Exploreum (SM Mall of Asia)

Public shows at Exploreum (SM Mall of Asia): Yes

Kids science center with digital full-dome theater. Check the official site for the current schedule and tickets before you go.

Renamed: Formerly Nido Fortified Science Discovery Center; rebranded Exploreum by SM Lifestyle.

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.

SM Mall of Asia, Mall of Asia Complex, Pasay, Philippines 1300. Phone +63 2556-2153.

Exploreum (SM Mall of Asia) has a 15 m (49 ft) dome and 158 seats

That makes it a mid-size dome, typical of science museums and large universities. The largest planetarium domes in the world are about 35 m across; a classroom dome is 5 to 8 m.

Its projection system is the Evans & Sutherland Digistar 5, a digital fulldome system that can fly the audience through the solar system as well as show the night sky.

How dark the real sky is outside Exploreum (SM Mall of Asia)

Exploreum (SM Mall of Asia) 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.

Exploreum (SM Mall of Asia) among the planetariums of Philippines

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 Philippines for the full list.

The coordinates on this page point to SM Mall of Asia (approximate): 14.535°N, 120.982°E.

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Dark sky places, observatories and clubs near Exploreum (SM Mall of Asia)

Nearest dark sky places

Observatories open to the public within 150 km

• PAGASA ObservatoryQuezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, 16 km (10 mi). Telescoping sessions by request (2 weeks ahead); free shows during Astronomy and Space Weeks

Astronomy clubs within 150 km

• Astronomical League of the PhilippinesManila, Philippines, 8 km (5 mi)
• Philippine Astronomical SocietyManila, Philippines, 8 km (5 mi)
• University of the Philippines Astronomical Society (UP AstroSoc)Quezon City, Philippines, 15 km (9 mi)

Other planetariums within 150 km

• PAGASA Planetarium - PAGASA Science GardenQuezon City, Philippines, 14 km (9 mi), 9.0 m dome

Exploreum (SM Mall of Asia) record

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