Public shows at Space LABO (Kitakyushu City Science Museum): Yes
Science museum with large planetarium and space exhibits; daily shows. Check the official site for the current schedule and tickets before you go.
Renamed: Old Children's Culture and Science Museum closed; replaced by Space LABO (opened 2022) in Higashida.
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.
4-1-1 Higashida, Yahatahigashi-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan. Phone +81 936-71-4566.
Space LABO (Kitakyushu City Science Museum) has a 20 m (66 ft) dome and 302 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.
How dark the real sky is outside Space LABO (Kitakyushu City Science Museum)
Space LABO (Kitakyushu City Science Museum) 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.
Space LABO (Kitakyushu City Science Museum) 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 Higashida, Yahatahigashi-ku (approximate): 33.870°N, 130.810°E.
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Dark sky places, observatories and clubs near Space LABO (Kitakyushu City Science Museum)
Nearest dark sky places
| Place | Where | Bortle | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bisei Town, Ibara City | Bisei, Japan | 4 | 267 km (166 mi) |
| Yeongyang Firefly Eco Park | Yeongyang, South Korea | 3 | 353 km (219 mi) |
Other planetariums within 150 km
- Fukuoka City Science MuseumFukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan, 52 km (32 mi), 25.0 m dome
- Fukuoka Prefectural Youth Science MuseumKurume, Fukuoka, Japan, 67 km (42 mi), 23.0 m dome
- Karatsu Science Museum for YouthKaratsu, Saga, Japan, 91 km (57 mi), 6.0 m dome
- Saga Prefectural Space and Science Museum (Yumeginga)Takeo, Saga, Japan, 105 km (65 mi), 18.0 m dome
- Aso Luna Astronomical Observatory (Aso Luna Tenmondai)Minamiaso, Kumamoto, Japan, 118 km (74 mi), 6.0 m dome
Space LABO (Kitakyushu City Science Museum) record
Every value in the planetariums dataset for Space LABO (Kitakyushu City Science Museum)
| ID | 1091 |
|---|---|
| Name | Space LABO (Kitakyushu City Science Museum) |
| Address | 4-1-1 Higashida, Yahatahigashi-ku |
| CityState | Kitakyushu, Fukuoka |
| Country | Japan |
| Website | http://www.city.kitakyushu.lg.jp/ko-katei/ |
| Phone | +81 936-71-4566 |
| Image | 2123.jpg |
| Dome | 20 |
| Seats | 302 |
| Lat | 33.87000 |
| Lon | 130.81000 |
| LatLonSpot | Higashida, Yahatahigashi-ku (approximate) |
| Status | Renamed |
| StatusNote | Old Children's Culture and Science Museum closed; replaced by Space LABO (opened 2022) in Higashida |
| PublicNote | Science museum with large planetarium and space exhibits; daily shows |
| Sources | https://rurubu.jp/andmore/spot/80037719 https://www.city.kitakyushu.lg.jp/contents/11901236.html |
From the site's planetariums dataset (planetariumsglobal_q426). Distances are computed from the coordinates.