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Nicolaus Copernicus Planetarium



GERMANY , BAYERN , NURNBERG
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Nicolaus Copernicus Planetarium
Nicolaus Copernicus Planetarium
Nicolaus Copernicus Planetarium
Nicolaus Copernicus Planetarium
Nicolaus Copernicus Planetarium
Nicolaus Copernicus Planetarium
Nicolaus Copernicus Planetarium


Type: Planetarium
Opened in 1961

Address: Am Plarrer 41 - 90429 Nurnberg (Nuremberg)
Country: GERMANY
Email: planetarium@stadt.nuernberg.de
Phone: +49 91 1231-73088

Website: https://bz.nuernberg.de/programm/planetarium
     
           

Team
Katharina Leiter (director)







200 seats











Dome of  18.0m




Technical
Optical system ZEISS : Model-V
Digital system Sky-Skan : Definiti 8K
Software: DS DarkMatter
Video system Sony : VPL-GTZ280
Video Lens: 4+2
Meridian resolution 6.0 K
Sound 5.1

Facilities
Gift Shop Astroshop
Lasershow HB Laser

Operation
Frequenting: 80000 people per year
Sessions: 900 per year

History
- April 10, 1927: 23m/Zeiss 23/1
- December 11, 1961: 18m/Zeiss III (Zeiss II upgraded to model III in Oberkochen)
- 1973: named: Copernicus (500th anniversary)
- January 10, 1977: 286s/Zeiss V (1.7million DM)
- Summer 1991: closed for renovation
- April 1992: reopening: 65 slides + 2 video projection windows
- 1999: closed for renovation
- May 2000: building renovated (3.3million DM), 200 seats
- October 2010: fulldome
- November 2019: Sony Laser 8K
- August 2025: cleaning and painting the dome

Last major evolution: 2019: projectors

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Latitude: 49°26'52" N  -  Longitude: 11°03'46" E  -  Altitude: 307m
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