National Planetarium (Planetarium Negara)

Public shows at National Planetarium (Planetarium Negara): Yes

Space theater shows, space science exhibits and observatory in Perdana Botanical Gardens. 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.

53, Jalan Perdana, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 50480. Phone +60 32-273-4303.

National Planetarium (Planetarium Negara) has a 20 m (66 ft) dome and 190 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 Konica-Minolta Infinium B, together with a Sky-Skan Definiti digital system: the star ball gives pinpoint stars, the digital system fills the dome with video.

How dark the real sky is outside National Planetarium (Planetarium Negara)

National Planetarium (Planetarium Negara) 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.

National Planetarium (Planetarium Negara) among the planetariums of Malaysia

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 Malaysia for the full list.

The coordinates on this page point to National Planetarium, Tasik Perdana (Wikipedia): 3.139°N, 101.689°E.

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Dark sky places, observatories and clubs near National Planetarium (Planetarium Negara)

Other planetariums within 150 km

• Al-Khawarizmi Astronomy Complex (Kompleks Falak Al-Khawarizmi)Masjid Tanah, Melaka, Malaysia, 104 km (64 mi), 9.0 m dome

No dark sky place, public observatory, club or star party on the list is near National Planetarium (Planetarium Negara).

National Planetarium (Planetarium Negara) record

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