Zeiss Planetarium - Vienna, Austria
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N 48° 12.974 E 016° 23.697
33U E 603620 N 5341274
This planetarium is situated nearby of the Vienna's amusement park Prater in Leopoldstadt, 2nd district of Vienna.
Waymark Code: WM7QGF
Location: Wien, Austria
Date Posted: 11/22/2009
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The first planetarium nearby the Prater was a wooden building on Praterstern, built in 1930, serving as planetarium between 1930 and 1933. It was destroyed during the fights in Vienna in April 1945. The new planetarium was opened in June 1964.
The dome has 20 m in diameter (286 qm), accommodating about 220 people. There are two main projectors: Universarium Modell IX by Carl Zeiss Jena, and ZULIP Laserprojector.