Kanazawa Kigoyama Astronomical Observation Center

Public shows at Kanazawa Kigoyama Astronomical Observation Center: Yes

Planetarium and observatory programs; space school classes and Friday events. 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.

13-1 Taira Honmachi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan 920-1141. Phone +81 762-29-1141.

Kanazawa Kigoyama Astronomical Observation Center has a 10 m (33 ft) dome and 80 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.

It runs an optical star projector, the Ohira Megastar Neo, together with a Astro Arts Stella Dome pro digital system: the star ball gives pinpoint stars, the digital system fills the dome with video.

How dark the real sky is outside Kanazawa Kigoyama Astronomical Observation Center

Kanazawa Kigoyama Astronomical Observation 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.

Kanazawa Kigoyama Astronomical Observation 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 town center of Kanazawa (approximate): 36.561°N, 136.656°E.

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Dark sky places, observatories and clubs near Kanazawa Kigoyama Astronomical Observation Center

Nearest dark sky places

Observatories open to the public within 150 km

• Hida Observatory, Kyoto UniversityTakayama, Gifu, Japan, 67 km (42 mi). Annual summer open day and booked group visits; no regular public nights
• Kiso ObservatoryKiso, Nagano, Japan, 122 km (76 mi). Exhibits and dome viewing room open daily; annual open day in August with evening observing

Other planetariums within 150 km

• Kaga City Yama no Kodomo Center PlanetariumKaga, Ishikawa, Japan, 42 km (26 mi), 8.0 m dome
• Toyama Science MuseumToyama, Toyama, Japan, 49 km (30 mi), 18.0 m dome
• Fukui Children's Science Museum (Angel Land Fukui)Sakai, Fukui, Japan, 58 km (36 mi), 23.0 m dome
• Fukui Planetarium SocietyFukui, Japan, 68 km (42 mi), 10.0 m dome
• Fukui City Museum of Natural History Annex - Seiren PlanetFukui, Japan, 68 km (42 mi), 17.0 m dome

Kanazawa Kigoyama Astronomical Observation Center record

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