Sanuki Kodomo no Kuni - Space Theater

Public shows at Sanuki Kodomo no Kuni - Space Theater: Yes

Children's park with space theater planetarium programs; closed Mondays. 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.

3209 Yusa, Konan-cho, Takamatsu, Kagawa, Japan 761-1402. Phone +81 878-79-0500.

Sanuki Kodomo no Kuni - Space Theater 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.

It runs an optical star projector, the Goto GSS-Helios, together with a Goto Virtuarium II digital system: the star ball gives pinpoint stars, the digital system fills the dome with video.

How dark the real sky is outside Sanuki Kodomo no Kuni - Space Theater

Sanuki Kodomo no Kuni - Space Theater 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.

Sanuki Kodomo no Kuni - Space Theater 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 Sanuki Kodomo no Kuni, beside Takamatsu Airport (approximate): 34.221°N, 134.014°E.

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Dark sky places, observatories and clubs near Sanuki Kodomo no Kuni - Space Theater

Nearest dark sky places

Observatories open to the public within 150 km

• Kuma Kogen Astronomical ObservatoryKumakogen, Ehime, Japan, 116 km (72 mi). Night observing by reservation, weather permitting; daytime planetarium shows
• Saji Astro Park (Saji Observatory)Saji, Tottori City, Tottori, Japan, 125 km (78 mi). Public night observing sessions; lodging cottages on site

Other planetariums within 150 km

• Kurashiki Science Center (Life Park Kurashiki)Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan, 42 km (26 mi), 21.0 m dome
• Asutamuland Tokushima - Tokushima Children's Science MuseumItano, Tokushima, Japan, 43 km (27 mi), 20.0 m dome
• Okayama Astronomical MuseumAsakuchi, Okayama, Japan, 55 km (34 mi), 10.0 m dome
• Anan City Science CenterAnan, Tokushima, Japan, 68 km (42 mi), 3.0 m dome
• Ehime Prefectural Science MuseumNiihama, Ehime, Japan, 79 km (49 mi), 30.0 m dome

Sanuki Kodomo no Kuni - Space Theater record

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