List of planetariums
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This entry is a list of permanent planetariums, including software and manufacturers. In addition, many mobile planetariums exist, touring venues such as schools.
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
Egypt
- Arab Academy for Science and Technology Planetarium, Alexandria
- The Child Museum, Cairo
- Planetarium Science Center, Alexandria
- Suez Discovery & Science Center, Suez
Ghana
South Africa
- Iziko Planetarium, Cape Town
- Johannesburg Planetarium at University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
Tunisia
Asia
- Beijing Planetarium, Beijing
- Hong Kong Space Museum, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong
- Macao Science Center, Macao
- Shanghai Planetarium, Shanghai
- Ahmedabad Planetarium, Nabhodarshan, Kankaria, Balwatika, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
- Akola Planetarium, Nehru Park, Akola, Maharashtra
- Alexa Planetarium, Haryana[2]
- Anna Science Centre, Tiruchirappalli
- Asha Kiran Planetarium, Belagavi, Karnataka[3]
- Birla Planetarium, Chennai
- Birla Planetarium, Hyderabad
- Birla Planetarium, Jaipur
- Birla Planetarium, Kolkata
- Darbhanga Planetarium, Darbhanga (coming soon)
- Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Planetarium, Burla, Sambalpur
- Dr.T.M.A Pai Planetarium, Manipal
- Efforts Planetarium, Ahmednagar
- Gaya Planetarium, Gaya (coming soon)
- Guwahati Planetarium, Guwahati
- Indira Gandhi Planetarium, Lucknow
- Indira Gandhi Planetarium, Patna
- Jawahar Planetarium, Allahabad
- Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium, Bangalore
- Kusumbai Motichand Planetarium, Pune[4]
- Leo Planetaria, New Delhi
- Meghnad Saha Planetarium, Burdwan[5]
- MGM APJ Abdul Kalam Astrospace Science Centre & Club, Aurangabad, Maharashtra[6]
- Modern High School For Girls Planetarium,[7] Kolkata
- Nehru Planetarium, Mumbai
- Nehru Planetarium, New Delhi
- Priyadarshini Planetarium, Thiruvananthapuram
- Raman Science center Planetarium, Nagpur
- Regional Science Centre and Planetarium, Kozhikode
- Samanta Chandra Sekhera Planetarium, Bhubaneswar
- Sri Sathya Sai Space Theatre,[8] Puttaparthi
- Stardome, College of Engineering Thiruvananthapuram
- Swami Vivekananda Planetarium, Mangalore
- Temple of Vedic Planetarium, Mayapur
- Varahamihir Planetarium, Ranchi[9]
- Ujjain Planetarium, Ujjain
- Vir Bahadur Singh Planetarium, Gorakhpur
- EbneHeysam Planetarium of Ahwaz
- Engarium, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
- Ghadir Planetarium, Ahvaz
- Eretz Israel Museum Planetarium, Tel Aviv
- Givatayim Observatory, Givatayim
- Planetanya, Netanya
- Wise Observatory, Mitzpe Ramon
- Jagad Raya Planetarium, Tenggarong
- Jakarta Planetarium, Jakarta
- Loka Jala Crana Planetarium, Surabaya
- Akashi Municipal Planetarium, Akashi, Carl Zeiss Jena Universal 23/3 (Z)
- Ehime Prefectural Science Museum, Niihama, SUPER-HELIOS (G)
- Hukui, MS-10(M)
- Gifu City Science Museum, Gifu, INFINIUM (M)
- Hiroshima Children's Museum, Hiroshima, MS-20AT(M)
- Ibaraki Tukuba, Geministar (M)
- Ishikawa, GM-15T (G)
- Kagawa, GSS-HELIOS (G)
- Kawasaki Municipal Science Museum, Kawasaki, MEGASTAR-III FUSION (Ohira Tech)
- Kobe Science Museum, Kobe, GSS-KOBE + Virtualium II (G)
- Kyoto, INFINIUMγ-KYOTO (M)
- Mie, INFINIUM (M)
- Miraikan, Tokyo, MEGASTAR-II Cosmos
- Nagano, GSS-URANUS (G)
- Nagoya City Science Museum, Nagoya, biggest planetarium in the world (35-meter dome)
- Nara, MEGASTAR-ZERO (O)
- Niigata Science Museum, Niigata, CHRONOS II EX Hybride (G)
- Okayama, MS-10 (M)
- Osaka, INFINIUM-L-Osaka(M) + Virtualium II (G)
- Saitama, INFINIUM (M)
- Saji Observatory, Tottori
- Sapporo Science Center, Sapporo, GSS-URANUS (G) + SKYMAX-DS (M)
- Shiga INFINIUMγ (M)
- Shimane, INFINIUMβ (M)
- Shizuoka, Hamamatsu, Geministar III (M)
- Sunshine City, Tokyo, INFINIUM-S (M)
- Tokushima, Super-HELIOS (G)
- Toyama, VIRTUARIUM II (G)
- Wakayama, MS-10 (M)
- Yamaguchi
- Yamanasi, MEGASTAR-IIA (Ohira Tech)
- Yokohama Science Center, Yokohama, Super-HELIOS (G)
- 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
- Digistar Planetarium – SM Science Discovery Center, SM Mall of Asia, Pasay
- The Mind Museum Space Shell, Taguig
- National Museum Planetarium, Manila
- PAGASA Planetarium, Quezon City
- Bangkok Planetarium, Bangkok
- National Science Museum, Rangsit
- Rajabhat Planetarium, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya
Europe
- Digitales Planetarium im Naturhistorischen Museum Wien, Vienna
- Sternenturm Planetarium Judenburg, Judenburg
- Zeiss Planetarium der Stadt Wien, Vienna
- Belgian Planetarium, Brussels
- Europlanetarium Genk, Genk
- Planetarium Antwerp Zoo, Antwerpen
- Planètarium Olympus Mons, Mons
- Planétarium, Université de Liège, Liège
- Volkssterrenwacht vzw Beisbroek, Brugge
- NAOP Gabrovo, Gabrovo
- NAOP Smolyan, Smolyan
- NAOP Varna, Varna
- NAOP Yambol, Yambol
- Planetarium of Plovdiv, Plovdiv
- Public Astronomical Observatory and Planetarium, Dimitrovgrad
- 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
- Planetarium Tartu, Tartu
- Heureka Planetarium, Vantaa
- Kallioplanetaario, Jyväskylä
- Särkänniemi Planetarium, Tampere
- Ursa Starlab, Helsinki
- Centre d'Études et de Réalisations Astronomiques Pégoud[11] de Belfort
- Cité de l'espace, Toulouse
- Ludiver, La Hague
- Observatoire de Strasbourg, Strasbourg
- Palais de la Découverte, Paris
- Le Planétarium, Nantes
- Planétarium de Reims, Rheims
- Planetarium Galilee, Montpellier
- Bochum Planetarium, Bochum
- Carl-Zeiss-Planetarium, Stuttgart
- Drebach Planetarium, Drebach
- ESO Supernova Planetarium & Visitor Centre, Garching bei München
- Freiburg Planetarium, Freiburg
- Hamburg Planetarium, Hamburg
- Lichtenstein Planetarium, Lichtenstein
- Mannheim Planetarium, Mannheim
- Nicolaus Copernicus Planetarium, Nuremberg
- Olbers-Planetarium, Bremen
- Planetarium am Insulaner, Berlin
- Planetarium Laupheim, Laupheim
- Sparkassen-Planetarium Augsburg, Augsburg
- Westphalian Museum of Natural History, Münster
- Wolfsburg Planetarium, Wolfsburg
- Zeiss-Großplanetarium Berlin, Berlin
- Zeiss Planetarium Jena, Jena
- Eugenides Planetarium (see also Evgenidio Foundation), Athens
- Thessaloniki Planetarium, Thessaloniki
- Civico Planetario, Milan
- "Ignazio Danti" Planetarium, Perugia
- Parco Astronomico SIDEREUS, Salve (Lecce)
- Planetario Accademia Navale, Livorno
- Planetario Aula Didattica, Bologna
- Planetario Civico, Ravenna
- Planetario Comunale, Modena
- Planetario Comunale, Frasso Sabino
- Planetario Crespano del Grappa, Crespano del Grappa
- Planetario del Comune di Pisa, Pisa
- Planetario di Firenze, Florence
- Planetario di Lecco, Lecco
- Planetario di Torino, Turin
- Planetarium di Venezia Lido San Nicolo, Venice
- Planetario digitale del Parco astronomico La torre del sole, Brembate di Sopra
- Planetario Galileo, Padua
- Planetario Garda, Garda
- Planetario Genova, Genoa
- Planetario Istituto Nautico "Alfredo Cappellini", Livorno
- Planetarío Itínerante, S. M. Maddalena
- Planetario Lumezzane, Lumezzane
- Planetario Luserna San Giovanni, Luserna San Giovanni
- Planetario Museo di Storia Naturale, Livorno
- Planetario Napoli, Naples
- Planetario Prato, Prato
- Planetario Reggio Calabria, Reggio Calabria
- Planetario San Giovanni in Persiceto, San Giovanni in Persiceto
- Planetario Teatro delle Scienze e Planetario, Alessandria
- Planetario Triest], Trieste
- Planetario Venezia, Venice
- Planetarium Viareggio, Viareggio
- Kosovo Planetarium, Gjakova, Scien.-Edu. Center Cosmos & Human
- Planetariumas, Vilnius
- Artis Planetarium, Amsterdam
- Eise Esinga Planetarium, Franeker
- Omniversum, The Hague
- Planetarium Planetron, Dwingeloo
- Planetarium Ridderkerk, Museum Johannes Postschool, Ridderkerk-Rijsoord
- Nordnorsk vitensenter (Science Center of Northern Norway), Tromsø
- Saint Exupery Planetarium, Oslo
- Science Factory (Vitenfabrikken, Norway), Sandnes
- Dziewulski Planetarium, Toruń
- The Heavens of Copernius in Copernius Science Centre, Warsaw
- Planeta Anuka Portable Planetarium, Warsaw
- Planetarium and Observatory, Kielce
- Planetarium, Częstochowa
- Planetarium Frombork, Frombork
- Planetarium, Gdynia-Oksywie
- Planetarium i Obserwatorium Astronomiczne im. Mikołaja Kopernika, Grudziądz
- Planetarium im. Antoniego Ledóchowskiego, Gdynia
- Planetarium in the Extreme Park, Ustroń – commercial
- Planetarium in Palace of Culture and Science, Warsaw
- Planetarium of the Institute of Navigation, Szczecin
- Planetarium of the School Society of Amateur Astronomers, Potarzyca
- Planetarium, Olsztyn
- Planetarium, Poznań
- Planetarium Wenus, Zielona Góra
- Planetarium, Wrocław
- Portable Planetariums Home – Poland Branch
- Silesian Planetarium, Chorzów – biggest and oldest planetarium in Poland (opened in 1955, 23-meter dome)
- SOPP Planetarium and Observatory, Łódź
- Youth observatory – Niepołomice
- Calouste Gulbenkian Planetarium, Lisbon
- Espinho Planetarium, Navegar Foundation, Espinho
- Planetario Coimbra, Coimbra
- Planetário do Porto, Porto
- Argeș County Museum, Pitești
- Baia Mare Astronomy Complex, Maramureș county, Baia Mare
- Bârlad Planetarium, Bârlad
- Brașov Planetarium at Zoo Brașov, Brașov, opened in 2019, the largest in the country
- Constanța Planetarium, Constanța
- Galați Planetarium, Galați
- Planetarium within the "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University, Iași
- Planetarium within Universitatea de Vest, Timișoara
- Suceava Planetarium, Suceava
- Barnaul Planetarium (Барнаульский планетарий), Barnaul
- Irkutsk Planetarium, Irkutsk Planetarium (Иркутский планетарий), Irkutsk
- Kaluga Planetarium, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky museum, (Калужский планетарий), Kaluga
- Khabarovsk Planetarium, Khabarovsk
- Kirov Planetarium,(Кировский планетарий) Kirov, Kirov Oblast
- Kostroma Planetarium, Kostroma
- Moscow Planetarium (Московский планетарий), Moscow
- Nizhny Novgorod Planetarium (Нижегородский планетарий, Nizhny Novgorod Planetarium), Nizhny Novgorod
- Novokuznetsk Planetarium, (Новокузнецкий планетарий), Novokuznetsk
- Novosibirsk Planetarium, Siberian Geodetical State Academy, Novosibirsk
- Omsk Planetarium, Omsk
- Penza Planetarium (Пензенский планетарий), Penza
- Perm Planetarium, Perm
- Planetarium in Lakhta Center, Saint Petersburg
- Saint Petersburg Planetarium, Saint Petersburg
- Saratov Planetarium, Saratov
- Ufa Planetarium, (Уфимский планетарий), Ufa
- Vladimir Planetarium,(Владимирский планетарий), Vladimir
- Volgograd Planetarium (Волгоградский планетарий), Volgograd
- CVC Domino, Košice
- Observatory and planetarium Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Hlohovec
- Observatory and planetarium Presov, Prešov
- Observatory Vihorlat, Kolonické sedlo
- Regional Observatory and Planetarium Maximilian Hell, Žiar nad Hronom
- Slovak central observatory Hurbanovo, Hurbanovo
- 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
- Broman Planetarium AB, Angered, Gothenburg
- Cosmonova, Stockholm
- Kosmorama Planetarium, Borlänge
- Norrköpings Visualiseringscenter C, Norrköping
- Planetariet Lund, Lund
- Planetarium at the House of Technology, Luleå
- Planetarium Härnösand, Härnösand
- Planetarium Project, Frösön
- Planetarium Upptech, Jönköping
- Sölvesborg Ynde Planetarium
- Stella Nova Planetarium, Falun
- Tom Tits Experiment, Södertälje
- Umevatoriet, Umeå
- Planetarium at Swiss Museum of Transport, Swiss Museum of Transport, Luzern
- 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
- Dnipro Planetarium,[12] Dnipro
- Donetsk Planetarium, Donetsk
- Kharkiv Planetarium, Kharkiv
- Kiev Planetarium, Kiev
- Aberdeen College Planetarium, Aberdeen, Scotland
- Armagh Planetarium, Armagh, Northern Ireland
- The Astronomy Centre Planetarium, near Todmorden, West Yorkshire, England
- At-Bristol Planetarium, Bristol, England
- AURIGA Star Dome,[13] Belper, England
- The Wolfson Planetarium, Bedford School, Bedford, England
- Dark Sky Wales Planetarium, Pontypridd, Wales
- Glasgow College of Nautical Studies Planetarium, Glasgow, Scotland
- Glasgow Science Centre Planetarium, Glasgow, Scotland
- Island Planetarium, Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, England
- Jodrell Bank Planetarium (closed in 2003), Macclesfield, England
- Life Science Centre Planetarium, Newcastle upon Tyne, England
- Lockyer Observatory and Planetarium, Sidmouth, England
- London Mobile Planetarium,[14] London, England
- London Planetarium (closed in 2006), London, England
- Midlands Mobile Planetarium,[15] Midlands, England
- National Space Centre, Leicester, England
- Natural Science Centre Planetarium, Newchapel, Staffordshire, England
- Peter Harrison Planetarium, London, England
- Planetarium Infinity, Aberystwyth, Wales
- Plymouth Planetarium, Plymouth, England
- Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland
- South Downs Planetarium, Chichester, England
- Southend Central Museum, Southend-on-Sea, England
- The Spaceguard Centre Planetarium, Knighton, Powys, Wales
- StarDome - Astronomy & Astronautics, Cambridge, Cambridge & UK wide
- Techniquest Planetarium, Cardiff, Wales
- Thinktank Planetarium, Birmingham, England
- University of Glasgow Planetarium, Glasgow, Scotland
- University of St Andrews Mobile Planetarium, St. Andrews, Scotland
- Wales Mobile Planetarium[16] Wales
- Winchester Science Centre & Planetarium, Winchester, England
- Wonderdome mobile planetarium, Derbyshire, South Yorkshire, Yorkshire, Greater Manchester, Cheshire and UK wide
- World Museum Liverpool Planetarium, Liverpool, England
- Wynyard Woodland Park Planetarium, Thorpe Thewles, Teesside, England
- Yorkshire Planetarium, Harewood House, Leeds, England
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
- Centre of the Universe, Victoria, British Columbia
- H. R. MacMillan Space Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia
Manitoba
Ontario
- Doran Planetarium, Sudbury, Ontario
- McLaughlin Planetarium, Toronto, Ontario, closed 1995; building still extant
- Ontario Science Centre Digital Planetarium, Toronto
- Roberta Bondar Earth and Space Centre Planetarium (Seneca College Newnham Campus), Toronto, closed after 1995
- Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, travelling portable/inflatable planetarium for schools
- Science North, Greater Sudbury, Ontario
- W.J. McCallion Planetarium, Hamilton, Ontario
Quebec
Yukon
- Northern Lights Centre, Watson Lake, Yukon
Costa Rica
- Planetario Ciudad de San José, San José
- 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
- Boyd E. Christenberry Planetarium,[17] Homewood
- W. A. Gayle Planetarium,[18] Montgomery
Alaska
- Marie Drake Planetarium, Juneau
- Thomas Planetarium at the Anchorage Museum, Anchorage
Arizona
- Dorrance Planetarium at the Arizona Science Center, Phoenix
- Flandrau Science Center and Planetarium at the University of Arizona, Tucson
Arkansas
- EpiSphere at the Aerospace Education Center, Little Rock
California
- Charles F. Hager Planetarium at San Francisco State University, San Francisco
- Chabot Space and Science Center, Oakland
- College of San Mateo, San Mateo
- The Discovery Museum, Science and Space Center, Sacramento
- Fujitsu Planetarium at De Anza College, Cupertino
- Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles
- Holt Planetarium, Lawrence Hall of Science, Berkeley
- Morrison Planetarium at the California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco
- Palomar College Planetarium, San Marcos
- Planetarium Projector and Science Museum,[19] a museum of planeteria at Big Bear Lake
- Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum, San Jose, a purpose-built planetarium rendered in an Ancient Egyptian architectural style
- Schreder Planetarium, Redding
- Tessmann Planetarium at Santa Ana College, Santa Ana
- William Luebke Planetarium, at Modesto Junior College West Campus Science Community Center, Modesto
Colorado
- Fiske Planetarium and Science Center at the University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder
- Gates Planetarium at Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Denver
Connecticut
- The Children's Museum, West Hartford
- The Discovery Museum, Bridgeport
- Leitner Family Observatory and Planetarium at Yale University, New Haven
- Treworgy Planetarium at Mystic Seaport, Mystic
District of Columbia
- Albert Einstein Planetarium, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution
- Rock Creek Park Planetarium, Rock Creek Park Nature Center
Florida
- Alexander Brest Planetarium, Museum of Science & History, Jacksonville
- Bishop Planetarium, South Florida Museum, Bradenton
- Buehler Planetarium and Observatory, Davie, Florida
- Calusa Nature Center and Planetarium, Fort Myers, Florida
- The Challenger Learning Center, Tallahassee
- Eastern Florida State College Planetarium & Observatory (closed indefinitely due to hurricane damage), Cocoa
- Kika Silva Pla Planetarium at Santa Fe College, Gainesville
- Miami Museum of Science & Planetarium, Miami
- Seminole State College Planetarium at Seminole State College of Florida, Sanford
Georgia
- Fernbank Planetarium at the Fernbank Science Center, Atlanta
- Mark Smith Planetarium at the Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon
- Omnisphere Theater, Coca-Cola Challenger Space Science Center, Columbus State University, Columbus
- Rollins Planetarium at Young Harris College, Young Harris
- Tellus Planetarium at Tellus: Northwest Georgia Science Museum, Cartersville
Guam
- University of Guam Planetarium at the University of Guam, Agana
Hawaii
- Hōkūlani Imaginarium,[20] Windward Community College, Kāne‘ohe, Hawai‘i
- Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaii, Hilo
- Jhamandas Watumull Planetarium at the Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu
Idaho
Illinois
- Adler Planetarium, Chicago
- Cernan Earth and Space Center, Triton College, River Grove
- Illinois State University Planetarium, Normal
- Lakeview Museum planetarium, Peoria (closed 2012)
- Peoria Riverfront Museum, Peoria
- Staerkel Planetarium, Parkland College, Champaign
- Strickler Planetarium at Olivet Nazarene University, Bourbonnais
- Waubonsie Valley High School planetarium Aurora
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
- Justice Planetarium at the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center, Hutchinson
- Peterson Planetarium at Emporia State University
Kentucky
- Gheen's Science Hall & Rauch Planetarium at the University of Louisville, Louisville
- Golden Pond Planetarium and Observatory, Golden Pond
- Hardin Planetarium at Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green
- Hummel Planetarium at Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond
- Star Theater, at Morehead State University, Morehead
- Varia Planetarium (part of East Kentucky Science Center) at Big Sandy Community and Technical College, Prestonsburg
Louisiana
- Dayna & Ronald L. Sawyer Space Dome Planetarium, Shreveport
- Irene W. Pennington Planetarium, Baton Rouge
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
- Arthur Storer Planetarium, Prince Frederick, named after the first astronomer in the American colonies and the original namesake of Halley's Comet
- Davis Planetarium at the Maryland Science Center, Baltimore
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
- Abrams Planetarium, Michigan State University, East Lansing
- Argus Planetarium, Ann Arbor
- Besser Museum for Northeast Michigan, Alpena
- Cranbrook Planetarium, Bloomfield Hills
- Dassault Systemes Planetarium, Detroit
- Delta College Planetarium & Learning Center, Bay City
- John Glenn High School, Westland, Michigan
- Kingman Museum Planetarium, Battle Creek
- Longway Planetarium, Flint
- Mount Clemens High School, Mount Clemens, Michigan
- Roger B. Chaffee Planetarium, Public Museum of Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids
- Roseville High School, Roseville, Michigan
- Shiras Planetarium, Marquette
Minnesota
- Como Planetarium, Como Park Elementary School, St. Paul
- Marshall W. Alworth Planetarium, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota
- Mayo High School, Rochester
- MSUM Planetarium, Minnesota State University Moorhead, Moorhead[24]
- Paulucci Space Theatre, Hibbing Community College, Hibbing
- SMSU Planetarium, Southwest Minnesota State University, Marshall
- Whitney and Elizabeth MacMillan Planetarium, Bell Museum of Natural History, St. Paul[25]
Mississippi
- Russell C. Davis Planetarium, Jackson
Missouri
- Del & Norma Robison Planetarium, Kirksville
- Gottlieb Planetarium, Kansas City
- James S. McDonnell Planetarium, St. Louis
- Rock Bridge Senior High School Planetarium, Columbia
Nebraska
- Mallory Kountze Planetarium (UNO), Omaha
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Planetarium, Omaha
- Ralph Mueller Planetarium, Lincoln
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
- Dreyfuss Planetarium at the Newark Museum, Newark
- Jennifer Chalsty Planetarium at Liberty Science Center, Jersey City, largest planetarium in the Western Hemisphere[26]
- Lenape Valley Regional High School, Stanhope
- Longo Planetarium at County College of Morris, Randolph
- New Jersey State Museum Planetarium, Trenton
- The Planetarium at the Fair Lawn High School Astronomy Center,[27] Fair Lawn
- The Planetarium at RVCC, North Branch
- Princeton Day School Planetarium, Princeton
- Robert J. Novins Planetarium at Ocean County College, Toms River
New Mexico
- The Planetarium at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, Albuquerque
New York
- Andrus Planetarium, Hudson River Museum, Yonkers
- Corning Community College Planetarium, Corning
- Edwin A. Link Planetarium, Roberson Museum and Science Center, Binghamton
- Edwin Hubble Planetarium, in Edward R. Murrow High School, Brooklyn
- Hayden Planetarium American Museum of Natural History, New York City
- JetBlue Sky Theater Planetarium, Cradle of Aviation Museum, Garden City
- Muse Planetarium, Brooklyn Children's Museum, Brooklyn
- Northeast Bronx Planetarium, in Harry Truman High School, Bronx
- Strasenburgh Planetarium, Rochester Museum and Science Center, Rochester
- Suits-Bueche Planetarium, Schenectady
- Suny Oneonta Planetarium, State University of Oneonta, Oneonta
- Tupper Planetarium, Centereach High School Centereach
- Vanderbilt Planetarium (part of Vanderbilt Museum), Centerport
- Wagner College Planetarium, Staten Island
- Whitworth Ferguson Planetarium at Buffalo State College, Buffalo
- Williamsville North High School, Williamsville
North Carolina
- Charlotte Observer IMAX Dome Theatre (formerly called Charlotte Kelly Space Voyager Planetarium) at Discovery Place, Charlotte
- Cummins Planetarium at the Rocky Mount Children's Museum & Science Center, Rocky Mount
- ECSU Khan Planetarium at Elizabeth City State University in Elizabeth City
- Fayetteville State University Planetarium, Fayetteville (limited public shows)
- Schiele Museum of Natural History and Planetarium, Gastonia
- Greensboro Science Center, Greensboro
- Ingram Planetarium,[28] Sunset Beach
- Millholand Planetarium at Catawba Science Center, Catawba
- Morehead Planetarium and Science Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill – the first planetarium built on a U.S. college campus
- Neuseway Nature Center and Planetarium, Kinston
- Robeson County Planetarium Science and Technology, Lumberton (limited public shows)
- Rowan-Salisbury School System's Margaret C. Woodson Planetarium in Salisbury (limited public shows)
- SciPlanetarium at SciWorks, Winston-Salem
Ohio
- Anderson Hancock Planetarium at Marietta College, Marietta
- Appold Planetarium at Lourdes University, Sylvania
- Arne Slettebak Planetarium at The Ohio State University, Columbus
- BGSU Planetarium at Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green
- Clark Planetarium at Shawnee State University, Portsmouth
- COSI Planetarium, Center of Science and Industry, Columbus
- Drake Planetarium and Science Center, Cincinnati
- Hoover-Price Planetarium, William McKinley Presidential Library and Museum, Canton
- Ritter Planetarium & Brooks Observatory, University of Toledo, Toledo
- Shafran Planetarium at Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland
- Ward-Beecher Planetarium at Youngstown State University, Youngstown
- Westlake Schools Planetarium, Westlake
Oklahoma
- James E. Bertelsmeyer Planetarium at the Tulsa Air and Space Museum & Planetarium, Tulsa
- Kirkpatrick Planetarium at Science Museum Oklahoma, Oklahoma City
Oregon
- North Medford High School Planetarium, Medford
- Harry C. Kendall Planetarium (part of Oregon Museum of Science and Industry), Portland
- Science Factory, Eugene
Pennsylvania
- Bethlehem-Center Middle School, Fredericktown
- Buhl Planetarium (part of Carnegie Science Center), Pittsburgh
- Charles M. Kanev Planetarium, Dickinson College, Carlisle
- Detwiler Planetarium, Lycoming College, Williamsport
- Fels Planetarium at the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia
- Hatter Planetarium at Gettysburg College, Gettysburg
- North Hills High School, West View
- Peirce Planetarium, Clarion University, Clarion
- Planetarium at the Reading Public Museum, Reading
- Seneca Valley High School, Harmony
- Steel Valley High School, Munhall
- Ted Pedas Planetarium, Farrell Area High School
- Yahn Planetarium at Penn State Behrend, Erie
Puerto Rico
Rhode Island
South Carolina
- DuPont Planetarium at the University of South Carolina Aiken, Aiken
- SCSM Planetarium, Columbia
- Stanback Planetarium, Orangeburg
- T. C. Hooper Planetarium at the Roper Mountain Science Center,[29] Greenville
Tennessee
- Bays Mountain Planetarium at Bays Mountain Park, Kingsport
- CyberSphere Digital Theater at the Renaissance Center, Dickson
- Sharpe Planetarium at the Pink Palace Museum and Planetarium, Memphis
- Sudekum Planetarium at Adventure Science Center, Nashville
Texas
- Angelo State Planetarium, Angelo State University, San Angelo
- BASF Planetarium, Center for the Arts and Sciences, Clute
- Burke Baker Planetarium at the Houston Museum of Natural Science, Houston
- Center for Earth and Space Science Education, Tyler Junior College, Tyler – most advanced planetarium in the state of Texas
- Gene Roddenberry Planetarium, El Paso
- Lamar Bruni Vergara Planetarium & Science Center, Texas A&M International University, Laredo, Texas
- Larry K. Forrest Memorial Planetarium, Cedar Park, now closed
- Mayborn Science Theater, Central Texas College, Killeen
- Moody Planetarium[30] Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock
- Noble Planetarium, Museum of Science & History, Fort Worth
- The Planetarium at UT Arlington, Arlington
- Scobee Planetarium, San Antonio College, San Antonio – Opened to the public in 1961, closed for renovations in 2012, scheduled to reopen in 2014.
- The Stephen F. Austin Planetarium at Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches
Utah
- Clark Planetarium, Salt Lake City
- Ott Planetarium at Weber State University in Ogden – produces original content for small planetaria with an all-undergraduate production team
- Royden G. Derrick Planetarium, at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah – shows created and run by BYU Astronomical Society
Vermont
Virginia
- Chesapeake Planetarium, Chesapeake
- David M. Brown Planetarium, Arlington
- J. Calder Wicker Planetarium, Fork Union
- Hopkins Planetarium at the Science Museum of Western Virginia, Roanoke
- Irene V. Hylton Planetarium, Prince William County, Virginia
- John C. Wells Planetarium, Harrisonburg
- Mary D. Pretlow Planetarium, Norfolk
- Norfolk State University Planetarium, Norfolk
- Radford University Planetarium, Radford
- Virginia Living Museum, Newport News
Washington
- Pacific Planetarium, Bremerton
- University of Washington Planetarium, Seattle
- Willard Smith Planetarium at the Pacific Science Center, Seattle
Wisconsin
- Daniel F. Soref National Geographic Dome Theater and Planetarium, Milwaukee
- Horwitz-DeRemer Planetarium @ Retzer Nature Center, Waukesha, WI
- Manfred Olsen Planetarium at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee
Oceania
- Melbourne, Scienceworks Museum Planetarium, Melbourne
- Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston
- Scitech Planetarium, Perth
- Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium, Brisbane
- UNISA Planetarium, Mawson Lakes, Adelaide
- Digital Dome Planetarium at the Hermitage Mt Cook, Aoraki Mt Cook
- Perpetual Guardian Planetarium at the Otago Museum Dunedin
- Planetarium North, Whangarei
- Space Place at Carter Observatory, Wellington
- Stardome Observatory, Auckland
South America
- Complejo Astronómico Municipal, Rosario
- Complejo Planetario Malargüe, Malargüe
- Galileo Galilei planetarium, Buenos Aires
- Carmo Planetarium, Zeiss, São Paulo
- Centro Dragão do Mar de Arte e Cultura, Zeiss ZKP-4
- Colégio Estadual do Paraná, ZKP-1, Paraná
- Johannes Kepler Planetarium, Sabina School Park of Knowledge, Zeiss, Santo André, São Paulo[31]
- Professor Aristóteles Orsini Planetarium, Zeiss, São Paulo
- Rio de Janeiro Planetarium Foundation, Zeiss, Rio de Janeiro
- Universidade de São Paulo, Digistar 5, São Paulo
- Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Gambato, Paraná
- Universidade Federal de Goiania Planetarium, Zeiss, Goiás
- Universidade Federal de Santa Maria Planetarium, Digistar 4, Rio Grande do Sul
- Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina Planetarium, Digistar 3, Santa Catarina
- Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo Planetarium, Zeiss, Vitória
- Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Zeiss, Rio Grande do Sul
- Planetario Chile (University of Santiago, Chile), Carl Zeiss VI, Santiago
- Planetario Rapa Nui (Fundación Planetario Rapa Nui, Chile), Isla de Pascua
- Planetarium of Mitad del Mundo, Ciudad Mitad del Mundo
- Planetario de Montevideo "Agr. Germán Barbato", first Latin American planetarium (1955), Montevideo
- 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
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.
See also
References
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- ^ "Everest Science Center Nepal - making science easier". www.escntrust.org. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
- ^ Centre d'Études et de Réalisations Astronomiques Pégoud
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- ^ Wales Mobile Planetarium
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- ^ Fair Lawn High School Astronomy Center
- ^ Ingram Planetarium
- ^ "Welcome to Roper Mountain Science Center!".
- ^ Moody Planetarium
- ^ "Planetário Johannes Kepler". Prefeitura de Santo André (in Brazilian Portuguese). 5 April 2013.
- ^ http://www.go-dome.com
Further reading
External links
- Planetariums & Digital Dome Theatres Database
- Plafinder – planetarium search engine
- IPS/APLF worldwide list
- Loch Ness Productions Fulldome Theater Compendium (fulldome facilities)
- Loch Ness Productions Dome Theater Compendium (classic facilities)
- Auriga Astronomy Mobile Planetarium for the UK since 2001