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Planetarium Sheet Urania Planetarium Potsdam
Wilhelm Foerster Planetarium

GERMANY , BRANDENBURG , POTSDAM

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Type: Planetarium
Opened in 1968

Address: Gutenbergstrasse 71-72 - 14467 Potsdam
Country: GERMANY
Email: planetarium@urania-potsdam.de
Phone: +49 331 270 2721
Fax/cell: +49 331 29
Website: https://www.urania-planetarium.de/
Website 2: https://www.pnn.de/potsdam/potsdam-das-planetarium-braucht-dringend-mehr-geld/24043206.html

Team
Simon Plate (director)

46 seats

Dome of 8.0m

Technical
Optical system ZEISS : ZKP2
Digital system ZEISS : Powerdome
Software: Uniview
Video system Zeiss Powerdome : SpaceGate Quinto (4+1)
Meridian resolution 2.0 K

Facilities
Gift Shop Astroshop

Operation
Frequenting: 16000 people per year

History

- 1968: Zeiss ZKP1
- May 31, 1981: 8m/70s/Zeiss ZKP2 (ZKP1 give to Juterbog)
- 2007: moved to Gutenbergstrasse
- 2009: Digital
- March 2012: new external dome
- GDP2015
- July 2019: closed for 4 weeks: renovation ZKP2 (2 projectors of SpaceGate Quinto)
- Project to modernize (872,000 euros)

Last major evolution: 2009: Digital

Comments

Latitude: 52°24'09" N - Longitude: 13°03'43" E - Altitude: 30m

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