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Planetarium Sheet

Volvograd Planetarium
Волгоградский планетарий

RUSSIA - VOLGOGRAD -

Type: Planetarium

Address: ул. Гагарина 14 - 400066 Volgograd
Country: RUSSIA

Latitude: 48°42'52" N - Longitude: 44°31'27" E - Altitude: 40m

Website: http://volgogradplanetarium.ru/

Email: volgogradplanetarium@yandex.ru
Phone: +7 8442-24-1872

Director or contact: Sergei Stepanov

Opened in 1954

Dome of 23.0m
Capacity of 500 seats
Oriented Yes
Tilt No

Optical system ZEISS : UPP-23/1 s
Digital system Fulldome.pro : LDX12

Meridian resolution 5.0 K

Other: Foucault pendulum

Observatory dome: 365mm Zeiss refrator,

History:
- 1954: The gift of Stalingrad (at this time) from the GDR - Statue over the dome: Vera Ignatyevna Mukhina (the same over the Soviet Pavilion in Paris Exposition Universelle 1937)
- 2019: digital
- 2021: rainwater leaks...

Last major evolution: 2019: Digital

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