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Jena Planetarium
ZEISS Cosmorama


GERMANY , THURINGEN , JENA
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Jena Planetarium
Jena Planetarium
Jena Planetarium
Jena Planetarium
Jena Planetarium
Jena Planetarium
Jena Planetarium


Type: Planetarium
Opened in 1926

Address: Am Planetarium 5 - 07743 Jena
Country: GERMANY
Email: 


Website: https://www.planetarium-jena.de/ueber-uns/geschichte/








400 seats











Dome of  23.0m




Technical
Optical system ZEISS : ZGP Cosmorama
Dome: outer dome: concrete 25m (aluminium in 1958)
- inner dome: linen 23m

Facilities

Operation

History
- 1924: begining of construction (architects: Schreiter & Schlag)
- July 18, 1926: opening: 23m/Zeiss II (until January 1969)
- 1953: fifted with infinitely variable driving gears + switch and control unit
- April 4, 1969: new dome + Zeiss UPP 23/7
- December 1, 1985: 23m/347s/Zeiss ZGP (Cosmorama)
- Nov. 19, 1996: 23m/290s/Zeiss VIII (Universarium)
- 2006: Zeiss Adlip
- Nov. 2011: Velvet

Last major evolution: 1985: Projector

Comments


Latitude: 50°55'54" N  -  Longitude: 11°35'12" E  -  Altitude: 147m
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