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Planetarium Sheet Planetarium Penza
пензенского планетария

RUSSIA , , PENZA

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Planetarium Penza

Type: Observatory
Opened in 1954
Closed now
Address: b-p Gagarin, a 27 - 440026, Penza
Country: RUSSIA
Email:

Website: https://russian.rt.com/russia/article/885985-planetarii-penza-pamyatnik-snos
Website 2: https://1pnz.ru/city_online/obshchestvo/news/posledniy_den_penzenskogo_planetari

60 seats

Dome of 10.0m

Technical
Optical system ZEISS : ZKP1

Facilities
Other: Foucault pendulum
Observatory Yes

Operation

History
- 1928: Observatory
- 1954: planetarium: 3m dome
- 1975: new dome: 10m? with ZKP 1 (12m external dome)
- 1987: cultural heritage site
- 2010: closed (decrepit)
- 2020: project reconstruction for Sept. 2023 (352 million rubles)
- July 2021: destroyed
- 2022: start reconstruction

Comments

Latitude: 53°11'13" N - Longitude: 45°00'07" E - Altitude: 232m
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