 |
15 m |
ZEISS SPACEMASTER |
2014 |
15 m |
ZEISS SPACEGATE Nova |
Tamilnadu Science and Technology Centre |
The SKYMASTER ZKP 4 star projector and the digital fulldome projection from ZEISS replaced a 30-year-old projector of Japanese manufacture. The hybrid planetarium in the 15 m diameter dome belongs to a new generation of planetarium systems that combines the brilliant starry sky of the optical-mechanical projector with digital fulldome video projections. |
2019 |
15 m |
ZEISS SKYMASTER ZKP 4 with SPACEGATE Nova |
ChungcheongBuk-do |
ChungcheongBuk-Do Education and Science Research Institute (CBESR) has been playing a key role in the educational development for Chungbuk Province. In order to do this, CBESR strives to be an educational center that fully supports the educational research for practical learning environments. The planetarium is a major part of the science education department. |
2000 |
16 m / 25° tilt |
ZEISS STARMASTER ZMP-TD |
2020 |
16 m / 25° tilt |
True Black Hybrid |
Sri Lanka Planetarium |
Since the planetarium opening in 1965 a ZEISS Universal Projection Planetarium has been taken center stage for astronomical education in Sri Lanka. With the installation of powerdome 4DOME new fulldome technique offers new insides to the universe in addition to classical planetarium presentations. |
1965 |
23 m |
ZEISS UPP 23/4 |
2014 |
23 m |
ZEISS 4DOME |
Hangzhou High School |
The Hangzhou High School is greatly pleased about the ZEISS SKYMASTER ZKP 4 LED in their 12-meter dome. The teachers at the newly erected school complex in the 8-million metropolis got a top-class tool for illustrating sky phenomena and making them comprehensible to their students. |
2016 |
12 m |
ZEISS SKYMASTER ZKP 4 LED |
Incheon Education and Research Institute |
The large-scale science center, generously equipped facility with its many exhibits and attractions especially appeals to young people. The planetarium opens a window to the universe, which gives children, students and citizens of Incheon a great vision of the universe and our future in space. |
2003 |
15 m |
ZEISS STARMASTER |
Sunhark ByeolBit Library Planetarium |
With the powerdome video projection onto the 12 m dome, astronomical facts and fulldome films are visualized. Part of the delivery is the WorldWide Telescope program optimized by ZEISS for dome projection, with which visitors can experience journeys through the solar system and beyond into interstellar and galactic space. |
2018 |
12 m |
ZEISS SPACEGATE Nova |
Jakarta Planetarium and Observatory |
The planetarium was completed in 1968 and officially inaugurated in 1969. A major technological upgrade was achieved in 1996. The previous Universal Projector was replaced with the computerized UNIVERSARIUM Mark VIII Projector. The projection dome was replaced and the diameter of the dome reduced to 22 meter. |
1969 |
23 m |
ZEISS UPP 23/5 |
1998 |
22 m |
ZEISS UNIVERSARIUM Mark VIII |
Jilin Science & Technology Museum |
Jilin is one of the three provinces of Northeast China. ZEISS installed a 6-channel SPACEGATE EDITION fulldome system in Changchun in 2011. |
2011 |
12 m |
ZEISS SPACEGATE Edition |
Space Theater – Science City |
The Space Theater of the Science City in Kolkata belongs to the National Council of Science Museums (NCSM), a Government of India organization under Ministry of Culture. It features a six-channel powerdome fulldome system with active stereo projection and 6.5k effective resolution |
2019 |
23 m / 23° tilt |
ZEISS SPACEGATE Nova |
M.P. Birla Planetarium |
The Birla Planetarium is the most renowned center of popular science in India. With its reopening in 2017 the Birla Planetarium provides totally new and exciting possibilities of presentation. The core technology consists of a fully equipped STARMASTER projector combined with a eight-channel VELVET fulldome system. |
1962 |
23 m |
ZEISS UPP 23/2s |
2017 |
23 m |
ZEISS True Black Hybrid |
Kuwait National Planetarium |
In 1990, during the Gulf War the Kuwait National Planetarium building was sabotaged and the planetarium burnt. It was then reconstructed beginning in 2000. Today a ZEISS STARMASTER projector is presenting the star shows. The planetarium is now entertaining and educating the Kuwaiti public. |
1986 |
15 m |
ZEISS SPACEMASTER |
2002 |
15 m |
ZEISS STARMASTER |
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2007 |
15 m |
ZEISS 4DOME |
Munakata YURIX Planetarium |
Munakata is a city of 95,000 inhabitants on Kyushu, the southernmost of Japan's four main islands. The Munakata Yurix Planetarium with its dome of 12 m diameter forms part of a popular cultural and sports center, which also features a library, a movie theater, a swimming pool and other leisure facilities, and attracts a million visitors every year. |
2011 |
12.2 m |
ZEISS SKYMASTER ZKP 4 |
Planetarium |
The only planetarium in Oman belongs to the privat operated Oil & Gas Exhibition Centre in Muscat. Both, the exhibition centre and the planetarium were originally conceived and built – and are being run – by Petroleum Development Oman (PDO), the leading oil and gas exploration and production company in the Sultanate of Oman. |
2000 |
11 m |
ZEISS SKYMASTER ZKP 3 |
Nagoya City Science Museum |
The city of Nagoya erected the largest planetarium in the world featuring a dome with 35 m in diameter. The ZEISS UNIVERSARIUM Mark IX planetarium projector is specially designed. |
1962 |
20 m |
ZEISS Mark IV |
2011 |
35 m |
ZEISS UNIVERSARIUM Mark IX |
Raman Science Centre |
The Raman Science Centre and Planetarium is a constituent unit of the National Council of Science Museums in India. In 2011 the ZKP 3 was upgraded to ZKP 3/B and a new six-channel fulldome system installed. Both systems – the optical-mechanical and the digital planetarium work in synchronism as Indias first Hybrid Planetarium. |
1995 |
11 m |
ZEISS SKYMASTER ZKP 3/B |
2014 |
11 m |
ZEISS SPACEGATE EDITION |
Novokuznetsk Planetarium |
The original Novokuznetsk Planetarium was established in 1959. In 1970 it moved to its current location. The first ZEISS instrument was a small-size planetarium ZKP 1. Today a ZEISS SKYMASTER ZKP 4 combined with a SPACEGATE Quinto fulldome system is working at center stage. |
1970 |
12 m |
ZEISS ZKP 1 |
2009 |
12 m |
ZEISS SKYMASTER ZKP 4 with SPACEGATE Quinto |
Indira Gandhi Planetarium |
The planetarium was inaugurated in 1993. It is named after senior Indian National Congress leader and former Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi. |
2015 |
8 m |
ZEISS SPACEGATE SL |
Varahamihira Planetarium |
The planetarium was built by the Jharkhand Council on Science and Technology and was named after Varahamihira, a 6th century Indian astronomer, philosopher and mathematician. The daily shows in the Varahamihira Planetarium are dedicated to a variety of popular scientific topics. |
2019 |
15 m |
ZEISS True Hybrid SKYMASTER ZKP 4 LED with SPACEGATE Nova |
Rangsit Planetarium |
The Rangsit Science Centre for Education comprises 15 galleries, most of which are interactive and hands-on related to various science and technology themes. Rangsit Science Centre for Education is one of three Science Centres for Education in Thailand that has a planetarium. |
2007 |
19.5 m |
ZEISS STARMASTER ZMP-TD |
Roi Et Planetarium |
In the Thai city of Roi Et, the „Science and Cultural Center for Education“ is operating a new planetarium. ZEISS installed a fully-fashioned SKYMASTER ZKP 4 LED planetarium projector. |
2013 |
13 m |
ZEISS SKYMASTER ZKP 4 LED |
Liaoning Science and Technology Museum |
Liaoning Science and Technology Museum is a comprehensive museum of science and technology for science popularization and leisure tourism. The museum is equipped with 5 top-ranked theaters, among them the Dome theater. ZEISS installed a SPACEGATE Nova fulledome system comprising ten DLP projectors. Image courtesy: Liaoning Science and Technology Museum. |
2015 |
23 m |
ZEISS SPACEGATE Nova |
Kodomo Miraikan Children’s Center |
The newly erected museum complex features a planetarium with a 13-m dome, a library and a Peace Memorial Museum, among other facilities. ZEISS equipped the planetarium with a ZEISS SKYMASTER ZKP 4 LED star projector. |
2016 |
13 m |
ZEISS SKYMASTER ZKP 4 LED |
Planetarium Jagad Raya Tenggarong |
Tenggarong became the 3rd city in Indonesia which has a planetarium after Jakarta and Surabaya. It opened with a ZEISS SKYMASTER ZKP 3 planetarium projector and got an fulldome upgrade in 2013 with two ZEISS VELVET projectors. |
2002 |
11 m |
ZEISS SKYMASTER ZKP 3 |
2013 |
11 m |
ZEISS VELVET |
Privadarsini Planetarium |
Established in 1984, the Kerala State Science & Technology Museum is an organisation to serve as a dynamic medium of science communication for the public and serves as an important tourist attraction. The Priyadarshini Planetarium features the latest hybrid planetarium projection system and is considered the best planetarium with the biggest dome in south India. |
2015 |
17 m |
ZEISS True Hybrid |