Gumi Science Center

Public shows at Gumi Science Center: Yes

City science center with planetarium and hands-on exhibits. 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.

219-1 3gongdan 1-ro, Jinpyeong-dong, Gumi, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea. Phone +82 054-476-6508.

Gumi Science 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.

Its projection system is the Sky-Skan Definiti, 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 Gumi Science Center

Gumi Science 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.

Gumi Science Center among the planetariums of South Korea

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 South Korea for the full list.

The coordinates on this page point to town center of Gumi, Gyeongsangbuk-do (approximate): 36.114°N, 128.336°E.

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Dark sky places, observatories and clubs near Gumi Science Center

Nearest dark sky places

Observatories open to the public within 150 km

• Bohyunsan Optical Astronomy ObservatoryYeongcheon, North Gyeongsang, South Korea, 58 km (36 mi). Open to the public during annual Space Week events; nearby Bohyunsan Observatory science museum
• Sobaeksan Optical Astronomy ObservatoryDanyang, North Chungcheong, South Korea, 92 km (57 mi). Open to the public during Space Week; otherwise research site

Astronomy clubs within 150 km

• Korean Astronomical SocietyDaejeon, South Korea, 85 km (53 mi)

Other planetariums within 150 km

• Gimcheon Science MuseumGimcheon, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea, 19 km (12 mi), 10.0 m dome
• Daegu Education & Science Research InstituteDaegu, South Korea, 36 km (22 mi), 12.0 m dome
• Daegu National Science MuseumDaegu, South Korea, 48 km (30 mi), 16.0 m dome
• Bohyunsan Astronomical Science MuseumYeongcheon, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea, 56 km (35 mi), 8.0 m dome
• Yecheon Astro-Space CenterYecheon, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea, 61 km (38 mi), 7.0 m dome

Gumi Science Center record

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