Ohno Shiosai Hamanasu Park Observation Tower Planetarium

Public shows at Ohno Shiosai Hamanasu Park Observation Tower Planetarium: Yes

Planetarium in park observation tower; shows weekends and holidays. 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.

2096-1 Aza tada, Tsuno-ori, Kashima, Ibaraki, Japan 311-2212. Phone +81 299-69-4411.

Ohno Shiosai Hamanasu Park Observation Tower Planetarium has a 8 m (26 ft) dome and 50 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 projection system is the Konica-Minolta Mediaglobe III, a digital fulldome system that can fly the audience through the solar system as well as show the night sky.

How dark the real sky is outside Ohno Shiosai Hamanasu Park Observation Tower Planetarium

Ohno Shiosai Hamanasu Park Observation Tower 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.

Ohno Shiosai Hamanasu Park Observation Tower 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 town center of Kashima, Ibaraki (approximate): 35.966°N, 140.645°E.

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Dark sky places, observatories and clubs near Ohno Shiosai Hamanasu Park Observation Tower Planetarium

Nearest dark sky places

Observatories open to the public within 150 km

• National Astronomical Observatory of JapanMitaka, Tokyo, Japan, 105 km (65 mi). Mitaka campus open daily 10 am-5 pm, free; solar observation weekends; regular stargazing open course
• National Astronomical Observatory of JapanMitaka, Tokyo, Japan, 105 km (65 mi). Mitaka campus open daily for a free self-guided historic-telescope tour; regular stargazing evenings by lottery

Astronomy clubs within 150 km

• Astronomical Society of JapanMitaka, Japan, 103 km (64 mi)

Other planetariums within 150 km

• Yachiyo City Children's Nature House (Shonen Shizen no Ie)Yachiyo, Chiba, Japan, 54 km (34 mi), 16.0 m dome
• Shiroi City Cultural Center PlanetariumShiroi, Chiba, Japan, 55 km (34 mi), 12.0 m dome
• Chiba City Museum of Science (Qiball)Chiba, Chiba, Japan, 61 km (38 mi), 23.0 m dome
• Funabashi City General Education Center PlanetariumFunabashi, Chiba, Japan, 67 km (42 mi), 18.0 m dome
• Morino Hall 21 - Naoko Space PlanetariumMatsudo, Chiba, Japan, 70 km (44 mi), 8.0 m dome

Ohno Shiosai Hamanasu Park Observation Tower Planetarium record

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