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Zeiss-Planetarium Jena

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Short description: Planetarium in Jena
Not to be confused with the Zeiss-Großplanetarium in Berlin
Zeiss-Planetarium, Jena main entrance (2017)
Historic view of the Zeiss-Planetarium in Jena
The precursor dome under construction on the roof of the Zeiss factory (ca. 1924).
2021

The Zeiss-Planetarium in Jena, Germany, is the oldest continuously operating planetarium in the world.

Engineered by German engineer Walther Bauersfeld, the building was opened on 18 July 1926.[1]

The Zeiss-Planetarium is a projection planetarium; the planets and fixed stars are projected onto the inner surface of a white cupola.

It is owned and operated by the Ernst-Abbe-Stiftung.[2]

See also

  • Zeiss projector

References

  1. ↑ "Geschichte" (in de). 6 January 2022. https://www.planetarium-jena.de/ueber-uns/geschichte/. 
  2. ↑ "Kontakt" (in de). https://www.planetarium-jena.de/ueber-uns/kontakt/. 

External links

[ ⚑ ] 50°55′54″N 11°35′13″E / 50.93167°N 11.58694°E / 50.93167; 11.58694




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