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Zeiss Planetarium Bochum



GERMANY , NORDRHEIN-WESTFALEN , BOCHUM
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Zeiss Planetarium Bochum
Zeiss Planetarium Bochum
Zeiss Planetarium Bochum
Zeiss Planetarium Bochum
Zeiss Planetarium Bochum
Zeiss Planetarium Bochum
Zeiss Planetarium Bochum
Zeiss Planetarium Bochum
Zeiss Planetarium Bochum
Zeiss Planetarium Bochum


Type: Planetarium
Opened in 1964

Address: Castroper Strasse 67 - 44791 Bochum
Country: GERMANY
Email: info@planetarium-bochum.de
Phone: +49 23-4516-060

Website: http://www.planetarium-bochum.de/
     
                 

Team
Susanne Huttemeister, Tobias Wiethoff,







260 seats









Tilt

Dome of  20.0m




Technical
Optical system ZEISS : Model-IX
Digital system SCISS :
Software: Uniview
Video system Zeiss : Velvet Powerdome
Video Lens: 8 ch.
Meridian resolution 4.0 K

Facilities
Observatory 51.427 7.193 7km at SW (1957): radio telescopes (antenna 20m under Radom 40m, 1967)

Operation
Frequenting: 268872 people per year

History
- November 6, 1964: 20m/248s/Zeiss IV
- April 2000: Zeiss IX and dome 20m
- January to April 2010: Fulldome (8 Velvets, Uniview), seats, painting dome (Zeiss IV on display in the lobby)
- Uniview User Group 2012

Last major evolution: 2020: total renovation

Comments


Latitude: 51°29'07" N  -  Longitude: 7°13'40" E  -  Altitude: 111m
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