Planetarium (Belgium)

Planetarium (Belgium)

The Planetarium of the Royal Observatory of Belgium is a Belgian planetarium and part of the institutions of the Belgian Federal Science Policy Office.

The dome of the planetarium measures 23 metres in diameter, on which the Sun, the Moon, the planets, the Milky Way and more than 8500 stars can be projected. The Zeiss UPP 23/5 projector of the planetarium is maded up of 119 projectors and was built by the Carl Zeiss company of Jena.

ee also

* Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy
* Royal Meteorological Institute
* Observatory
* Astrarium
* Astrolabe
* Astronomical clock
* Fulldome video
* Star atlas

References

* [http://www.planetarium.be/erfgoed.pdf Zeiss UPP 23/5 projector] (Dutch)

External links

* [http://www.planetarium.be/ Planetarium]


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