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National Museum Planetarium



PHILIPPINES , , MANILA
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National Museum Planetarium
National Museum Planetarium
National Museum Planetarium
National Museum Planetarium
National Museum Planetarium


Type: Museum
Opened in 1975

Address: Padre Burgos Avenue, Rizal Park - Manila, 2801
Country: PHILIPPINES
Email: inquiry@nationalmuseum.gov.ph
Phone: +63 2 8527 7889

Website: https://www.nationalmuseum.gov.ph/our-museums/national-planetarium/
Website 2: https://www.facebook.com/nationalmuseumofthephilippines/posts/4745370985487182?r
     
                 







224 seats











Dome of  16.0m




Technical
Optical system GOTO : GM-15s
Digital system GOTO : Viruarium X
Software: Digistar
Video system Sony : 1+1 center
Meridian resolution 4.0 K

Facilities
Gift Shop Museum shop
Other planetarium: Fisheye + Stellarium

Operation

History
- October 8, 1975: 16m/310s/GOTO GM-15 (Federico S. Ilustre architect)
- June 1991: dome collapsed (earthquake): closed
- August 1996: re-opening
- 2013: renovation (offices) and new library
- March 23, 2017: GOTO Virtuarium X, sound, light system, 224 oriented seats
- 2020: closed (Covid)
- July 2021: reopening after Covid
- October 2021: closed and will destroyed (new planetarium planned in a new building, Rizal Park)

Last major evolution: 2017: digital

Comments
closed since 2021 but not photos about a new building...


Latitude: 14°35'02" N  -  Longitude: 120°58'41" E  -  Altitude: 6m
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