Prague Planetarium ( cs, Planetárium Praha) is a

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located in

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, next to the Stromovka park and Výstaviště Praha. Its dome is one of the largest in the world, measuring 23.5 m in a

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. It was opened on November 20, 1960. It is equipped with both optomechanical and digital projectors. PrazskePlanetarium

The optomechanical ''Cosmorama'', installed in 1991, is made by

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and it is the last still working device of this type. It is currently placed on moving arms in order to be able to hide and not to shadow a modern digital projection. The digital projection system ''SkySkan Definiti'' installed in 2009 and modernized in 2014 has the highest

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in Europe, its six

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SRX T-615 projectors are capable to create an 8K picture. The planetarium presents tens of prepared shows and is open every day except Fridays.

References

External links

Official website
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