Jimmy Carter Civic Center Planetarium

Public shows at Jimmy Carter Civic Center Planetarium: Yes

Planetarium hall next to Michi-no-eki Forest Kimita; shows weekends. Check the official site for the current schedule and tickets before you go.

A planetarium show is the one astronomy outing that clouds and city lights cannot cancel. Most public shows run 30 to 50 minutes; live shows, where a presenter flies the sky to tonight's planets and constellations, are the best preparation for a night at a dark site. Shows often sell out on weekends and school holidays.

940 Hongo, Kimita-cho, Miyoshi, Hiroshima, Japan 729-4101. Phone +81 847-67-3535.

Jimmy Carter Civic Center Planetarium has a 10 m (33 ft) dome and 70 seats

That makes it a small dome, typical of schools, colleges and portable shows. The largest planetarium domes in the world are about 35 m across; a classroom dome is 5 to 8 m.

Its star projector is the Konica-Minolta MS-10, an optical instrument that shines pinpoint stars through a ball of lenses, the classic planetarium sky.

How dark the real sky is outside Jimmy Carter Civic Center Planetarium

Jimmy Carter Civic Center Planetarium has no Bortle rating in the list yet. The scale below shows what each class looks like.

Sky brightness and class come from the World Atlas of Artificial Night Sky Brightness (Falchi et al. 2016, CC BY-NC 4.0), with natural skyglow added, at the coordinates below. Planetariums sit in towns, so the dome shows the sky the street outside cannot; the dark sky places nearby show the real one.

Jimmy Carter Civic Center Planetarium among the planetariums of Japan

Pink dots are planetariums, green dots observatories open to the public, squares dark sky places and diamonds star parties; select one for its page. See Planetariums in Japan for the full list.

The coordinates on this page point to Miyoshi city area (approximate): 34.800°N, 132.850°E.

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Dark sky places, observatories and clubs near Jimmy Carter Civic Center Planetarium

Nearest dark sky places

Observatories open to the public within 150 km

• Kuma Kogen Astronomical ObservatoryKumakogen, Ehime, Japan, 125 km (78 mi). Night observing by reservation, weather permitting; daytime planetarium shows
• Saji Astro Park (Saji Observatory)Saji, Tottori City, Tottori, Japan, 130 km (81 mi). Public night observing sessions; lodging cottages on site

Other planetariums within 150 km

• Sanyo Space Fantasy - Sanyo Girls' Junior and Senior High SchoolHatsukaichi, Hiroshima, Japan, 69 km (43 mi), 12.0 m dome
• Okayama Astronomical MuseumAsakuchi, Okayama, Japan, 72 km (45 mi), 10.0 m dome
• Kurashiki Science Center (Life Park Kurashiki)Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan, 89 km (55 mi), 21.0 m dome
• Ehime Prefectural Science MuseumNiihama, Ehime, Japan, 105 km (66 mi), 30.0 m dome
• Sanuki Kodomo no Kuni - Space TheaterTakamatsu, Kagawa, Japan, 125 km (77 mi), 20.0 m dome

Jimmy Carter Civic Center Planetarium record

From the site's planetariums dataset (planetariumsglobal_q426). Distances are computed from the coordinates.