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Carl Zeiss AG



GERMANY , BADEN-WURTTEMBERG , OBERKOCHEN
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Carl Zeiss AG
Carl Zeiss AG
Carl Zeiss AG
Carl Zeiss AG


Type: Provider
Opened in 1964

Address: Carl-Zeiss-Strasse 22 - 73447 Oberkochen
Country: GERMANY
Email: museum@zeiss.com
Phone: +49 7364 200

Website: https://www.zeiss.de/corporate/ueber-zeiss/geschichte/zeiss-museum-der-optik.html
Website 2: https://www.zeiss.de/corporate/ueber-zeiss/geschichte/50-jahre-mondlandung.html?vaURL=www.zeiss.de/mond
     
                 







10 seats











Dome of  4.6m




Technical
Digital system ZEISS : Velvet Duo
Software: Uniview
Video system Velvet : 1+1 center
Meridian resolution 2.0 K

Facilities
Observatory dome on the roof
Other planetarium: Zeiss Jena site

Operation

History
- 1923: First planetarium at Zeiss Jena factory
- 1945: 77 senior employees from Jena to Heidenheim (West Germany)
- 1946: "Opton Optische Werke Oberkochen GmbH"
- 1947: "Zeiss-Opton Optische Werke Oberkochen GmbH"
- 1951: "Carl Zeiss"
- 1964: 20m test dome
- 1957-1967: Mark III (West)
- 1957-1984: Mark IV (West)
- 1965-1984: Mark V (West)
- 1968-1997: Mark VI (West)
- 1987-1992: model 1015 (West)
- 1989-1993: Mark VII (Universarium)
- 1989-1993: Zeiss merge East-West, production in Jena and headquarters in Oberkochen
- between 2007 and 2014: 20m dome destroyed
- 2014: opening showroom planetarium

Last major evolution: 2014: show room

Comments
inventor and historical first supplier of planetariums


Latitude: 48°46'57" N  -  Longitude: 10°06'02" E  -  Altitude: 500m

Previous installation

last update: 12/18/2024

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