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Rundetaarn

DENMARK , , COPENHAGEN

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Type: Copernician
Opened in 1822

Address: Købmagergade 52A - 1150 Copenhagen
Country: DENMARK
Email: post@rundetaarn.dk
Phone: +45 33 73 03 73

Website: https://www.rundetaarn.dk
Website 2: https://www.rundetaarn.dk/en/intro/the-planetarium/

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Dome of 0.0m

Technical

Facilities
Observatory 6m dome at the top of the tower: refractor

Operation

History

- 1697: Ole Rømer installed a orrery in the ceilling at the top of the tower
- 1728: severely damaged by fire of Copenhagen
- 1822: current vertical location
- around 1920: clockwork was connected

Comments
Not exactly a Ptolemaic planetarium: it's a orrery

Latitude: 55°40'52" N - Longitude: 12°34'32" E - Altitude: 7m
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