Kirishima Kita Cosmo Dome

Public shows at Kirishima Kita Cosmo Dome: Yes

Small planetarium and observatory; shows and stargazing nights. 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.

8577-18 Ohaza Nanseigata, Kobayashi, Miyazaki, Japan 886-0005. Phone +81 984-27-2468.

Kirishima Kita Cosmo Dome has a 8 m (26 ft) dome and 65 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 Goto GS-AT, an optical instrument that shines pinpoint stars through a ball of lenses, the classic planetarium sky.

How dark the real sky is outside Kirishima Kita Cosmo Dome

Kirishima Kita Cosmo Dome 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.

Kirishima Kita Cosmo Dome 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 Kobayashi (approximate): 31.983°N, 130.983°E.

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Dark sky places, observatories and clubs near Kirishima Kita Cosmo Dome

Nearest dark sky places

Other planetariums within 150 km

• Laspa Takazaki - Tachibana ObservatoryTakazaki (Miyakonojo), Miyazaki, Japan, 19 km (12 mi), 5.0 m dome
• Star Land AIRAAira, Kagoshima, Japan, 39 km (24 mi), 6.0 m dome
• Miyazaki Science CenterMiyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan, 43 km (27 mi), 27.0 m dome
• Kagoshima Municipal Science HallKagoshima, Kagoshima, Japan, 61 km (38 mi), 23.0 m dome
• Ryugatake MYU-I Astronomical ObservatoryKamiamakusa, Kumamoto, Japan, 72 km (45 mi), 5.0 m dome

Kirishima Kita Cosmo Dome record

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