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Planetarium Sheet

Nicolaus Copernicus Planetarium

GERMANY - NURNBERG - BAYERN

Type: Planetarium

Address: Am Plarrer 41 - 90429 Nurnberg (Nuremberg)
Country: GERMANY

Latitude: 49°26'52" N - Longitude: 11°03'46" E - Altitude: 307m

Website: http://www.planetarium-nuernberg.de/
Website 2: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolaus-Copernicus-Planetarium

Email: planetarium@stadt.nuernberg.de
Phone: +49 91-1929-6553

Director or contact: Klaus Herzig (director)

Opened in 1961

Dome of 18.0m
Capacity of 200 seats
Oriented No
Tilt No

Optical system ZEISS : Model-V
Digital system Sky-Skan : Definiti 8K
Software: DS DarkMatter
Video system Sony : VPL-GTZ280
Video Lens: 4+2
Meridian resolution 6.0 K
Sound 5.1

Gift Shop Astroshop
Lasershow HB Laser
Frequenting: 72000 people per year
Sessions: 900 per year

History: April 10, 1927: 23m/Zeiss 23/1 - December 11, 1961: 18m/Zeiss III (Zeiss II upgraded to model III in Oberkochen) - 1973: named: Copernicus (500th anniversary) - January 10, 1977: 286s/Zeiss V - 2000: building renovated - 2010: fulldome (2x Sony T110) -
November 2019: Sony Laser 8K

Last major evolution: 2019: projectors

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