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Planetarium Sheet

Universcience
Palais de la Decouverte

FRANCE - PARIS - ILE-DE-FRANCE

Member

Type: Museum

Address: Avenue Franklin Roosevelt - 75008 Paris
Country: FRANCE

Latitude: 48°51'56" N - Longitude: 2°18'39" E - Altitude: 33m

Website: http://www.palais-decouverte.fr/fr/au-programme/expositions-permanentes/toutes-les-salles/salles-dastronomie-et-dastrophysique/planetarium/

Email: planetarium@palais-decouverte.fr
Phone: 01 40-74-80-86

Director or contact: Sebastien Fontaine

Opened in 1979
Closed now
Dome of 15.0m
Capacity of 208 seats
Oriented No
Tilt No

Digital system ZEISS : PowerDome
Software: Uniview
Video system Barco : F90 Fisheye

Meridian resolution 2.4 K

Exhibit area: 23000m²
Gift Shop Yes
Frequenting: 141000 people per year

History:
- 1937: 23m/600s/Zeiss Model II
- 1952: new dome, same projector: 23m/370s/Zeiss Model II
- October 26, 1979: moving to first floor: 15m/201s/Zeiss RFP DP
- December 11, 1997: Starmaster ZMP
- 2014: 9200 optical fibers (150,000 eur
- July 2019: Zeiss ZMP (Out of order)
- October 2019: Fisheye Zeiss (Barco F90)
- August 2020: close for 5 years of work
- end 2021: 8m dome and provisory Fisheye Zeiss
- 2025: New Palais de la Decouverte

Last major evolution: 2014: Fibres optiques

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