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Planetarium Sheet

Palais de la Decouverte

FRANCE - PARIS -

Type: Science Center

Address: Avenue Franklin Roosevelt - 75008 Paris
Country: FRANCE

Latitude: 48°51'58" N - Longitude: 2°18'38" E - Altitude: 33m

Website: http://www.palais-decouverte.fr/index.php?id=703

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Director or contact: Jean Perrin,

Opened in 1952

Dome of 23.5m
Capacity of 355 seats
Oriented No
Tilt No

Optical system ZEISS : Model-II

Exhibit area: 23000m²

History:
- May 24, 1937: opening Palais de la Decouverte for the Paris World's Fair: the planetarium was at 250m at SW (on the banks of the Seine)
- 11 November 1937: stored in the basement of the CNAM at the end of the 1937 Paris World's Fair
- 27 June 1952: 23.5m in the Palais de la Decouverte (Hall d'Antin), same Zeiss II
- 19 April 1979: last session (see 3223)
- November 1979: new dome to the first floor: 15m/201s/Zeiss RFP-DP

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