Prague Planetarium

Prague Planetarium (Czech: Planetárium Praha) is a planetarium located in Bubeneč, Prague, Czech Republic,[1] next to the Stromovka park and Výstaviště Praha. Its dome is one of the largest in the world, measuring 23.5 m in a diameter. It was opened on November 20, 1960. It is equipped with both optomechanical and digital projectors.

Cosmorama projector of Planetárium Praha in 2006. The moving arms were not installed at that time yet.
Prague Planetarium
Planetárium Praha
Planetárium Praha in 2012
Interactive fullscreen map
Established1960 (1960)
LocationKrálovská obora 233, Prague 7, Czech Republic, 170 21
Coordinates50.1054°N 14.4274°E / 50.1054; 14.4274
Websitehttps://www.planetum.cz/planetarium-praha/

The optomechanical Cosmorama, installed in 1991, is made by Carl Zeiss AG and it is the last still working device of this type. It is currently placed on moving arms in order to be able to hide and not to shadow a modern digital projection.

The digital projection system SkySkan Definiti installed in 2009 and modernized in 2014 has the highest resolution in Europe, its six Sony SRX T-615 projectors are capable to create an 8K picture.

The planetarium presents tens of prepared shows and is open every day except Fridays.

References
  1. "Prague Planetarium (Planetárium Praha)". Prague.eu. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
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