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Gekko Astronomical Observatory
月光天文台


JAPAN , SHIZUOKA , KANNAMI
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Gekko Astronomical Observatory
Gekko Astronomical Observatory
Gekko Astronomical Observatory
Gekko Astronomical Observatory
Gekko Astronomical Observatory
Gekko Astronomical Observatory
Gekko Astronomical Observatory
Gekko Astronomical Observatory
Gekko Astronomical Observatory
Gekko Astronomical Observatory
Gekko Astronomical Observatory
Gekko Astronomical Observatory


Type: Observatory
Opened in 1976

Address: 1308-222 Kuwahara, Tagata-gun - Kannami, 419-0101, Shizuoka
Country: JAPAN
Email: office@gekkou.or.jp
Phone: +81 55-979-1428

Website: https://gekkou.or.jp/
Website 2: https://gekkou.or.jp/free/planetarium
     

Team
Watanabe Hirohiko







80 seats











Dome of  11.0m




Technical
Digital system Digitalis_Education : Digitarium-Kappa
Software: Nightshade
Video system 1 vp : Fisheye

Facilities
Observatory 3 domes on the roof: 500mm, 200mm (for Sun), 200mm refractor
Gift Shop Yes

Operation

History
- September 1976: 8m/MO-6P (MS-10?), 35.128535, 138.992304
- 1996: new building 11m/Minolta MS-10
- July 2014: renovation + digital, first 8m dome destroyed

Last major evolution: 2014: digital

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Latitude: 35°07'43" N  -  Longitude: 138°59'33" E  -  Altitude: 315m
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