Bangkok Planetarium (Science Centre for Education)

Public shows at Bangkok Planetarium (Science Centre for Education): Temporarily closed

Bangkok Planetarium (Science Centre for Education) is temporarily closed: Closed from 30 Mar 2026 for about 8 months for 8K digital upgrade; reopening expected around Dec 2026. Thailand's first planetarium; science center exhibits remain.

928 Sukhumvit Road, Ekkamai, Bangkok, Thailand. Phone +66 2392-1773.

Bangkok Planetarium (Science Centre for Education) has a 21 m (69 ft) dome and 280 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 Zeiss Model IV, together with a Evans & Sutherland Siam TC Technology Co. Ltd digital system: the star ball gives pinpoint stars, the digital system fills the dome with video.

How dark the real sky is outside Bangkok Planetarium (Science Centre for Education)

Bangkok Planetarium (Science Centre for Education) 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.

Bangkok Planetarium (Science Centre for Education) among the planetariums of Thailand

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 Thailand for the full list.

The coordinates on this page point to Bangkok Planetarium, Ekkamai (approximate): 13.719°N, 100.584°E.

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Dark sky places, observatories and clubs near Bangkok Planetarium (Science Centre for Education)

Observatories open to the public within 150 km

• Regional Observatory for the Public, ChachoengsaoChachoengsao, Thailand, 53 km (33 mi). Exhibits and planetarium; NARIT public observing nights in the dry season

Astronomy clubs within 150 km

• Thai Astronomical SocietyBangkok, Thailand, 10 km (6 mi). Meets Events at Bangkok Planetarium science learning center, Ekkamai

Other planetariums within 150 km

• Rangsit Science Centre for Education (Rangsit Planetarium)Thanyaburi, Pathum Thani, Thailand, 39 km (24 mi), 20.0 m dome
• King Mongkut Memorial Planetarium (Ayutthaya)Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Thailand, 71 km (44 mi), 8.0 m dome
• Regional Observatory for the Public, Chachoengsao (NARIT)Chachoengsao, Thailand, 79 km (49 mi), 10.0 m dome
• Saraburi Astronomy Center and Planetarium (Ban Mo)Ban Mo, Saraburi, Thailand, 101 km (63 mi), 10.0 m dome

Bangkok Planetarium (Science Centre for Education) record

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