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Zeiss Planetarium Bochum



GERMANY , NORDRHEIN-WESTFALEN , BOCHUM
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Zeiss Planetarium Bochum
Zeiss Planetarium Bochum
Zeiss Planetarium Bochum
Zeiss Planetarium Bochum
Zeiss Planetarium Bochum
Zeiss Planetarium Bochum
Zeiss Planetarium Bochum


Type: Planetarium
Opened in 1964

Address: Castroper Strasse 67 - 44791 Bochum
Country: GERMANY
Email: info@planetarium-bochum.de
Phone: +49 23-4516-060

Website: http://www.planetarium-bochum.de/
     
                 

Team
Susanne Huttemeister, Tobias Wiethoff,







260 seats











Dome of  20.0m




Technical
Optical system ZEISS : Model-IX
Digital system ZEISS : Powerdome
Software: Uniview
Video system Velvet : 11
Meridian resolution 6.0 K

Facilities
Observatory 51.427 7.193 (1957): radio telescopes (antenna 20m under Radom 40m, 1967)

Operation
Frequenting: 270000 people per year

History
- November 6, 1964: 20m/248s/Zeiss IV
- April 2000: Zeiss IX and dome 20m
- January to April 2010: Fulldome (8 Velvets, Uniview), seats, painting dome (Zeiss IV on display in the lobby)
- Uniview User Group 2012
- last semester 2020: renovation: floor, seats, projectors, computers

Last major evolution: 2020: total renovation

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Latitude: 51°29'07" N  -  Longitude: 7°13'40" E  -  Altitude: 111m
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