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Planetarium Sheet

Zeiss-Grossplanetarium
Technikmuseum

GERMANY - BERLIN - BERLIN

Type: Planetarium

Address: Prenslauer Allee 80 - 10405 Berlin
Country: GERMANY

Latitude: 52°32'34" N - Longitude: 13°25'40" E - Altitude: 50m

Website: https://www.planetarium.berlin/zeiss-grossplanetarium

Email: info@planetarium.berlin
Phone: +49 30 421845-10

Director or contact: Tim Florian Horn, Anna Green, Jurgen Rienow

Opened in 1987

Dome of 23.0m
Capacity of 307 seats
Oriented Yes
Tilt No

Optical system ZEISS : Model-IX
Digital system Evans_and_Sutherland : Digistar 6
Software: SCISS Uniview
Video system Velvet : 5+4+1

Meridian resolution 8.0 K
Sound Atmosphere 3D Sound
Cove light: ChromaCove High Power LED
Other: Auto-Blend & Auto-Align System - Kino (Movie Theater, other room) 160 seats

Lasershow Yes
Portable: inflatable 6m

Frequenting: 220000 people per year
Staff: 30

History: 1985: foundation stone (Erhardt Gisske, architect) - October 9, 1987: 23m/295s concentric/Zeiss ZGP (Ulrich Muther) - April 2014: closed for total renovations (13 millions euros) - August 25, 2016: reopening: Hybrid + dome + all rooms

Last major evolution: 2016: Hybrid system + renovations

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