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Planetarium Sheet Nagoya City Science Museum
名古屋市科学館

JAPAN , AICHI , NAGOYA

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Type: Science Center
Opened in 2011

Address: 2-17-1 Sakae, Nakaku - Nagoya, 460-0008 - Aichi
Country: JAPAN
Email: astro@ncsm.city.nagoya.jp
Phone: +81 522-01-4486

Website: http://www.ncsm.city.nagoya.jp/study/astro/
Website 2: http://www.ncsm.city.nagoya.jp/en/

Team
Katsuhiro MOURI (Curator), Junya Inagaki,

350 seats

Dome of 35.0m

Technical
Optical system ZEISS : Model-IX
Digital system RSA-Cosmos :
Software: Sky Explorer
Video system JVC : (6+2) x2
Meridian resolution 8.0 K
Sound 24 Yamaha (2021)
Dome: Astro-Tec, 62%, world's largest dome

Facilities
Other: Konika-Minolta installation, 16K,8K,32K(panorama),4K
Observatory dome on the roof
Gift Shop Museum shop

Operation
Frequenting: 400000 people per year

History
- 1962: 20m/445seats/Zeiss IV
- 2010: destroy the 20m dome
- March 20, 2011: new suspended dome, Zeiss IX, Sky-Skan, DigitalSky 2, 6 Barco LX7
- 2018: upgrade Zeiss
- December 2021: Konica-Minolta-RSA Cosmos, JVC, seats, sound,
- 2024: upgrade Zeiss Universarium

Last major evolution: 2021: projectors + software

Comments

Latitude: 35°09'54" N - Longitude: 136°54'00" E - Altitude: 14m
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