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Akashi Municipal Planetarium
明石市立天文科学館


JAPAN , HYOGO , AKASHI
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Akashi Municipal Planetarium
Akashi Municipal Planetarium
Akashi Municipal Planetarium
Akashi Municipal Planetarium
Akashi Municipal Planetarium
Akashi Municipal Planetarium
Akashi Municipal Planetarium
Akashi Municipal Planetarium
Akashi Municipal Planetarium
Akashi Municipal Planetarium
Akashi Municipal Planetarium
Akashi Municipal Planetarium


Type: Museum
Opened in 1960

Address: 2-6 Hitomaru-cho - Akashi, 673-0877, Hyogo
Country: JAPAN
Email: otoiawase-tenmon@city.akashi.lg.jp
Phone: +81 78-919-5000

Website: https://www.am12.jp/shisetsu/floor02/floor02_p.html#setsubi
Website 2: https://tabicoffret.com/article/78707/index.html
     







300 seats











Dome of  20.0m




Technical
Optical system ZEISS : UPP-23/3 (number 79)

Facilities
Other: 4th Zeiss in Japan
Observatory dome at the tower's top: 400mm reflector + small dome: 150mm refractor

Operation

History
- June 8, 1960: 23m/410s/Zeiss UPP 23/3 (number 79)
- 1990: new console
- January 17, 1995: Great Hanshin Earthquake (Kobe): closed (dome completely cracked)
- March 1998: reopening after major works
- 2017: Digital Konica Minolta Super Mediaglobe II
- 2022: Zeiss renovation (first revision for 12 years)
- Spring 2024: new astronomical software


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Latitude: 34°38'57" N  -  Longitude: 135°00'06" E  -  Altitude: 17m
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