List of planetariums

This entry is a list of permanent planetariums across the world, including software and manufacturers. In addition, many mobile planetariums exist, touring venues such as schools.

ESO Supernova Planetarium & Visitor Centre at ESO headquarters[1]

Permanent planetariums

The planetariums here are listed in the following format: name, website (if available), city. The International Planetarium Society has a much more complete list at its website.

Africa

Algeria
  • Complexe Culturel Abdelwahab Salim, Tipaza
  • Planetarium de Ghardaia, Ghardaia

Egypt

Ghana
  • The Planetarium of Accra, Accra

South Africa

Tunisia
  • Planetarium of Tunis Science City, Tunis

Asia

Bangladesh

Burma

China

India

Iran
  • EbneHeysam Planetarium of Ahwaz
  • Engarium, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
  • Ghadir Planetarium, Ahvaz

Israel

Indonesia

Japan

South Korea
  • Gwacheon National Science Museum Planetarium, Gwacheon

Kuwait
  • Kuwait Planetarium

Malaysia

Nepal
  • GEO Science and Planetarium, the only VR portable Planetarium based in Baniyataar kathmandu
  • Astro Planetarium (Astro Science Pvt. Ltd), Lalitpur: a mobile planetarium with resolution 1080/1200 p
  • Everest Science Center & Planetarium (established in 2001), Sitagunj, Sunsari[10]
  • Pokhara Planetarium and Science Center, Pokhara-16, Kaski

Pakistan

Philippines

Sri Lanka

Taiwan

Thailand

Turkmenistan

Europe

Austria

Belarus

Belgium

Bulgaria

Croatia
  • Astronomical Centre Rijeka, Rijeka
  • Technical Museum Planetarium, Zagreb

Czech Republic
  • Brno Observatory and Planetarium, Brno
  • Observatory and Planetarium Ceske Budejovice České Budějovice
  • Observatory and Planetarium Hradec Kralove, Hradec Králové
  • Observatory and Planetarium of Johanna Palisy, Poruba
  • Observatory and Planetarium Plzen, Plzeň
  • Observatory and Planetarium Teplice, Teplice
  • Planetarium Most, Most
  • Planetarium Praha, Prague

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

France

Germany

Greece

Hungary

Ireland

Italy

Kosovo
  • Kosovo Planetarium, Gjakova, Scien.-Edu. Center Cosmos & Human

Lithuania

Netherlands
  • Artis Planetarium, Amsterdam
  • Eise Esinga Planetarium, Franeker
  • Omniversum, The Hague
  • Planetarium Planetron, Dwingeloo
  • Planetarium Ridderkerk, Museum Johannes Postschool, Ridderkerk-Rijsoord

Norway
  • Nordnorsk vitensenter (Science Center of Northern Norway), Tromsø
  • Saint Exupery Planetarium, Oslo
  • Science Factory (Vitenfabrikken, Norway), Sandnes

Poland

Portugal
  • Calouste Gulbenkian Planetarium, Lisbon
  • Espinho Planetarium, Navegar Foundation, Espinho
  • Planetario Coimbra, Coimbra
  • Planetário do Porto, Porto

Romania

Russia

Serbia

Slovakia

Spain
  • Centro Astronomico Aragonés, Huesca
  • Hogar de los Planetarios Portátiles – Base en Tenerife
  • L'Hemisfèric, Valencia
  • Planetario A Coruña, A Coruña
  • Planetario Alcobendas, Alcobendas
  • Planetario Arrecife, Arrecife
  • Planetario Badalona, Badalona
  • Planetario Barcelona, Barcelona
  • Planetario Costitx, Costitx
  • Planetario de la Escuela superior marina civil, Santander
  • Planetario de Madrid, Madrid
  • Planetario de Pamplona, Pamplona
  • Planetario de Valladolid, El, Valladolid
  • Planetario del Museo de las Ciencias, Cuenca
  • Planetario Didactico, Alicante
  • Planetario Educa Ciencia Madrid
  • Planetario Granada, Granada
  • Planetario Malaga, Málaga
  • Planetario Murcia, Murcia
  • Planetario Salamanca, Salamanca
  • Planetario San Sebastián, San Sebastián
  • Planetario Sevilla, Seville
  • Planetario Tenerife, Tenerife
  • Planetarios Móvil Digital Eurocosmos Madrid

Sweden

Switzerland

Turkey
  • Bursa Science and Technology Center, Bursa
  • Eskişehir Planetarium, Eskişehir
  • Gaziantep Planetarium and Science Center, Gaziantep
  • Kayseri Science Center, Kayseri
  • Konya Science Center, Konya
  • Serdivan Planetarium, Sakarya
  • Sancaktepe Science experiment Center, Observatory and Planetarium, istanbul
  • Serdivan Planetarium, Sakarya
  • Tuzla Municipality – Şelale Eğitim Parkı – Planetarium ve Observatory, Tuzla

Ukraine

United Kingdom

Other
  • Aboard the RMS Queen Mary 2, the first planetarium at sea

North America

Canada
Alberta
  • AstroDome Planetarium, High River, Alberta, travelling portable planetarium for schools
  • Queen Elizabeth II Planetarium, Edmonton, Alberta, closed since 1983; was expected to reopen in 2018 once renovations were completed
  • Telus Spark, Calgary, Alberta
  • Telus World of Science, Edmonton, Alberta
British Columbia
Manitoba
Ontario
Quebec
Yukon

Costa Rica

Mexico
  • Complejo Cientifico, Tecnologico y Cultural Planetario de Playa Del Carmen "SAYAB", Quintana Roo
  • Planetario Alfa, Monterrey
  • Planetario de Cajeme en el Parque Infantil "Ostimuri", Ciudad Obregón
  • Planetario de Ciudad Victoria "Dr. Ramiro Iglesias Leal" del Parque Recreativo y Cultural Siglo XXI, Ciudad Victoria
  • Planetario de la Escuela Náutica Mercante de Tampico, Tampico
  • Planetario Digital Móvil Ecosistemas de México, Mexico City
  • Planetario "Dr. Arcadio Poveda Ricalde" del Centro Cultural de Sinaloa, Culiacán
  • Planetario "Dra. Silvia Torres Castilleja", Descubre Museo Interactivo de Ciencias y Tecnología, Aguascalientes
  • Planetario Explora del Museo de Ciencias, León
  • Planetario Hidalgo del Museo Rehilete, Pachuca, Hidalgo
  • Planetario IMAX DOMO de Puebla, Puebla
  • Planetario "Joaquín Gallo" de la Sociedad Astronómica de México, Mexico City
  • Planetario "José Martínez Rocha" del Área de Astronomía del DIF-US, Magdalena de Kino
  • Planetario "Lic. Felipe Rivera" de CECONEXPO, Morelia
  • Planetario Luis Enrique Erro, Mexico City
  • Planetario Móvil de Ludocosmos, Hermosillo
  • Planetronix Móvil de Sistemas Educativos en Astronomía, Guaymas
  • Planetario Móvil EKBÉ, Querétaro
  • Planetario Móvil "Shimba Caa Ana", Cancún
  • Planetario Papalote Museo del Niño, Mexico City
  • Planetario Tabasco 2000, Villahermosa
  • Planetario "Valente Souza" de la Sociedad Astronómica de México, Mexico City
  • Planetario y Centro Interactivo de Jalisco "Lunaria", Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
  • Ziga Zag, Centro de Ciencias, Consejo Zacatecano de Ciencia y Tecnología, Zacatecas

United States
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
  • EpiSphere at the Aerospace Education Center, Little Rock
California
Colorado
Connecticut
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Guam
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
  • Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana[21]
  • Bellmont High School, Decatur
  • Carmel High School, Hamilton
  • Kennedy Academy, South Bend, St. Joseph County[22]
  • Marion High School, Marion
  • SpaceQuest Planetarium at Indianapolis Children's Museum, Indianapolis, Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
  • Francis Malcolm Science Center Planetarium at Easton, Maine. 776 Houlton Rd.
  • Ladd Planetarium at Bates College, 44 Campus Ave. in Lewiston
  • Maynard F. Jordan Planetarium at the University of Maine, Orono
  • Southworth planetarium at usm Portland campus located at 70 Falmouth ST.
Maryland
Massachusetts
  • Charles Hayden Planetarium at the Museum of Science, Boston
  • Framingham State College Planetarium, Framingham
  • George Alden Planetarium at the Ecotarium, Worcester
  • Seymour Planetarium at the Springfield Science Museum, Springfield, the oldest operating planetarium in the United States[23]
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
  • Russell C. Davis Planetarium, Jackson
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
  • Mallory Kountze Planetarium (UNO), Omaha
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. Planetarium, Omaha
  • Ralph Mueller Planetarium, Lincoln
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
  • The Planetarium at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, Albuquerque
New York
North Carolina
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Puerto Rico
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
Wisconsin

Oceania

Australia

New Zealand

South America

Argentina

Brazil

Chile

Colombia

Ecuador

Uruguay
  • Planetario de Montevideo "Agr. Germán Barbato", first Latin American planetarium (1955), Montevideo

Venezuela
  • Planetario del Museo de los Niños de Caracas, Caracas
  • Planetario Humboldt, [Zeiss] Caracas
  • Planetario Fundación la Salle de Ciencias Naturales La Salle, Punta de Piedra
  • Planetario Simón Bolívar (part of Complejo Científico, Cultural y Turístico), Maracaibo

Planetarium computer software
See also: Planetarium software

Since the invention of the personal computer, the planetarium concept has been extended to include software that displays a realistic sky image. Not all astronomy software can be considered to be planetarium software. While there is no generally accepted definition of the word planetarium in this context, planetarium software generally contains the following features at a minimum:

  • A realistic sky image as seen from Earth
  • The ability to display sky motions in real-time
  • The ability to animate time changes backwards and forwards

Planetarium manufacturers

The list below gives the name of firms that have made more than five planetariums, with state they are located in if in the United States, otherwise, the nation. Included are the names of the various models offered by each firm, and an approximate total number sold for each firm. The symbol D after the total indicates the firm is no longer in business or no longer making planetariums.

  • Aquarian – New York City—20 D
  • AsterDomus – Brazil—Portable planetaria manufacturer.
  • Baader – Germany—Großplanetarium, Schulplanetarium, Planetarium 2000
  • Digitalis Education Solutions, Inc., Bremerton, WA—Manufacturers and sellers of Digitarium digital planetarium systems for portable and fixed domes and Digitalis inflatable domes. Over 400 customers on six continents as of September, 2012.
  • The Elumenati, Milwaukee and Asheville, NC—Single-channel digital projection solutions for fixed and portable domes; lenses, projectors, inflatable domes, and software; GeoDome turnkey immersive learning environments; services including custom installations and content consulting
  • Evans & Sutherland – Utah Digistar 1, Digistar 2–30, Digistar 3—over 120, Digistar 4 – over 300, Digistar 5 – over 550
  • E-Planetarium, Houston, Texas—Discovery Dome portable fulldome digital theater with mirror or fisheye projection, Go-Dome inflatable dome—more than 40 in 13 countries
  • Emerald planetariums, Israel—Single and multi-channel digital projection solutions for fixed and portable domes; fish-eye lenses, projectors, inflatable and fixed domes, planetarium immersive learning environments; services including custom installations and turnkey solutions, L.O.P.C live planetarium systems emerald-planetariums.com
  • Fengfei—China—TX 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 16–50
  • Farquhar – Pennsylvania—40 D
  • Fulldome.pro: Los Angeles, USA. Chiang Mai, Thailand. Moscow, Russia. Shanghai, China. Experts in fulldome digital projection solutions for planetariums since 2010. Over 300 dome projects installed worldwide.
  • Galileo—Italy—S1, S III—20
  • Gambato—Italy—30
  • Global Immersion—UK, Colorado, Canada—Fidelity fulldome and large-format solutions, (using an open architecture Media Server solution, runs Global Immersion Media Director software and SCISS' Uniview real-time data visualization platform)
  • Go-Dome—portable planetarium [32]
  • Goto—Japan—EX-3, E-5, Eros, Venus, G1014, GE, GE II, GE 6, GM-AT, GS 6, GM-15, Chronos, Helios, GR-T, M-1, S-3, Super Helios—Total is uncertain, about 400 outside Japan. It is said the Japanese government placed an EX-3 in every elementary school in Japan.
  • Ohira Tech – Japan, Megastar-7
  • Hangzhou—China—20
  • Holovis —multi-channel dome projection, Infiniti Dome, large-format solutions, immersive experiences, full dome real-time gaming. Based in the United Kingdom, USA, Canada, China and Italy
  • Jindu—China—J8, J10–15
  • Portable Planetariums Home – Argentina – Over 150
  • Minolta—Japan—Geministar, Infinium, MO-6, MS-8, MS-10, Series II, Cosmoleap—over 250
  • MMI Corp. – Maryland—Starworlds (identical to Nova Junior) or Model 6500, 7700, 8800 (identical to Apollo Portable),
  • Moscow—Russia—Eline, UP-2, UP-4—about 10
  • Planetronix – Mexico—about 10
  • RSA Cosmos—France—Cosmodyssee, SN 88, SN 95–20
  • Science First/Starlab Yulee, Florida—manufacturers/ellers of Starlab portable planetariums and digital dtarlabs. Over 650 systems on 6 continents as of December 2010 and growing.
  • Sky-Skan – New Hampshire immersive full dome installations, from architectural design and build to systems install and maintenance. Original product was SkyVision, now Definiti (runs DigitalSky 2 software). More than 180 systems installed as of 2013.
  • Spitz – Pennsylvania—A, A1, A2, A3, A3P, A3P', A4, A4RPY, A5, 373, 512, B, C, Spitz Junior (actually made under license by Harmonic Reed), Nova I or Nova Junior (Harmonic Reed under license), Nova II, Nova III, STP, STS, Spitz School—over 500
  • TSA – Ohio—Emmons, TSA—6 D
  • Viewlex—New York—Apollo I, Apollo II, Apollo III, Apollo Portable—125 D
  • XTY—China—15
  • Zeiss—Germany—Mark I to VI, Universarium VII to IX, ZKP-1, ZKP-2 to ZKP-4 (Skymaster), RFP (Spacemaster), Starmaster—400
  • Planetarios—Corporation with factories in Argentina, Mexico, China and Russian Federation. Biggest portable planetarium exporter world wide.
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See also

References
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  4. "Asia's oldest planetarium to reopen | Pune News - Times of India".
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-09-23. Retrieved 2013-10-08.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. http://www.mgmapjscicentre.org
  7. Modern High School For Girls Planetarium
  8. Sri Sathya Sai Space Theatre
  9. "Starry show for Ranchi, Now open state's first planetarium".
  10. "Everest Science Center Nepal - making science easier". www.escntrust.org. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
  11. Centre d'Études et de Réalisations Astronomiques Pégoud
  12. Dnipro Planetarium
  13. AURIGA Star Dome
  14. London Mobile Planetarium
  15. Midlands Mobile Planetarium
  16. Wales Mobile Planetarium
  17. "Samford University Planetarium".
  18. "404".
  19. Planetarium Projector and Science Museum
  20. Hōkūlani Imaginarium
  21. https://www.bsu.edu/web/planetarium
  22. http://kennedy.sb.school/planetarium
  23. "Seymour Planetarium | Springfield Museums". 2016-09-22.
  24. "Planetarium | Minnesota State University Moorhead". www.mnstate.edu. Retrieved 2017-10-11.
  25. "Planetarium Showtimes". University of Minnesota. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  26. Kiefer, Eric (27 July 2017). "NJ Science Center Gears Up To Build 'Largest Planetarium In USA'". Hoboken, NJ Patch.
  27. Fair Lawn High School Astronomy Center
  28. Ingram Planetarium
  29. "Welcome to Roper Mountain Science Center!".
  30. Moody Planetarium
  31. "Planetário Johannes Kepler". Prefeitura de Santo André (in Portuguese). 5 April 2013.
  32. http://www.go-dome.com

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