List of planetariums

This entry is a list of permanent planetariums, including software and manufacturers. In addition, many mobile planetariums exist touring venues such as schools.

Permanent planetariums

Africa

* Egypt:Planetarium Science Center , [http://www.bibalex.org/psc/home/index.aspx Bibliotheca Alexandrina Planetarium] , Alexandria
* South Africa: [http://www.wits.ac.za/www/PlacesOfInterest/Planetarium Johannesburg Planetarium] , Johannesburg

Asia

*Burma: Planetarium (Myanmar)
*China:
**Hong Kong Space Museum, Kowloon, Hong Kong
*Malaysia:
** [http://www.angkasa.gov.my/planetarium/ National Planetarium] , Kuala Lumpur
** [http://www.planetarium-sarawak.org Kuching Planetarium] , Sarawak
** [http://www.planetarium-sarawak.org Planetarium Sultan Iskandar]
*India:
**Nehru Planetariums, one each at Mumbai, New Delhi, and Bangalore
** [http://www.leoplanetaria.com Leo Planetaria] , New Delhi
**M. P. Birla Planetarium Leo Planetaria, Kolkata
*Japan:
**Ehime Prefectural Science Museum, Ehime, with one of the largest domes in the world (30m in diameter)
** [http://www.ksm.or.jp Kobe Science Museum] , Kobe
*Pakistan: PIA planetarium, Karachi and Lahore
*Taiwan: [http://www.tam.gov.tw/ Taipei Astronomical Museum] , Taipei

Oceania

*Australia:
** [http://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/planetarium/ Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium] , Brisbane

North America

*Canada:
**Manitoba Museum, Winnipeg, Manitoba
**Montreal Planetarium, Montreal, Quebec
**H.R. MacMillan Space Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia
**McLaughlin Planetarium, Toronto, Ontario. Closed 1995, building still extant.
*Mexico
** [http://www.planetario.ipn.mx/ Planetario Instituto Politecnico Nacional] , Mexico City
** [http://papalote.org.mx/papalotemuseo/domo.html/ Planetario Papalote Museo del Niño] , Mexico City
** [http://www.spin.com.mx/sam/ Planetario "Valente Souza" de la Sociedad Astronómica de México] , Mexico City
** [http://www.planetariogdl.com/ Planetario Severo Diaz Galindo] , Guadalajara
** [http://www.planetarioalfa.org.mx/ Planetario Alfa] , Monterrey
** [http://www.sc.pue.gob.mx/cartelera/planetar.html Planetario IMAX DOMO de Puebla] , Puebla
** [http://www.explora.edu.mx/main.html Planetario Explora del Museo de Ciencias] , León
** [http://www.cenonexpo.com/planetarium Planetario "Lic. Felipe Rivera" de CECONEXPO] , Morelia
** [http://www.planetarios.com/gifs/email4.gifPlanetario Móvil "Shimba Caa Ana"] , Cancún
** [http://www.ccs.net.mx/planetario/ Planetario "Dr. Arcadio Poveda Ricalde" del Centro Cultural de Sinaloa] , Culiacán
** [http://www.rehilete.com.mx Planetario Hidalgo del Museo Rehilete] , Hidalgo
** [http://cosmos.astro.uson.mx/Educacion/constell/cajeme.htm Planetario de Cajeme en el Parque Infantil "Ostimuri"] , Ciudad Obregón
** [http://cosmos.astro.uson.mx/Educacion/constell/capepo.htm Planetario "José Martínez Rocha" del Área de Astronomía del DIF-US] , Magdalena de Kino
** [http://www.planetronix.com.mx Planetronix Móvil de Sistemas Educativos en Astronomía] , Guaymas
** [http://www.geocities.com/ludocosmos/ Planetario Móvil de Ludocosmos] , Hermosillo
** [http://www.secured.gob.mx/promocion/planetario.htm Planetario Tabasco 2000] , Villahermosa
** [http://www.uat.mx/vinculos/planeta Planetario de Ciudad Victoria "Dr. Ramiro Iglesias Leal" del Parque Recreativo y Cultural Siglo XXI] , Ciudad Victoria
** [http://www.fidena.gob.mx/tampico/index.php Planetario de la Escuela Náutica Mercante de Tampico] , Tampico
** [http://www.cozcyt.gob.mx/zigzag/informes/index.htm Ziga Zag, Centro de Ciencias, Consejo Zacatecano de Ciencia y Tecnología] , Zacatecas
*United States:
**Abrams Planetarium, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
**Adler Planetarium, Chicago, Illinois
**Alden Planetarium, EcoTarium, Worcester, Massachusetts
**Albert Einstein Planetarium, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
**Alexander Brest Planetarium, Museum of Science & History, Jacksonville, Florida
**Andrus Planetarium, Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, New York
**Arthur Storer Planetarium, Prince Frederick, Maryland, named after the first astronomer in the American Colonies and the original namesake of Halleys Comet
**Angelo State Planetarium, Angelo State University, San Angelo, Texas. Nation's fourth largest university planetarium.
** [http://www.carnegiesciencecenter.org/Default.aspx?pageId=36 Buhl Digital Dome] , Carnegie Science Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
** [http://www.brevard.cc.fl.us/planet/ BCC Planetarium & Observatory] , Cocoa, Florida
**Burke Baker Planetarium, Houston, Texas - the first full digital dome theater in the U.S.
**Cernan Earth and Space Center, Triton College, River Grove, Illinois
**Christa McAuliffe Planetarium, Concord, New Hampshire
**Clark Planetarium, Salt Lake City, Utah
** [http://ssucet.org/~planetarium Clark Planetarium] at Shawnee State University, Portsmouth, Ohio - the first Konica-Minolta Mediaglobe 3D system in the United States
**CyberSphere Digital Theater, Dickson, Tennessee ( [http://www.rcenter.org/ The Renaissance Center] )
** [http://www.detroitsciencecenter.org Dassault Systemes Planetarium] at the New Detroit Science Center, Detroit, Michigan
** [http://www.mdsci.org/shows/planetarium.html Davis Planetarium] at the Maryland Science Center, Baltimore, Maryland
** [http://www.delta.edu/planet Delta College Planetarium & Learning Center] , Bay City, Michigan
** [http://www.newarkmuseum.org/planetarium Dreyfuss Planetarium] at The Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey
**EpiSphere at the Aerospace Education Center, Little Rock, Arkansas - first single-projector digital planetarium; one of only three so far
**Fels Planetarium at the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
** [http://www.dmns.org/main/en/General/Planetarium/CurrentShows/ Gates Planetarium] at Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Denver, Colorado
** [http://www.louisville.edu/planetarium/ Gheen's Science Hall & Rauch Planetarium] , University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky
**George Alden Planetarium at the Ecotarium, Worcester, Massachusetts
**George M. Kretschmar, Jr. Planetarium at A Key Encounter, Key West, Florida
**Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles, California
**Charles Hayden Planetarium at the Museum of Science, Boston, Massachusetts
**Fernbank Planetarium at the Fernbank Science Center, Atlanta, Georgia
**Framingham State College Planetarium, Framingham, Massachusetts
**Hayden Planetarium, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York
** [http://smwv.org/ATM/showtimes.htm#planetarium Hopkins Planetarium] at the Science Museum of Western Virginia, Roanoke, Virginia
**Burke Baker Planetarium at the Houston Museum of Natural Science, Houston, Texas
** [http://www.lasm.org Irene W. Pennington Planetarium] , Baton Rouge, Louisiana
** [http://www.bishopmuseum.org/planetarium/planetarium.html Jhamandas Watumull Planetarium] at the Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Oahu, Hawaii
**Kirkpatrick Planetarium at the Omniplex Science Museum, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
** [http://www.lodestar.unm.edu Lodestar Astronomy Center] , Albuquerque, New Mexico
** [http://www.longwayplanetarium.com/ Longway Planetarium] , Flint, Michigan
** [http://www.masmacon.com/macon-museum-astronomy.da Mark Smith Planetarium] at the Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon, Georgia
**Miami Museum of Science & Planetarium, Miami, Florida, opened in 1966
**Minneapolis Planetarium, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Until the MPL's central branch was closed and demolished in 2002, the Minneapolis Planetarium had the oldest extant projector (installed in 1954); the fate of that projector is unknown. A new public library opened in its place in 2006, and a new planetarium with modern digital projection capabilities is planned to be added to the building in 2009.
** [http://www.moreheadplanetarium.org Morehead Planetarium and Science Center] at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the first planetarium that was built on a U.S. college campus
**Ott Planetarium at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah. Produces original content for small planetaria with an all-undergraduate production team.
**Omnisphere Theater, Coca-Cola Space Science Center, Columbus State University, Columbus, Georgia
**Strasenburgh Planetarium, in Rochester, New York; part of the Rochester Museum and Science Center
** [http://www.yhc.edu/1764.aspx Rollins Planetarium] , Young Harris College, Young Harris, Georgia
**Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum, in San Jose, California, which has a purpose-built planetarium rendered in an Ancient Egyptian architectural style
** [http://www.cmnh.org/site/AtTheMuseum_PlanetariumandObservatory_ShafranPlanetarium.aspx Shafan Planetarium] at the [http://www.cmnh.org Cleveland Museum of Natural History] , Cleveland, Ohio
**Staerkel Planetarium, Parkland College, Champaign, Illinois
**Tessman Planetarium at Santa Ana College, California
**W.A. Gayle Planetarium, Montgomery, Alabama

outh America

*Argentina: [http://www.planetario.gov.ar Planetario Galileo Galilei] , Buenos Aires
*Brazil:
** [http://www.rio.rj.gov.br/planetario The Rio de Janeiro Planetarium Foundation] , Rio de Janeiro
**Ibirapuera Planetarium, São Paulo
**Carmo Planetarium, São Paulo
** [http://www.asterdomus.com.br/principal_5_4.htm The AsterDomus Planetarium site list of Brasilians planetaria]
*Chile: [http://www.planetariochile.cl/ The Planetarium of the University of Santiago, Chile] Santiago, Chile
*Costa Rica: [http://www.planetario.ucr.ac.cr/ Planetario Ciudad de San José] San José
*Venezuela:
**Planetario Simón Bolívar, Maracaibo
**Planetario Humtbold, Caracas, Venezuela

Europe

*Belgium:
**Belgian Planetarium, Brussels
** [http://www.europlanetarium.com Europlanetarium] , Genk
*Bulgaria:
** [http://planetarium-gb.hit.bg/EN/indexEN.html Astronomical Observatory and Planetarium] , Gabrovo
*Croatia:
** [http://www.tehnicki-muzej.hr/hr/04-astronautika/04-astronautika-1.htm Technical Museum Planetarium] , Zagreb
*Czech Republic:
** [http://www.hvezdarna.cz Observatory and Planetarium Mikulase Kopernika] , Brno
** [http://www.hvezcb.cz Observatory and Planetarium Ceske Budejovice] , České Budějovice
** [http://www.astrohk.cz Observatory and Planetarium Hradec Kralove] , Hradec Králové
** [http://www.mumost.cz/turisti/planetarium/planet.htm Planetarium Most] , Most
** [http://www.vsb.cz/planet/ Observatory and Planetarium of Johanna Palisy] , Poruba (Ostrava)
** [http://hvezdarna.plzen-city.cz/ Observatory and planetarium Plzen] , Plzen
** [http://www.planetarium.cz Planetarium Praha] , Prague
** [http://www.teplice-city.cz/hap/PT.htm Observatory and Planetarium Teplice] , Teplice
*Denmark:
** [http://www.stenomuseet.dk/engelsk/planet/ Planetarium Aarhus] , Aarhus
** [http://www.tycho.dk/english/index.html Tycho Brahe Planetarium] , Copenhagen
** [http://www.orionplanetarium.dk/ Orion Planetarium] , Jels
*Estonia
** [http://www.obs.ee Planetarium Tartu] , Tartu
*Finland:
**Heureka Planetarium, Vantaa
** [http://www.ursa.fi/ursa/planetaario/ Ursa Starlab] , Helsinki
**Särkänniemi Planetarium, Tampere
*France:
** [http://www.cite-espace.com Cite de l'espace] ,Toulouse
**Palais de la Découverte, Paris
** [http://www.planetarium-galilee.com/ Planetarium Galilee] , Montpellier
** [http://www.nantes.fr/culture/musees/le-planetarium.html Le Planétarium] , Nantes
*Germany:
** [http://www.planetarium-bochum.info Bochum Planetarium] , Bochum
** [http://www.planetarium-stuttgart.de Carl-Zeiss-Planetarium] , Stuttgart
** [http://www.planetarium-hamburg.de Hamburg Planetarium] , Hamburg
** [http://www.planetarium-nuernberg.de Nicolaus Copernicus Planetarium] , Nuremberg
** [http://www.planetarium-berlin.de Planetarium am Insulaner] , Berlin
** [http://www.s-planetarium.de Sparkassen-Planetarium Augsburg] , Augsburg
** [http://www.astw.de Zeiss-Großplanetarium Berlin] , Berlin
** [http://www.planetarium-jena.de/ Zeiss Planetarium Jena] , Jena
*Greece:
** [http://www.eugenfound.edu.gr Eugenides Planetarium] , Athens
** [http://www.tmth.edu.gr/en/ Planetarium] , Thessaloniki
*Hungary:
** [http://www.planetarium.hu/ TIT Budapesti Planetárium] , Budapest
** [http://www.c3.hu/~kecsplan/index2.htm Kecskemet Planetarium] , Kecskemét
*Ireland
** [http://www.worldwidelasers.com/inishowen.html Inishowen Planetarium] , Inishowen
** [http://homepage.eircom.net/~planetarium/ Schull Planetarium] , Schull
*Italy:
** [http://www.planetariodanti.pg.it "Ignazio Danti" Planetarium] , Perugia
** [http://www.to.astro.it Osservatorio Astronomico Di Torino] , Turin
** [http://www.comune.alessandria.it/cultura/planetario.htm Planetario Alessandria] , Alessandria
** [http://www.bo.astro.it/parco/planet.html Planetario Aula Didattica] , Bologna
** [http://www.centronatura.org Planetario Crespano del Grappa] , Crespano del Grappa
** [http://www.planetario.fi.it Planetario Firenze] , Florence
** [http://galileo.imss.firenze.it/general/index.html Planetario Firenze] , Firenze
** [http://www.bdp.it/~fimm0011/start.htm Planetario Firenze] , Florence
** [http://www.frassosabino.uni.it/english/Index-i.htm Planetario Comunale] , Frasso Sabino
** [http://www.gardaland.it/ Planetario Garda] , Garda
** [http://space.tin.it/scuola/fbigat/ Planetario Genova] , Genoa
** [http://www.progettocassiopea.com Planetario Genova] , Genoa
** [http://www.comune.livorno.it/nautico/nautico.html Planetario Livorno] , Livorno
** [http://www.cityline.it/ Planetario Lumezzane] , Lumezzane
** [http://www.dag.it/luserna/astrof.htm Planetario Luserna San Giovanni] , Luserna San Giovanni
** [http://www.brera.mi.astro.it/~planet Civico Planetario] , Milan
** [http://www.isesitalia.it/SCUOLA/PV1000/ASTRO.HTM Planetario Communale] , Modena
** [http://www.cittadellascienza.it Planetario Napoli] , Naples
** [http://www.na.astro.it/oacmedia/story/indx.html Planetario Napoli] , Naples
** [http://scuolaworld.provincia.padova.it/astrofili/bin/strutt.html#2 Planetario Galileo] , Padua
** [http://www.comune.pisa.it/doc/istruzione/mep.htm Planetario del Comune di Pisa] , Pisa
** [http://www.comune.prato.it/csn/gen/htm/planet.htm Planetario Prato] , Prato
** [http://www.comune.ra.it/turismo/regione/ita/monumenti/603.ht Planetario Civico] , m
** [http://racine.ra.it/officinadelcielo Planetario Ravenna] , Ravenna
** [http://astrovincigdiel.it Planetario Reggio Calabria] , Reggio Calabria
** [http://www.ferrara.com/columbia/ Il Planetarío Itínerante] , S. M. Maddalena
** [http://astra.educations.net Planetario Salve] , Salve
** [http://www.museocieloeterra.org Planetario San Giovanni in Persiceto] , San Giovanni in Persiceto
** [http://www.west.it/enww/lis.htm Planetario Trieste] , Trieste
** [http://www.mclink.it/mclink/astro/ass/venezia/index.htm Planetarium di Venezia Lido San Nicolo] , Venice
** [http://www.provincia.venezia.it/svenier/Interno/Laboratori/inde Planetario Venezia] , Venice
** [http://www.nauticoartiglio.lu.it/planetario/planetar00.htm Planetarium Viareggio] , Viareggio
*Netherlands:
** [http://www.artis.nl/international/cultural/4.html Artis Planetarium] , Amsterdam
** [http://www.omniversum.nl Omniversum] , Den Haag
** [http://www.planetron.nl Planetarium Planetron] , Dwingeloo
** [http://www.planetarium-friesland.nl Eise Esinga Planetarium] , Franeker
*Norway
** [http://www.teknoteket.no/no/planetar.html Saint Exupery Planetarium] , Oslo
** [http://www.northern-lights.no/english/pages/land/planetarium.shtml Northern Lights Planetarium] , Tromsø
*Poland:
**Silesian Planetarium, Katowice
** [http://entropia.com.pl/planetarium/ Planetarium i Obserwatorium Astronomiczne] , Chorzów
** [http://www.frombork.art.pl/Pol08.htm Planetarium Frombork] , Frombork
** [http://republika.pl/planpota/ Planetarium Szkolnego Kola Milosnikow Astronomii] , Golina
** [http://www.grudziadz.pl/planetarium_obserwatorium_astronomi Planetarium i Obserwatorium Astronomiczne]
** [http://www.planetarium.toya.net.pl/ SOPP Planetarium i Obserwatorium Astronomiczne] , Łódź
** [http://www.planetarium.olsztyn.pl/ Olsztynskie Planetarium] , Olsztyn
** [http://www.dynamix.com.pl Planetarium Poznan] , Poznań
** [http://sus.univ.szczecin.pl/~alacny/PTMA/welcome.html Planetarium Instytutu Nawigacji Szczecine] , Szczecin
** [http://www.planetarium.torun.pl/ Dziewulski Planetarium] , Toruń
*Portugal:
** [http://planetario.online.pt/entrada.asp Lisbon Gulbenkian Planetarium] , Lisbon
** [http://www.multimeios.pt/ Espinho Planetarium, Navegar Foundation] , Espinho
** [http://www.exploratorio.pt Planetario Coimbra] , Coimbra
** [http://www.marinha.pt/vida_naval/orgaos/planetario.html Planetário Calouste Gulbenkian] , Lisbon
** [http://www.astro.up.pt Planetário Porto] , Porto
*Romania: [http://lab2-23k.ici.ro/Museums/Bucovina/planet.html Planetarium din Suceava] , Suceava
*Russia:
**Barnaul Planetarium, Barnaul
** [http://www.gmik.ru/planetarium.html Kaluga Planetarium] , Konstantin Tsiolkovsky museum, Kaluga
** [http://www.planetarium.ru/ Moscow Planetarium] , Moscow
** [http://www.planetarium.nnov.ru/ Nizhny Novgorod Planetarium] , Nizhny Novgorod
**Novosibirsk Planetarium, [http://www.ssga.ru/ Sibirian Geodetical State Academy] , Novosibirsk
** [http://planetary-spb.ru/ Saint Petersburg Planetarium] , Saint Petersburg
*Slovakia:
** [http://www.portcoeli.sk/ Observatory and Planetarium Hlohovec] , Hlohovec
*Spain
** [http://www.lacaixa.es/fundacio/eng/noticies/madrid.htm Planetario Alcobendas] , Alcobendas
** [http://www.ua.es/personal/enrique.aparicio/divulga.htm Planetario Didactico] , Alicante
** [http://www.cabildolanzarote.org/blas-cabrera/observatorio/observatorio.htm Planetario Arrecife] , Arrecife
** [http://personal.iddeo.es/msans/ Planetario Badalona] , Badalona
** [http://www.bcnanimacio.es/html/planetarium.htm Planetario Barcelona] , Barcelona
** [http://www.oam.es Planetario Costitx] , Costitx
** [http://www.jccm.es/museociencias/observa/frameset.htm Planetario del Museo de las Ciencias] , Cuenca
** [http://www.parqueciencias.com/ Planetario Granada] , Granada
** [http://web.casaciencias.org Planetario La Coruña] , La Coruña
** [http://www.planetmad.es Planetario de Madrid] , Madrid
** [http://www.astromalaga.org Planetario Malaga] , Malaga
** [http://www.cienciayagua.org/espacios.htm Planetario Murcia] , Murcia
** [http://www.pamplonetario.org/webantigua/pp-casa.html Planetario de Pamplona] , Pamplona
** [http://nti.educa.rcanaria.es/blas_cabrera/planetar/planetar.htm Planetario Salamanca] , Salamanca
** [http://www.miramon.org Planetario San Sebastián] , San Sebastián
** [http://centros.unican.es/marinacivil/planetario.htm Planetario de la de la Escuela superior marina civil] , Santander
** [http://www.islamagica.es/simple/planet/planet.htm Planetario Sevilla] , Seville
** [http://nti.educa.rcanaria.es/blas_cabrera/planetar/planetar.htm Planetario Tenerife] , Tenerife
** [http://www.cac.es L'Hemisferic] , Valencia
** [http://www.fc-gabarron.es/planetario Planetario de Valladolid, El] , Valladolid
*Sweden
** [http://www.framtidsmuseet.se Kosmorama Planetarium] , Borlänge
** [http://www.dalnet.se/~stella Stella Nova Planetarium] , Falun
** [http://www.jamtnet.se/CosmoNorr/index.htm Planetarium Project] , Frösön
** [http://www.tripnet.se/gak/slottsskogen/ Observatoriet Slottsskogen] , Göteborg
** [http://www.planetarium.se Broman Planetarium AB] , Angered, Gothenburg
** [http://www.technichus.se Planetarium Härnösand] , Härnösand
** [http://www.tnv.mh.se Planetarium Härnösand] , Härnösand
** [http://www.luth.se/th Planetarium at the House of Technology] , Luleå
** [http://www.astro.lu.se/Planetarium/index.html Planetariet Lund] , Lund
** [http://www.tomtit.se/Planetary/Planetary_uk.html Tom Tits Experiment] , Södertälje
**Sölvesborg Ynde Planetarium
** [http://www.nrm.se/cosmonova Cosmonova] , Stockholm
*United Kingdom:
**Armagh Planetarium, Armagh, Northern Ireland
**London Planetarium, Marylebone Road, London (part of Madame Tussaud's), closed in 2006.
** [http://www.glasgowsciencecentre.org/ Glasgow Science Centre] , Glasgow, Scotland
**Jodrell Bank, closed in 2003
**National Space Centre in Leicester
**Peter Harrison Planetarium, National Maritime Museum, London, England; Opened in 2007
** [http://www.thinktank.ac/explore/futures/planetarium.htm Thinktank Museum] , Birmingham, England
**Yorkshire Planetarium, Harewood House, Leeds, England; Opened in 2007
** [http://www.intech-uk.com/ INTECH science centre] , Winchester, England
** [http://www.aber.ac.uk/infinity Planetarium Infinity] , Aberystwyth
** [http://www.bedfordschool.org.uk Piazzi Smyth Observatory & Wolfson Planetarium] , Bedford
** [http://www.southdowns.org.uk/sdpt South Downs Planetarium] , Bognor Regis
** [http://www.techniquest.org Planetarium Cardiff] , Cardiff
** [http://www.roe.ac.uk/ifa Edinburgh Planetarium] , Edinburgh
** [http://www.glasgow-nautical.ac.uk Glasgow Planetarium] , Glasgow
** [http://www.gsc.org.uk Scottish Power Space Theater, The] , Glasgow
** [http://www.astro.gla.ac.uk Glasgow Univ. Observatory] , Glasgow
** [http://www.nssc.co.uk Space Theater] , Leicester
** [http://www.nmgm.org.uk Liverpool Museum Planetarium] , Liverpool
** [http://www.rog.nmm.ac.uk Caird Planetarium] , London
** [http://www.jb.man.ac.uk/scicen Jodrell Bank Planetarium] , Macclesfield
** [http://www.ex.ac.uk/nlo/welcome.htm James Lockyer Planetarium] , Sidmouth
** [http://www.southendmuseums.co.uk/planetarium/planetarium.htm Southend Planetarium] , Southend-on-Sea
** [http://star-www.st-and.ac.uk/~fv/roadshow/planetarium.html St. Andrews Planetarium] , St. Andrews
** [http://www.merelake.com/alsager/area/science.htm Stoke-on-Trent Planetarium] , Stoke-on-Trent
** [http://www.xenica.com/planetearth Todmorden Planetarium] , Todmorden
** [http://www.auriga-astronomy.com Worksop Planetarium] , Worksop
** [http://www.islandastronomy.co.uk Island Planetarium] , Yarmouth
** [http://www.york.gov.uk/heritage/museums/yorkshire/ York Mobile Planetarium] , York
** [http://home.btconnect.com/planetarium/index2.htm Wynyard Planetarium & Observatory] , Thorpe Thewles
** [http://www.abcol.ac.uk Aberdeen College Planetarium] , Gallowell
** [http://www.southendmuseums.co.uk/planetarium/planetarium.htm Central Museum and Planetarium] , Southend-on-Sea
** [http://www.jb.man.ac.uk/scicen/ Jodrell Bank Science Centre Planetarium] , Macclesfield
** [http://www.nmgm.org.uk/livmus/planetariumframeset.html Liverpool Museum] , Liverpool
** [http://www.ex.ac.uk/nlo/ Norman Lockyer Observatory and Planetarium] , Sidmouth
** [http://www.theplanetearthcentre.btinternet.co.uk Planet Earth Planetarium, The] , Todmorden
** [http://pages.eidosnet.co.uk/~starlink/ Powys Co. Observatory Spaceguard Centre] , Knighton
** [http://www.plymouth.ac.uk William Day Planetarium] , Plymouth
** [http://www.at-bristol.org.uk @Bristol] , Bristol

Planetarium computer software

Since the invention of the personal computer, the planetarium concept has been extended to include software that displays a realistic sky image. Not all astronomy software can be considered to be planetarium software. While there is no generally-accepted definition of the word "planetarium" in this context, planetarium software generally contains the following features at a minimum:

*A realistic sky image as seen from Earth
*The ability to display sky motions in real-time
*The ability to animate time changes backwards and forwards

The following is a list of currently available planetarium software:
* Aladin Sky Atlas (Java)
* [http://www.free-planetarium.com Asynx Planetarium] (Windows)
* Cartes du Ciel (Linux, Windows)
* Celestia (Linux, Windows, Mac OS X; successor of 3DPlanetarium, OpenUniverse)
* Digistar 3 (proprietary hardware, Windows XP Pro, )
* DigitalSky 2 (Windows, Sky-Skan, runs Definiti theaters)
* [http://www.distantsuns.com Distant Suns] (Windows)
* [http://www.nova-astro.com/ Earth Centred Universe] (Windows)
* InSpace System (open architecture hardware, [http://www.rsacosmos.com/index_us.htm RSA Cosmos] )
* KStars (Linux)
* [http://www.aho.ch/pilotplanets/ Planetarium] Palm OS
* RedShift (Windows)
* [http://www.sidewalkastronomy.com/skyglobe.html Skyglobe] (MS-DOS, Windows)
* SKY-MAP.ORG (Web-based interactive detailed map of the whole star sky that mirrors more than 500,000,000 celestial objects.)
* [http://www.skymap.com/ SkyMap Pro] (Windows)
* [http://www.starstrider.com StarStrider] (Windows)
* Starry Night (Windows, Mac OS X)
* Stellarium (Linux, Windows, Mac OS X)
* TheSky (Windows)
* [http://www.scalingtheuniverse.com Uniview] (Windows)
* [http://www.winstars.net/english/ Winstars] (Windows)
* XEphem (Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X, Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, Windows with Cygwin)

Planetarium manufacturers

The list below gives the name of firms that have made more than five planetariums, with state they are located in if in the United States, otherwise, the nation. Included are the names of the various models offered by each firm, and an approximate total number sold for each firm. The symbol D after the total indicates the firm is no longer in business or no longer making planetariums.
* Aquarian -- New York -- 20 D
* [http://www.digitaliseducation.com Digitalis Education Solutions, Inc., Bremerton, WA USA:] Manufacturers and sellers of Digitarium digital planetarium systems for portable and fixed domes and Digitalis inflatable domes. Approximately 150 customers on five continents as of July, 2008.
* Evans & Sutherland -- Utah Digistar 1, Digistar 2 -- 30, Digistar 3 -- over 120
* [http://www.e-planetarium.com E-Planetarium] , Houston, Texas -- Discovery Dome portable fulldome digital theater with mirror or fisheye projection, Go-Dome inflatable dome -- more than 40 in 13 countries
* Fengfei -- China -- TX 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 16 -- 50
* Farquhar -- Pennsylvania -- 40 D
* Galileo -- Italy -- S1, S III -- 20
* Giambato -- Italy -- 30
* Goto -- Japan -- EX-3, E-5, Eros, Venus, G1014, GE, GE II, GE 6, GM-AT, GS 6, GM-15, Chronos, Helios, GR-T, M-1, S-3, Super Helios -- Total is uncertain, about 400 outside Japan. It is said the Japanese government placed an EX-3 in every elementary school in Japan.
* Hangzhou -- China -- 20
* Jindu -- China -- J8, J10 -- 15
* Learning Technologies -- Massachusetts -- Starlab, Digital Starlab -- over 500
* Minolta -- Japan -- Geministar, Infinium, MO-6, MS-8, MS-10, Series II, Cosmoleap -- over 250
* MMI Corp. -- Maryland -- Starworlds (identical to Nova Junior) or Model 6500, 7700, 8800 (identical to Apollo Portable),
* Moscow -- Russia -- Eline, UP-2, UP-4 -- about 10
* Planetronix -- Mexico -- about 10
* RSA Cosmos -- France -- Cosmodyssee, SN 88, SN 95 -- 20
* Sky-Skan -- New Hampshire -- SkyVision, Definiti (runs DigitalSky 2 software)
* Spitz -- Pennsylvania -- A, A1, A2, A3, A3P, A3P', A4, A4RPY, A5, 373, 512, B, C, Spitz Junior (actually made under license by Harmonic Reed), Nova I or Nova Junior (Harmonic Reed under license), Nova II, Nova III, STP, STS, Spitz School -- over 500
* TSA -- Ohio -- Emmons, TSA -- 6 D
* Viewlex -- New York -- Apollo I, Apollo II, Apollo III, Apollo Portable -- 125 D
* XTY -- China -- 15
* Zeiss -- Germany -- Mark I to VI, Universarium VII to IX, ZKP-1, ZKP-2 to ZKP-4 (Skymaster), RFP (Spacemaster), Starmaster -- 400