Public shows at Subaru Hall Planetarium (The Pleiades Hall): Yes
Cultural hall with 20 m planetarium; general 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.
2-8 Sakuragaoka, Tondabayashi, Osaka, Japan 584-0084. Phone +81 721-25-0222.
Subaru Hall Planetarium (The Pleiades Hall) has a 20 m (66 ft) dome and 200 seats
That makes it one of the large domes, built for big public 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 GSS-II, an optical instrument that shines pinpoint stars through a ball of lenses, the classic planetarium sky.
How dark the real sky is outside Subaru Hall Planetarium (The Pleiades Hall)
Subaru Hall Planetarium (The Pleiades Hall) 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.
Subaru Hall Planetarium (The Pleiades Hall) 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 Tondabayashi (approximate): 34.500°N, 135.600°E.
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Dark sky places, observatories and clubs near Subaru Hall Planetarium (The Pleiades Hall)
Nearest dark sky places
| Place | Where | Bortle | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bisei Town, Ibara City | Bisei, Japan | 4 | 189 km (118 mi) |
| Minami-Rokuroshi | Ono, Japan | 3 | 192 km (119 mi) |
| Kozushima Island Dark Sky Park | Kozushima Village, Japan | 3 | 328 km (204 mi) |
Observatories open to the public within 150 km
- Kwasan ObservatoryKyoto, Japan, 58 km (36 mi). Public open days and observing events on scheduled dates, booking required
Other planetariums within 150 km
- Sophia Sakai PlanetariumSakai, Osaka, Japan, 9 km (6 mi), 18.0 m dome
- Osaka Science MuseumOsaka, Osaka, Japan, 23 km (15 mi), 26.0 m dome
- Itami City Culture and Science Museum for ChildrenItami, Hyogo, Japan, 36 km (23 mi), 14.0 m dome
- Bando Kobe Youth Science Museum (Kobe Science Museum)Kobe, Hyogo, Japan, 40 km (25 mi), 20.0 m dome
- Bunka Parc Joyo PlanetariumJoyo, Kyoto, Japan, 43 km (26 mi), 23.0 m dome
Subaru Hall Planetarium (The Pleiades Hall) record
Every value in the planetariums dataset for Subaru Hall Planetarium (The Pleiades Hall)
| ID | 1045 |
|---|---|
| Name | Subaru Hall Planetarium (The Pleiades Hall) |
| Address | 2-8 Sakuragaoka |
| CityState | Tondabayashi, Osaka |
| Zip | 584-0084 |
| Country | Japan |
| Website | http://subaruhall.org/planetarium/ |
| Phone | +81 721-25-0222 |
| Image | 2294.jpg |
| Dome | 20 |
| Seats | 200 |
| Optical | Goto GSS-II |
| Lat | 34.50000 |
| Lon | 135.60000 |
| LatLonSpot | town center of Tondabayashi (approximate) |
| Status | Open |
| PublicNote | Cultural hall with 20 m planetarium; general shows weekends and holidays |
| Sources | https://summer.walkerplus.com/odekake/detail/ar0727s300091/ |
From the site's planetariums dataset (planetariumsglobal_q426). Distances are computed from the coordinates.