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Planetarium Sheet

Planetarium Juri Gagarin
Raumflugplanetarium

GERMANY - COTTBUS - BRANDENBURG

Type: Planetarium

Address: Lindenplatz 21 - 03042 Cottbus
Country: GERMANY

Latitude: 51°45'16" N - Longitude: 14°20'39" E - Altitude: 71m

Website: https://www.planetarium-cottbus.de/

Email: info@planetarium-cottbus.de
Phone: +49 355-713-109

Director or contact: Gerd Thiele (President)

Opened in 1974

Dome of 12.5m
Capacity of 91 seats
Oriented Yes
Tilt No

Optical system GOTO : Chronos-II
Digital system RSA-Cosmos : In Space System 2C
Software: SkyExplorer 3
Video system Barco : Sim5W
Video Lens: 1+1 center (with eyelids)
Meridian resolution 1.9 K

Seat: Caloi (91 fixed + 20 removables)

Gift Shop Yes
Frequenting: 14000 people per year

History:
- April 16, 1974: 12.5m/156s/Zeiss RFP-DP
- January 2013: closed to renovations
- June 19, 2013: re-opening, Hybrid (2 millions euros)

Last major evolution: 2013: Hybrid system

Previous installation