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

The planetariums here are listed in the following format: Name, Website (if available), City. The International Planetarium Society has a much more nearly complete list at its website.

Africa

• Egypt
  • Arab Academy for Science and Technology planetarium, , Alexandria
  • Suez planetarium, Suez
  • Planetarium Science Center, Alexandria
• Ghana
  • The Planetarium of Accra, Accra
• South Africa
  • Johannesburg Planetarium at University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
  • Iziko Planetarium at Iziko Museum, , Cape Town

Asia

• Kuwait
  • Kuwait Planetarium
• Bangladesh
  • Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Novo Theatre, Dhaka
• Nepal
  • Astro Planetarium (Astro Science Pvt. Ltd), Lalitpur
• Burma
  • Planetarium, Yangon
• China
  • Beijing Planetarium, Beijing
  • Hong Kong Space Museum, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong
  • Macao Science Centre Planetarium, Macao
• India
  • Akola Planetarium, At Nehru Park , Akola, Maharashtra
  • Anna Science Centre, Tiruchirappalli
  • Asha Kiran Planetarium, Belagavi, Karnataka^[1]
  • Birla Planetarium, Chennai
  • Birla Planetarium, Hyderabad
  • Birla Planetarium, Jaipur
  • Birla Planetarium, Kolkata
  • Dr.T.M.A Pai Planetarium, Manipal
  • Guwahati Planetarium, Guwahati
  • Indira Gandhi Planetarium, Lucknow
  • Indira Gandhi Planetarium, Patna
  • Jawahar Planetarium, Allahabad
  • Kusumbai Motichand Planetarium, Pune^[2]
  • Leo Planetaria , New Delhi
  • Meghnad Saha Planetarium, Burdwan^[3]
  • Nehru Planetarium, Bangalore
  • Nehru Planetarium, Mumbai
  • Nehru Planetarium, New Delhi
  • Priyadarshini Planetarium, Thiruvananthapuram
  • Stardome, College of Engineering Thiruvananthapuram
  • Raman Science center Planetarium, Nagpur
  • Regional Science Centre and Planetarium, Kozhikode
  • Samanta Chandra Sekhera Planetarium, Bhubaneswar
  • Sri Sathya Sai Space Theatre, Puttaparthi
  • Temple Of Vedic Planetarium, Mayapur
  • Veer Bahadur Singh Planetarium, Gorakhpur
  • Ujjain Planetarium, Ujjain
  • Efforts Planetarium, Ahmednagar www.effortsplanetarium.com
  • Darbhanga Planetarium, Darbhanga (Coming Soon)
  • Gaya Planetarium, Gaya (Coming Soon)
• Indonesia
  • Jakarta Planetarium, Jakarta
  • Loka Jala Crana Planetarium, Surabaya
  • Jagad Raya Planetarium, Tenggarong
• Japan
  • Nagoya City Science Museum, Nagoya Biggest planetarium in the world (35-meter dome)
  • Ehime Prefectural Science Museum, Niihama SUPER-HELIOS(G)
  • Gifu City Science Museum, Gifu INFINIUM(M)
  • Hiroshima Children's Museum, , Hiroshima MS-20AT(M)
  • Hukui MS-10(M)
  • Kobe Science Museum, , Kobe GSS-KOBE + Virtualium II(G)
  • Akashi Municipal Planetarium, , Akashi Carl Zeiss Jena Universal 23/3(Z)
  • Ibaraki Tukuba Geministar(M)
  • Ishikawa GM-15T(G)
  • Kagawa GSS-HELIOS(G)
  • Yokohama Science Center, Yokohama Super-HELIOS(G)
  • Kyoto INFINIUMγ-KYOTO(M)
  • Mie INFINIUM(M)
  • Nagano GSS-URANUS(G)
  • Nara MEGASTAR-ZERO(O)
  • Niigata Science Museum, Niigata CHRONOS II EX Hybride(G)
  • Okayama MS-10(M)
  • Osaka INFINIUM-L-Osaka(M) + Virtualium II(G)
  • Saitama INFINIUM(M)
  • Sapporo Science Center, Sapporo GSS-URANUS(G) + SKYMAX-DS(M)
  • Shiga INFINIUMγ(M)
  • Shimane INFINIUMβ(M)
  • Shizuoka Hamamatsu Geministar III(M)
  • Tokushima Super-HELIOS(G)
  • Sunshine City, Tokyo INFINIUM-S(M)
  • Miraikan, Tokyo MEGASTAR-II Cosmos,
  • Saji Observatory, Tottori
  • Toyama VIRTUARIUM II(G)
  • Wakayama MS-10(M)
  • Yamaguchi
  • Yamanasi MEGASTAR-IIA(Ohira Tech)
• Malaysia
  • Malacca Planetarium, Malacca
  • Planetarium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
  • Planetarium Sultan Iskandar, Sarawak
• Pakistan
  • PIA Planetarium, Karachi
  • PIA Planetarium, Lahore
  • PIA Planetarium, Peshawar
• Philippines
  • Digistar Planetarium - SM Science Discovery Center , SM Mall of Asia, Pasay
  • National Museum Planetarium, Manila
  • PAGASA Planetarium, Quezon City
  • The Mind Museum Space Shell, Taguig
• Sri Lanka
  • Colombo Planetarium, Colombo
• Taiwan
  • Taipei Astronomical Museum, Taipei
• Thailand
  • Bangkok Planetarium, Bangkok
  • National Science Museum, Rangsit
  • Rajabhat Planetarium, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya
• Turkmenistan
  • Ashgabad Planetarium, Ashgabad

Europe

• Austria
  • Zeiss Planetarium der Stadt Wien, , Vienna
  • Digitales Planetarium im Naturhistorischen Museum Wien, , Vienna
  • Planetarium Judenburg, , Judenburg
• Belarus
  • Minsk Planetarium, , Minsk
• Belgium
  • Belgian Planetarium, , Brussels
  • Europlanetarium Genk, , Genk
  • Planetarium Antwerp Zoo, , Antwerpen
  • Volkssterrenwacht vzw Beisbroek, , Brugge
  • Planétarium, Université de Liège, , Liège
  • Planètarium Olympus Mons, , Mons
• Bulgaria
  • Public Astronomical Observatory and Planetarium , Dimitrovgrad
  • NAOP Gabrovo, , Gabrovo
  • NAOP Smolyan, , Smolyan
  • NAOP Varna, , Varna
  • NAOP Yambol, , Yambol
  • Planetarium of Plovdiv, http://rnhm.org/en/museum/exposition/28/planetarium, Plovdiv,
• Croatia
  • Technical Museum Planetarium, , Zagreb
  • Astronomical Centre Rijeka, , Rijeka
• Czech Republic
  • Brno Observatory and Planetarium, , Brno
  • Observatory and Planetarium Ceske Budejovice , České Budějovice
  • Observatory and Planetarium Hradec Kralove, , Hradec Králové
  • Planetarium Most, , Most
  • Observatory and Planetarium Plzen, , Plzeň
  • Observatory and Planetarium of Johanna Palisy, , Poruba
  • Planetarium Praha, , Prague
  • Observatory and Planetarium Teplice, , Teplice
• Denmark
  • The Steno Museum, , Aarhus
  • Tycho Brahe Planetarium, , Copenhagen
  • Orion Planetarium, , Jels
• Estonia
  • Planetarium Tartu, , Tartu
• Finland
  • Ursa Starlab, , Helsinki
  • Kallioplanetaario, Jyväskylä
  • Särkänniemi Planetarium, Tampere
  • Heureka Planetarium, Vantaa
• France
  • Centre d'Études et de Réalisations Astronomiques Pégoud de Belfort
  • Planetarium Galilee, , Montpellier
  • Le Planétarium, , Nantes
  • Palais de la Découverte, Paris
  • Planétarium de Reims, Rheims
  • Observatoire de Strasbourg, Strasbourg
  • Cité de l'espace, , Toulouse
• Germany
  

  ESO Supernova Planetarium & Visitor Centre at ESO Headquarters.^[4]
  • Sparkassen-Planetarium Augsburg, , Augsburg
  • Planetarium am Insulaner, , Berlin
  • Zeiss-Großplanetarium Berlin, , Berlin
  • Bochum Planetarium, , Bochum
  • Drebach Planetarium, , Drebach
  • Freiburg Planetarium, , Freiburg
  • Hamburg Planetarium, , Hamburg
  • Zeiss Planetarium Jena, , Jena
  • Lichtenstein Planetarium, , Lichtenstein
  • Mannheim Planetarium, , Mannheim
  • Westphalian Museum of Natural History, , Münster
  • Nicolaus Copernicus Planetarium, , Nuremberg
  • Carl-Zeiss-Planetarium, , Stuttgart
  • Wolfsburg Planetarium, , Wolfsburg
  • ESO Supernova Planetarium & Visitor Centre, , Garching bei München
• Greece
  • Eugenides Planetarium (see also Evgenidio Foundation), Athens
  • Thessaloniki Planetarium, , Thessaloniki
• Hungary
  • Budapest Planetarium (hu:TIT Budapesti Planetárium), , Budapest
  • Kecskemét Planetarium, , Kecskemét
• Ireland
  • Inishowen Planetarium, , Inishowen
  • Schull Planetarium, , Schull
• Italy
  • Planetario Teatro delle Scienze e Planetario, Alessandria
  • Planetario Aula Didattica, Bologna
  • Planetario digitale del Parco astronomico La torre del sole, Brembate di Sopra
  • Planetario Crespano del Grappa, Crespano del Grappa
  • Planetario di Firenze, Florence
  • Planetario Comunale, Frasso Sabino
  • Planetario Garda, Garda
  • Planetario Genova, Genoa
  • Planetario Genova, Genoa
  • Planetario di Lecco, Lecco
  • Planetario Istituto Nautico "Alfredo Cappellini", Livorno
  • Planetario Museo di Storia Naturale, Livorno
  • Planetario Accademia Navale, Livorno
  • Planetario Lumezzane, Lumezzane
  • Planetario Luserna San Giovanni, Luserna San Giovanni
  • Civico Planetario, Milan
  • Planetario Comunale, Modena
  • Planetario Napoli, Naples
  • Planetario Galileo, Padua
  • "Ignazio Danti" Planetarium, Perugia
  • Planetario del Comune di Pisa, Pisa
  • Planetario Prato, Prato
  • Planetario Civico, Ravenna
  • Planetario Reggio Calabria, Reggio Calabria
  • Il Planetarío Itínerante, S. M. Maddalena
  • Parco Astronomico SIDEREUS, Salve (Lecce)
  • Planetario San Giovanni in Persiceto, San Giovanni in Persiceto
  • Planetario Trieste, Trieste
  • Planetario di Torino, Turin
  • Planetarium di Venezia Lido San Nicolo, Venice
  • Planetario Venezia, Venice
  • Planetarium Viareggio, Viareggio
• Kosovo
  • Kosovo Planetarium, Gjakova, Scien.-Edu. Center Cosmos& Human
• Lithuania
  • Planetariumas, Vilnius
• Netherlands
  • Artis Planetarium, Amsterdam
  • Planetarium Planetron, Dwingeloo
  • Eise Esinga Planetarium, Franeker
  • Planetarium Ridderkerk, Museum Johannes Postschool, Ridderkerk-Rijsoord
  • Omniversum, The Hague
• Norway
  • Saint Exupery Planetarium, Oslo
  • Nordnorsk vitensenter (Science Center of Northern Norway), Tromsø
  • Science Factory (Vitenfabrikken, Norway), Sandnes
• Poland
  • Silesian Planetarium, Chorzów - biggest and oldest planetarium in Poland (opened in 1955, 23-meter dome)
  • Planetarium, Częstochowa
  • Planetarium Frombork, Frombork
  • Planetarium im. Antoniego Ledóchowskiego, Gdynia
  • Planetarium, Gdynia-Oksywie
  • Planetarium i Obserwatorium Astronomiczne im. Mikołaja Kopernika, Grudziądz
  • Planetarium and Observatory, Kielce
  • SOPP Planetarium and Observatory, Łódź
  • Youth observatory - Niepołomice
  • Planetarium, Olsztyn
  • Planetarium, Poznań
  • Planetarium of the School Society of Amateur Astronomers, Potarzyca
  • Planetarium of the Institute of Navigation, Szczecin
  • Dziewulski Planetarium, Toruń
  • Planetarium in the Extreme Park, Ustroń - commercial
  • The Heavens of Copernius in Copernius Science Centre, Warsaw
  • Planetarium in Palace of Culture and Science, Warsaw
  • Planetarium, Wrocław
  • Portable Planetariums Home - Poland Branch
  • Planeta Anuka Portable Planetarium, Warsaw
  • Planetarium Wenus, Zielona Góra
• Portugal
  • Planetario Coimbra, Coimbra
  • Espinho Planetarium, Navegar Foundation, Espinho
  • Calouste Gulbenkian Planetarium, Lisbon
  • Planetário do Porto, Porto
• Romania
  • , Baia Mare, Astronomy Complex from Baia Mare, Maramureș
  • , Pitești, Argeș County Museum
  • "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iași Planetarium, Iași
  • Planetarium din Suceava, Suceava
  • Planetariul Universității de Vest din Timișoara, Timișoara
• Russia
  • Barnaul Planetarium (Барнаульский планетарий), Barnaul
  • Irkutsk Planetarium, Irkutsk Planetarium (Иркутский планетарий), Irkutsk
  • Kaluga Planetarium, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky museum, (Калужский планетарий), Kaluga
  • Kirov Planetarium,(Кировский планетарий) Kirov, Kirov Oblast
  • Khabarovsk Planetarium, Khabarovsk
  • Kostroma Planetarium, Kostroma
  • Moscow Planetarium (Московский планетарий), Moscow
  • Nizhny Novgorod Planetarium (Нижегородский планетарий, Nizhny Novgorod Planetarium), Nizhny Novgorod
  • Novokuznetsk Planetarium, (Новокузнецкий планетарий), Novokuznetsk
  • Novosibirsk Planetarium, Siberian Geodetical State Academy, Novosibirsk
  • Omsk Planetarium, Omsk
  • Penza Planetarium (Пензенский планетарий), Penza
  • Perm Planetarium, Perm
  • Planetarium in Lakhta Center, Saint Petersburg, is under construction. Plantarium is planned to be opened to public in 2018.
  • Saint Petersburg Planetarium, Saint Petersburg
  • Saratov Planetarium, Saratov
  • Vladimir Planetarium,(Владимирский планетарий), Vladimir
  • Volgograd Planetarium (Волгоградский планетарий), Volgograd
  • Ufa Planetarium, (Уфимский планетарий), Ufa
• Serbia
  • Belgrade Planetarium
  • Novi Sad Planetarium
• Slovakia
  • Observatory and planetarium Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Hlohovec
  • Slovak central observatory Hurbanovo, Hurbanovo
  • Observatory Vihorlat, Kolonické sedlo
  • CVC Domino, Košice
  • Observatory and planetarium Presov, Prešov
  • Regional Observatory and Planetarium Maximilian Hell, Žiar nad Hronom
• Spain
  • Planetario Alcobendas, Alcobendas
  • Planetario Didactico, Alicante
  • Planetario Arrecife, Arrecife
  • Planetario Badalona, Badalona
  • Planetario Barcelona, Barcelona
  • Planetario Costitx, Costitx
  • Planetario del Museo de las Ciencias, Cuenca
  • Planetario Granada, Granada
  • Planetario La Coruña, La Coruña
  • Planetario Educa Ciencia Madrid
  • Planetarios Móvil Digital Eurocosmos Madrid
  • Planetario de Madrid, Madrid
  • Planetario Malaga, Málaga
  • Planetario Murcia, Murcia
  • Planetario de Pamplona, Pamplona
  • Planetario Salamanca, Salamanca
  • Planetario San Sebastián, San Sebastián
  • Planetario de la Escuela superior marina civil, Santander
  • Planetario Sevilla, Seville
  • Planetario Tenerife, Tenerife
  • Hogar de los Planetarios Portátiles - Base en Tenerife http://www.planetarios.com
  • L'Hemisferic, Valencia
  • Planetario de Valladolid, El, Valladolid
• Sweden
  • Kosmorama Planetarium, Borlänge
  • Stella Nova Planetarium, Falun
  • Planetarium Project, Frösön
  • Observatoriet Slottsskogen, Göteborg
  • Broman Planetarium AB, Angered, Gothenburg
  • Planetarium Härnösand, Härnösand
  • Planetarium Härnösand, Härnösand
  • Planetarium Upptech, Jönköping
  • Planetarium at the House of Technology, Luleå
  • Planetariet Lund, Lund
  • Norrköpings Visualiseringscenter C, Norrköping
  • Tom Tits Experiment, Södertälje
  • Sölvesborg Ynde Planetarium
  • Cosmonova, Stockholm
  • Umevatoriet, Umeå
• Switzerland
  • Planetarium at Swiss Museum of Transport, Swiss Museum of Transport, Luzern
• Turkey
  • Gaziantep Planetarium and Science Center, Gaziantep, Turkey
  • Bursa Science and Technology Center, Bursa, Turkey
  • Serdivan Planetarium , Sakarya, Turkey
• Ukraine
  • Dnepropetrovsk Planetarium, Dnepropetrovsk
  • Kiev Planetarium, , Kiev
  • Kharkov Planetarium, Ukraine
  • Donetsk Planetarium
• United Kingdom
  • Aberdeen College Planetarium, , Aberdeen, Scotland
  • Planetarium Infinity, , Aberystwyth, Wales
  • Armagh Planetarium, , Armagh, Northern Ireland
  • The Wolfson Planetarium, Bedford School, , Bedford, England
  • AURIGA Star Dome, , Belper, England
  • Thinktank Planetarium, , Birmingham, England
  • At-Bristol Planetarium, , Bristol, England
  • Techniquest Planetarium, , Cardiff, Wales
  • South Downs Planetarium, , Chichester, England
  • StarDome - Astronomy & Astronautics, Cambridge, , Cambridge & UK Wide,
  • Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, , Edinburgh, Scotland
  • Glasgow College of Nautical Studies Planetarium, , Glasgow, Scotland
  • Glasgow Science Centre Planetarium, , Glasgow, Scotland
  • University of Glasgow Planetarium, , Glasgow, Scotland
  • The Spaceguard Centre Planetarium, , Knighton, Powys, Wales
  • Yorkshire Planetarium, Harewood House, Leeds, England
  • National Space Centre, , Leicester, England
  • World Museum Liverpool Planetarium, , Liverpool, England
  • Peter Harrison Planetarium, , London, England
  • London Planetarium (closed in 2006), London, England
  • Jodrell Bank Planetarium (closed in 2003), , Macclesfield, England
  • Life Science Centre Planetarium, www.life.org.uk, Newcastle upon Tyne, England
  • Natural Science Centre Planetarium, , Newchapel, Staffordshire, England
  • Plymouth Planetarium, , Plymouth, England
  • Dark Sky Wales Planetarium, , Pontypridd, Wales
  • University of St Andrews Mobile Planetarium, , St. Andrews, Scotland
  • Lockyer Observatory and Planetarium, , Sidmouth, England
  • Southend Central Museum, , Southend-on-Sea, England
  • Wynyard Woodland Park Planetarium, , Thorpe Thewles, Teesside, England
  • The Astronomy Centre Planetarium, , near Todmorden, West Yorkshire, England
  • Winchester Science Centre & Planetarium, , Winchester, England
  • AURIGA Star Dome, , Worksop, England
  • Island Planetarium, , Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, England
• Other
  • Aboard the RMS Queen Mary 2, the first planetarium at sea

North America

• Canada
  • Science North, Greater Sudbury, Ontario
  • Queen Elizabeth II Planetarium, Edmonton, Alberta. Closed since 1983, it is expected to reopen in 2018 once renovations are completed.
  • Telus World of Science, Edmonton, Alberta
  • H. R. MacMillan Space Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia
  • Centre of the Universe, Victoria, British Columbia
  • Manitoba Museum, Winnipeg, Manitoba
  • Doran Planetarium, , Sudbury, Ontario
  • McLaughlin Planetarium, Toronto, Ontario. Closed 1995, building still extant.
  • W.J. McCallion Planetarium, Hamilton, Ontario
  • Montreal Planetarium, Montreal, Quebec
  • Northern Lights Centre, , Watson Lake, Yukon
• Costa Rica
  • Planetario Ciudad de San José, , San José
• Mexico
  • Planetario Digital Móvil | Ecosistemas de México, , Mexico City
  • Planetarios Mexicanos, , Jalisco, Mexico
  • Planetario Luis Enrique Erro, , Mexico City
  • Planetario Papalote Museo del Niño, , Mexico City
  • Planetario "Valente Souza" de la Sociedad Astronómica de México, , Mexico City
  • Planetario "Joaquín Gallo" de la Sociedad Astronómica de México, , Mexico City
  • Planetario Alfa, , Monterrey
  • Planetario IMAX DOMO de Puebla, , Puebla
  • Planetario Explora del Museo de Ciencias, , León
  • Planetario "Lic. Felipe Rivera" de CECONEXPO, , Morelia
  • Planetario Móvil "Shimba Caa Ana", , Cancún
  • Planetario "Dr. Arcadio Poveda Ricalde" del Centro Cultural de Sinaloa, , Culiacán
  • Planetario Hidalgo del Museo Rehilete, , Pachuca, Hidalgo
  • Planetario de Cajeme en el Parque Infantil "Ostimuri", , Ciudad Obregón
  • Planetario "José Martínez Rocha" del Área de Astronomía del DIF-US, , Magdalena de Kino
  • Planetronix Móvil de Sistemas Educativos en Astronomía, , Guaymas
  • Planetario Móvil de Ludocosmos, , Hermosillo
  • Planetario Móvil EKBÉ, , Querétaro
  • Planetario Tabasco 2000, , Villahermosa
  • Planetario de Ciudad Victoria "Dr. Ramiro Iglesias Leal" del Parque Recreativo y Cultural Siglo XXI, , Ciudad Victoria
  • Planetario de la Escuela Náutica Mercante de Tampico, , Tampico
  • Ziga Zag, Centro de Ciencias, Consejo Zacatecano de Ciencia y Tecnología, , Zacatecas
  • Complejo Cientifico, Tecnologico y Cultural Planetario de Playa Del Carmen "SAYAB", , Quintana Roo

United States

• Alabama
  • W.A. Gayle Planetarium, Montgomery
• Alaska
  • Thomas Planetarium at the Anchorage Museum, , Anchorage
  • Marie Drake Planetarium, , Juneau
• Arkansas
  • EpiSphere at the Aerospace Education Center, Little Rock
• Arizona
  • Dorrance Planetarium at the Arizona Science Center, , Phoenix
  • Flandrau Science Center at the University of Arizona, , Tucson
• California
  • Palomar College Planetarium, , San Marcos, CA
  • The Discovery Museum, Science and Space Center, Sacramento, California
  • Charles F. Hager Planetarium at San Francisco State University, , San Francisco
  • Chabot Space & Science Center, , Oakland
  • College of San Mateo, , San Mateo
  • Fujitsu Planetarium at De Anza College, , Cupertino
  • Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles
  • Holt Planetarium, Lawrence Hall of Science, Berkeley
  • Morrison Planetarium at the California Academy of Sciences, , San Francisco
  • William Luebke Planetarium, at Modesto Junior College West Campus Science Community Center , , Modesto
  • Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum, San Jose - a purpose-built planetarium rendered in an Ancient Egyptian architectural style
  • Schreder Planetarium, Redding
  • Tessman Planetarium at Santa Ana College, Santa Ana
• Colorado
  • Fiske Planetarium and Science Center at the University of Colorado at Boulder, , Boulder
  • Gates Planetarium at Denver Museum of Nature and Science, , Denver
• Connecticut
  • The Discovery Museum, , Bridgeport
  • The Children's Museum, , West Hartford
  • Leitner Family Observatory and Planetarium at Yale University, New Haven
  • Treworgy Planetarium at Mystic Seaport, Mystic
• District of Columbia
  • Albert Einstein Planetarium, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution
  • Rock Creek Park Planetarium,
• Florida
  • Alexander Brest Planetarium, Museum of Science & History, Jacksonville, using a Konica Super MediaGlobe II projector, the first in Florida
  • BCC Planetarium & Observatory, , Cocoa
  • Bishop Planetarium, South Florida Museum, Bradenton, Evans & Sutherland Digistar 5
  • Buehler Planetarium and Observatory, , Davie, Florida
  • The Challenger Learning Center, , Tallahassee
  • Kika Silva Pla Planetarium, , Gainesville, opened to the public in September 2007 and located on the Northwest Campus of Santa Fe College
  • Miami Museum of Science & Planetarium, Miami, opened in 1966
  • Seminole State College Planetarium at Seminole State College of Florida, , Sanford
• Georgia
  • Fernbank Planetarium at the Fernbank Science Center, Atlanta
  • Mark Smith Planetarium at the Museum of Arts and Sciences, , Macon
  • Omnisphere Theater, Coca-Cola Challenger Space Science Center, Columbus State University, Columbus
  • Rollins Planetarium at Young Harris College, , Young Harris
  • Tellus Planetarium at Tellus: Northwest Georgia Science Museum, Cartersville
• Guam
  • University of Guam Planetarium, Agana
• Hawaii
  • Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaii, , Hilo
  • Jhamandas Watumull Planetarium at the Bernice P. Bishop Museum, , Honolulu
• Idaho
  • Capital High School, Boise
• Illinois
  • Adler Planetarium, Chicago
  • Cernan Earth and Space Center, Triton College, River Grove
  • Illinois State University Planetarium, , Normal
  • Lakeview Museum planetarium , Peoria
  • Staerkel Planetarium, Parkland College, Champaign
  • Strickler Planetarium at Olivet Nazarene University, , Bourbonnais
  • Waubonsie Valley High School planetarium , Aurora
• Indiana
  • Bellmont High School, Decatur
  • Carmel High School, Hamilton
  • Marion High School, Marion
  • SpaceQuest Planetarium (Indianapolis Children's Museum), Indianapolis, Indiana
• Iowa
  • Bettendorf High School, Bettendorf
• Kansas
  • Justice Planetarium at the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center, , Hutchinson
  • Peterson Planetarium at Emporia State University
• Kentucky
  • Gheen's Science Hall & Rauch Planetarium at University of Louisville, , Louisville
  • East Kentucky Science Center, , Prestonsburg
  • Golden Pond Planetarium, , Golden Pond
  • Hardin Planetarium at Western Kentucky University, , Bowling Green
  • Hummel Planetarium at Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond
  • Star Theater, , at Morehead State University, Morehead
• Louisiana
  • Irene W. Pennington Planetarium, , Baton Rouge
  • Dayna & Ronald L. Sawyer Space Dome Planetarium, Shreveport
• Maine
  • Maynard F. Jordan Planetarium at the University of Maine, , Orono
  • Southworth planetarium at usm Portland campus located at 70 Falmouth ST.
• Maryland
  • Arthur Storer Planetarium, Prince Frederick, named after the first astronomer in the American colonies and the original namesake of Halley's Comet
  • Davis Planetarium at the Maryland Science Center, , Baltimore
• Massachusetts
  • Framingham State College Planetarium, Framingham
  • George Alden Planetarium at the Ecotarium, Worcester
  • Charles Hayden Planetarium at the Museum of Science, Boston
  • Seymour Planetarium at the Springfield Science Museum, Springfield, the oldest operating planetarium in the United States^[5]
• Michigan
  • Abrams Planetarium, Michigan State University, East Lansing
  • Argus Planetarium, , Ann Arbor
  • Cranbrook Planetarium, , Bloomfield Hills
  • Dassault Systemes Planetarium, Detroit
  • Delta College Planetarium & Learning Center, , Bay City
  • John Glenn High School, Westland, Michigan
  • Kingman Museum Planetarium, Battle Creek
  • Longway Planetarium, , Flint
  • Roger B. Chaffee Planetarium, Public Museum of Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids
  • Mount Clemens High School, Mount Clemens, Michigan
  • Roseville High School, Roseville, Michigan
  • Shiras Planetarium, , Marquette
• Minnesota
  • Como Planetarium, Como Park Elementary School, St. Paul
  • Marshall W. Alworth Planetarium, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota
  • Mayo High School, Rochester
  • Minneapolis Planetarium, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis. Demolished in 2002 along with the Minneapolis Public Library's central branch. A new public library opened in its place in 2006, and a new Minnesota Planetarium with modern digital projection capabilities was planned to be added to the building. However, a new planetarium was never realized.
  • Paulucci Space Theatre, Hibbing Community College, Hibbing
  • SMSU Planetarium, Southwest Minnesota State University, Marshall
• Mississippi
  • Russell C. Davis Planetarium, , Jackson
• Missouri
  • Del & Norma Robison Planetarium, Kirksville, Missouri
  • Gottlieb Planetarium, , Kansas City, Missouri
  • James S. McDonnell Planetarium, St. Louis
• Nebraska
  • Mallory Kountze Planetarium (UNO), Omaha
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. Planetarium, Omaha
  • Ralph Mueller Planetarium, Lincoln
• Nevada
  • Fleischmann Planetarium & Science Center, Reno
• New Hampshire
  • McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center, , Concord
• New Jersey
  • Dreyfuss Planetarium at the Newark Museum, , Newark
  • Lenape Valley Regional High School, Stanhope
  • Longo Planetarium at County College of Morris, , Randolph
  • New Jersey State Museum Planetarium, Trenton
  • Princeton Day School Planetarium, Princeton
  • Robert J Novins Planetarium at Ocean County College, , Toms River
  • The Planetarium at RVCC, North Branch
• New Mexico
  • The Planetarium at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science, , Albuquerque
• New York
  • Andrus Planetarium, Hudson River Museum, Yonkers
  • Corning Community College Planetarium, Corning
  • Edwin A. Link Planetarium, Roberson Museum and Science Center, Binghamton
  • Edwin Hubble Planetarium, in Edward R. Murrow High School, Brooklyn
  • Hayden Planetarium, American Museum of Natural History, New York City
  • Muse Planetarium, Brooklyn Children's Museum, Brooklyn
  • Northeast Bronx Planetarium, in Harry Truman High School, Bronx
  • Strasenburgh Planetarium, Rochester Museum and Science Center, Rochester
  • Suits-Bueche Planetarium, Schenectady
  • Tupper Planetarium, Centereach High School Centereach, New York
  • Vanderbilt Planetarium, Vanderbilt Museum, Centerport
  • Wagner College Planetarium, Staten Island
  • Whitworth Ferguson Planetarium at Buffalo State College, Buffalo, New York
  • Williamsville North High School, Williamsville, New York
• North Carolina
  • Cummins Planetarium at the Rocky Mount Children's Museum & Science Center, , Rocky Mount
  • Ingram Planetarium , Sunset Beach
  • Kelly Planetarium at Discovery Place, Charlotte
  • Margaret C. Woodson Planetarium at Horizons Unlimited, , Salisbury
  • Morehead Planetarium and Science Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, , Chapel Hill - the first planetarium built on a U.S. college campus
  • Schiele Museum of Natural History and Planetarium, Gastonia
  • Millholand Planetarium at Catawba Science Center, Catawba
  • Greensboro Science Center, Greensboro
  • SciPlanetarium at SciWorks, Winston-Salem
  • Neuseway Nature Center and Planetarium, Kinston
  • Robeson County Planetarium Science and Technology, , Lumberton (limited public shows)
  • Rowan-Salisbury School System's Margaret C. Woodson Planetarium in Salisbury (limited public shows)
  • Fayetteville State University Planetarium, Fayetteville (limited public shows)
  • ECSU Khan Planetarium at Elizabeth City State University in Elizabeth City
• Ohio
  • Anderson Hancock Planetarium, , Marietta College, Marietta
  • Appold Planetarium, , Lourdes University, Sylvania
  • BGSU Planetarium, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green
  • Clark Planetarium, , Shawnee State University, Portsmouth - the first Konica-Minolta Mediaglobe 3D system in the United States
  • Drake Planetarium & Science Center, , Cincinnati
  • Hoover-Price Planetarium at McKinley Presidential Library & Museum, , Canton
  • Ritter Planetarium & Brooks Observatory, University of Toledo, , Toledo
  • Shafran Planetarium at Cleveland Museum of Natural History, , Cleveland
  • Ward-Beecher Planetarium at Youngstown State University, , Youngstown
  • Westlake Schools Planetarium, Westlake
• Oklahoma
  • James E. Bertelsmeyer Planetarium at the Tulsa Air and Space Museum & Planetarium, Tulsa
  • Kirkpatrick Planetarium at the Omniplex Science Museum, Oklahoma City
• Oregon
  • Harry C. Kendall Planetarium, Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, Portland
  • North Medford High School Planetarium, Medford Oregon
• Pennsylvania
  • Buhl Digital Dome, , Carnegie Science Center, Pittsburgh
  • Fels Planetarium at the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia
  • Hatter Planetarium at Gettysburg College, Gettysburg
  • North Hills High School, West View
  • Planetarium at the Reading Public Museum, Reading
  • Seneca Valley High School, Harmony
  • Steel Valley High School, Munhall
  • Bethlehem-Center Middle School, Fredericktown
• Puerto Rico
  • UPRM Planetarium, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, Mayagüez
• Rhode Island
  • Roger Williams Park Museum of Natural History and Planetarium, Providence
• South Carolina (full list at International Planetarium List ^[6])
  • DuPont Planetarium at the University of South Carolina Aiken, Aiken
  • SCSM Planetarium, Columbia
  • Stanback Planetarium, Orangeburg
  • T. C. Hooper Planetarium at the Roper Mountain Science Center,^[7] Greenville
• Tennessee
  • Bays Mountain Planetarium at Bays Mountain Park, Kingsport
  • CyberSphere Digital Theater at the Renaissance Center, , Dickson
  • Sudekum Planetarium at Adventure Science Center, Nashville
• Texas
  • Angelo State Planetarium, Angelo State University, San Angelo
  • Burke Baker Planetarium at the Houston Museum of Natural Science, Houston
  • Center for Earth and Space Science Education, Tyler Junior College, Tyler - most advanced planetarium in the state of Texas
  • Gene Roddenberry Planetarium, El Paso
  • Mayborn Science Theater, Central Texas College, Killeen
  • Noble Planetarium, Museum of Science & History, Fort Worth
  • The Planetarium at UT Arlington, Arlington
  • Scobee Planetarium, San Antonio College, San Antonio - Opened to the public in 1961, closed for renovations in 2012, scheduled to reopen in 2014.
  • The Stephen F. Austin Planetarium at Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches
• Utah
  • Royden G. Derrick Planetarium, at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah - shows created and run by BYU Astronomical Society
  • Clark Planetarium, Salt Lake City
  • Ott Planetarium at Weber State University in Ogden - produces original content for small planetaria with an all-undergraduate production team
• Vermont
  • Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium in Saint Johnsbury
• Virginia
  • Chesapeake Planetarium, Chesapeake
  • David M. Brown Planetarium, Arlington
  • J. Calder Wicker Planetarium, Fork Union
  • Hopkins Planetarium at the Science Museum of Western Virginia, , Roanoke
  • John C. Wells Planetarium, , Harrisonburg
  • Mary D. Pretlow Planetarium, , Norfolk
  • Norfolk State University Planetarium, , Norfolk
  • Radford University Planetarium, , Radford
  • Virginia Living Museum, Newport News
• Washington
  • Pacific Planetarium, Bremerton
  • Willard Smith Planetarium at the Pacific Science Center, Seattle
  • University of Washington Planetarium, Seattle
• Wisconsin
  • Daniel F. Soref National Geographic Dome Theater and Planetarium, Milwaukee
  • Manfred Olsen Planetarium at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee

Oceania

• Australia
  • UNISA Planetarium, Mawson Lakes Adelaide
  • Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium, , Brisbane
  • Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, , Launceston
  • Melbourne Scienceworks Museum Planetarium, , Melbourne
  • Horizon - the Planetarium, , Perth
• New Zealand
  • Stardome Observatory, , Auckland

South America

• Argentina
  • Galileo Galilei planetarium, Buenos Aires
  • Complejo Planetario Malargüe, , Malargüe
  • Complejo Astronómico Municipal, , Rosario
• Brazil
  • Ibirapuera Planetarium,[Zeiss] São Paulo
  • Rio de Janeiro Planetarium Foundation, [Zeiss], Rio de Janeiro
  • Carmo Planetarium,[Zeiss] São Paulo
  • Universidade Federal de Goiania Planetarium, [Zeiss]Goiás
  • Universidade Federal de Santa Maria Planetarium,[Digistar 4] Rio Grande do Sul
  • Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina Planetarium, [Digistar 3] Santa Catarina
  • Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo Planetarium, [Zeiss] Vitória
  • Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, [Zeiss] [Rio Grande do Sul]
  • Universidade de São Paulo, [Digistar 5] [São Paulo]
  • Universidade Estadual de Londrina, [Gambato] [Paraná]
  • Colégio Estadual do Paraná, [ZKP-1] [Paraná]
  • Centro Dragão do Mar de Arte e Cultura, [Zeiss ZKP-4]
• Chile:
  • Planetario Chile (University of Santiago, Chile), [Carl Zeiss VI], Santiago
• Colombia
  • Planetarium of Bogotá, Bogotá
  • Planetarium of Medellín, Medellín
• Uruguay
  • Planetario de Montevideo "Agr. Germán Barbato", first Latin American planetarium (1955), , Montevideo
• Venezuela
  • Planetario Humboldt, [Zeiss] Caracas
  • Planetario del Museo de los Niños de Caracas, Caracas
  • Planetario Simón Bolívar, [Zeiss] Maracaibo
  • Planetario Fundación la Salle de Ciencias Naturales La Salle, Punta de Piedra Nueva Esparta

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

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 City—20 D
• AsterDomus -- Brasil—Portable planetaria manufacture.
• Baader -- Germany—Großplanetarium, Schulplanetarium, Planetarium 2000
• Digitalis Education Solutions, Inc., Bremerton, WA USA: Manufacturers and sellers of Digitarium digital planetarium systems for portable and fixed domes and Digitalis inflatable domes. Over 400 customers on six continents as of September, 2012.
• The Elumenati, Milwaukee and Asheville NC—Single-channel digital projection solutions for fixed and portable domes; lenses, projectors, inflatable domes, and software; GeoDome turnkey immersive learning environments; services including custom installations and content consulting
• Evans & Sutherland -- Utah Digistar 1, Digistar 2—30, Digistar 3—over 120, Digistar 4 - over 300, Digistar 5 - over 550
• 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
• Gambato—Italy—30
• Global Immersion—UK, Colorado, Canada—Fidelity fulldome and large-format solutions, (using an open architecture Media Server solution, runs Global Immersion Media Director software and SCISS' Uniview real-time data visualization platform)
• Go-Dome The Worlds Finest Portable Planetarium www.go-dome.com
• 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.
• Ohira Tech - Japan, Megastar -7
• Hangzhou—China—20
• Holovis World Leader in Multi-Channel Dome Projection, Infiniti Dome, Large-Format Solutions, Immersive Experiences, Full Dome Real-Time Gaming. Based in the United Kingdom, USA, Canada, China and Italy
• Jindu—China—J8, J10—15
• Portable Planetariums Home <http://www.planetarios.com> - Argentina - Over 150
• 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
• Science First/Starlab Yulee, Florida Manufacturers/Sellers of Starlab Portable Planetariums and Digital Starlabs. Over 650 systems on 6 continents as of December 2010 and growing.
• Sky-Skan -- New Hampshire Immersive fulldome installations, from architectural design and build to systems install and maintenance. Original product was SkyVision, now Definiti (runs DigitalSky 2 software). More than 180 systems installed as of 1/1/13
• 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
• —Planetarios Corporation with factories in Argentina, Mexico, China and Russian Federation. Biggest Portable Planetarium World Wide Exporter

See also

• Amateur astronomy

External links

• IPS/APLF worldwide list
• Loch Ness Productions Fulldome Theater Compendium (fulldome facilities)
• Loch Ness Productions Dome Theater Compendium (classic facilities)

References