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Planetarium Sheet

Planetarium Observatory Nicolas Copernic
Hvězdárna a planetárium Brno

CZECH REPUBLIC - BRNO -

Type: Observatory

Address: Kravi hora 2 - 616 00 Brno
Country: CZECH REPUBLIC

Latitude: 49°12'16" N - Longitude: 16°35'02" E - Altitude: 303m

Website: https://www.hvezdarna.cz/

Email:

Opened in 1959

Dome of 8.0m
Capacity of 70 seats
Oriented No
Tilt No

Optical system ZEISS : ZKP1
Digital system RSA-Cosmos :
Software: SkyExplorer 4
Video system 1 vp : Fisheye ?

Meridian resolution 1.6 K

Seat: bench

Observatory 2x 7m domes, 350mm

History:
- 16 October 1954: opening observatory
- 1959: 8m/70s/Zeiss ZKP1
- 1978: purchase of the Zeiss RFP but not used
- 1986: start of construction of the new building
- October 1991: new building, 17.5m/200seats/Zeiss RFP
- 2002: 8m/ZKP1/27s, reopened
- 3 October 2018: fisheye ?

Last major evolution: 2018: Digital

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