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Palais de la Découverte


FRANCE , ILE-DE-FRANCE , PARIS
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Type: Museum
Opened in 1979
Closed in 2020
Address: Avenue Franklin Roosevelt - 75008 Paris
Country: FRANCE
Email: planetarium@palais-decouverte.fr
Phone: 01 40-74-80-86

Website: http://www.palais-decouverte.fr/fr/au-programme/expositions-permanentes/toutes-les-salles/salles-dastronomie-et-dastrophysique/planetarium/
     
                 

Team
Sebastien Fontaine







208 seats











Dome of  15.0m




Technical
Optical system ZEISS : ZMP
Seat: Figueras Top 5036

Facilities
Exhibit area: 23000m²
Observatory rolling roof with cælostat (1937)
Gift Shop Yes

Operation
Frequenting: 141000 people per year
Sessions: 1380 per year

History
- 1937: 23m/370s/Zeiss Model II
- 1952: new building, other location, same projector: 23m/370s/Zeiss Model II
- October 26, 1979: moving to first floor: 15m/201s/Zeiss RFP DP
- December 11, 1997: Starmaster ZMP
- 2014: 9200 optical fibers (150,000 eur
- July 2019: Zeiss ZMP (Out of order)
- October 2019: Fisheye Zeiss (Barco F90)
- August 2020: closed for 5 years of renovation (Grand Palais and Palais de la Decouverte)
- end 2021: "Les etincelles" temporary location: 9m dome Fisheye
- 2026: reopening planned: other location in the building (north dome)

Last major evolution: 2014: Fibres optiques

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Latitude: 48°51'56" N  -  Longitude: 2°18'39" E  -  Altitude: 33m
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