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Planetarium Sheet

Osaka Science Museum
大阪市立科学館

JAPAN - OSAKA - OSAKA

Type: Science Center

Address: 4-2-1 Nakanoshima - Osaka, 530-0005, Osaka
Country: JAPAN

Latitude: 34°41'28" N - Longitude: 135°29'30" E - Altitude: 3m

Website: http://www.sci-museum.jp/
Website 2: http://www.sci-museum.jp/planetarium/

Email: toiawase@sci-museum.jp
Phone: +81 664-44-5656

Director or contact: Yoshihiko Saito (director), Tsuguto Kazu, Yoshiya Watanabe, Chiharu Ishizaka, Ohmi Iiyama, Aiko Nishino, Wataru Egoshi

Opened in 1989

Dome of 26.5m
Capacity of 316 seats
Oriented Yes
Tilt 20°

Optical system Konica-Minolta : INFINIUM-L
Digital system GOTO : Virtuarium II
Software: Digistar 3
Video system DLP : 5+1

Other: Omnimax (same room)

Gift Shop Museum shop
Staff: 7

History:
- March 13, 1937: 18m/350s/Zeiss Model II until 1987
- October 7, 1989: new building/Infinium Alpha + Fulldome
- June 2004: Infinium L + Goto Virtuarium II
- Spring 2019: Infinium Σ (Cosmoleap + Media Globe)
- March 2022: Hybrid (Infinium Σ + SkyExplorer)

Last major evolution: 2022: projectors + astronomical software

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