King Abdulaziz University Planetarium

Public shows at King Abdulaziz University Planetarium: Yes

University planetarium; school and public visits, World Space Week 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.

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Phone +966 2695-2285.

King Abdulaziz University Planetarium has a 10 m (33 ft) dome

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.

Its projection system is the Spitz SciDome HB, 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 King Abdulaziz University Planetarium

King Abdulaziz University Planetarium 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.

King Abdulaziz University Planetarium among the planetariums of Saudi Arabia

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 Saudi Arabia for the full list.

The coordinates on this page point to town center of Jeddah (approximate): 21.542°N, 39.198°E.

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Dark sky places, observatories and clubs near King Abdulaziz University Planetarium

Other planetariums within 150 km

• Fakieh PlanetariumJeddah, Saudi Arabia, 3 km (2 mi), 14.0 m dome

No dark sky place, public observatory, club or star party on the list is near King Abdulaziz University Planetarium.

King Abdulaziz University Planetarium record

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