Nakano ZERO Planetarium (Momijiyama Culture Center)

Public shows at Nakano ZERO Planetarium (Momijiyama Culture Center): Yes

Ward planetarium with live-narrated shows weekends; school programs. 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.

2-9-7, Nakano, Nakano, Tokyo, Japan 164-0001. Phone +81 353-40-5045.

Nakano ZERO Planetarium (Momijiyama Culture Center) has a 15 m (49 ft) dome and 180 seats

That makes it a mid-size dome, typical of science museums and large universities. 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 GM II-Space, an optical instrument that shines pinpoint stars through a ball of lenses, the classic planetarium sky.

How dark the real sky is outside Nakano ZERO Planetarium (Momijiyama Culture Center)

Nakano ZERO Planetarium (Momijiyama Culture Center) 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.

Nakano ZERO Planetarium (Momijiyama Culture Center) 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 Nakano ZERO, south of Nakano Station (approximate): 35.703°N, 139.669°E.

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Dark sky places, observatories and clubs near Nakano ZERO Planetarium (Momijiyama Culture Center)

Nearest dark sky places

Observatories open to the public within 150 km

• National Astronomical Observatory of JapanMitaka, Tokyo, Japan, 12 km (7 mi). Mitaka campus open daily 10 am-5 pm, free; solar observation weekends; regular stargazing open course
• National Astronomical Observatory of JapanMitaka, Tokyo, Japan, 12 km (8 mi). Mitaka campus open daily for a free self-guided historic-telescope tour; regular stargazing evenings by lottery
• Gekko ObservatoryKannami, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, 89 km (55 mi). Open 9:30 am-5 pm, closed Mondays and 4th Tuesday; adults 1200 yen incl. planetarium
• Usuda Star DomeSaku, Nagano, Japan, 121 km (75 mi). Public night viewing with 60cm reflector on open days; beginner astrophotography classes
• Usuda Star DomeSaku, Nagano, Japan, 124 km (77 mi). Public viewing through large telescope, 10 am-10 pm

Astronomy clubs within 150 km

• Astronomical Society of JapanMitaka, Japan, 10 km (6 mi)

Other planetariums within 150 km

• Konica Minolta Planetarium Manten in Sunshine CityToshima, Tokyo, Japan, 5 km (3 mi), 16.0 m dome
• Cosmo Planetarium ShibuyaShibuya, Tokyo, Japan, 6 km (4 mi), 17.0 m dome
• Science Museum (Kagaku Gijutsukan) - Sinra DomeChiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, 8 km (5 mi), 10.0 m dome
• Hokutopia PlanetariumKita, Tokyo, Japan, 8 km (5 mi), 18.0 m dome
• Planetarium BARMinato, Tokyo, Japan, 9 km (6 mi), 4.0 m dome

Nakano ZERO Planetarium (Momijiyama Culture Center) record

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