Public shows at Children's City Planetarium: Yes
Children's science center in Creek Park with planetarium shows included in entry. 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.
Creek Park, Gate 1, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Phone +971 4334-0808.
Children's City Planetarium has a 13 m (43 ft) dome and 102 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.
It runs an optical star projector, the Spitz 1024, together with a Global Immersion digital system: the star ball gives pinpoint stars, the digital system fills the dome with video.
How dark the real sky is outside Children's City Planetarium
Children's City 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.
Children's City Planetarium among the planetariums of United Arab Emirates
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 United Arab Emirates for the full list.
The coordinates on this page point to Creek Park, Dubai (approximate): 25.240°N, 55.330°E.
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Dark sky places, observatories and clubs near Children's City Planetarium
Observatories open to the public within 150 km
- Al Sadeem ObservatoryAl Wathba South, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 135 km (84 mi). Guided observatory tours and stargazing, about 2 hours; AED 300 adult, AED 100 ages 8-17; book online
Astronomy clubs within 150 km
- Dubai Astronomy GroupDubai, United Arab Emirates, 25 km (16 mi). Meets Al Thuraya Astronomy Centre, Mushrif Park
Other planetariums within 150 km
- Sharjah Science MuseumSharjah, United Arab Emirates, 14 km (8 mi), 7.0 m dome
- Sharjah planetariumSharjah, United Arab Emirates, 14 km (8 mi), 7.0 m dome
- Sharjah Planetarium - Sharjah Academy for Astronomy, Space Sciences and Technology (SAASST)Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 14 km (9 mi), 18.0 m dome
- GEMS World Academy SchoolDubai, United Arab Emirates, 20 km (12 mi), 10.0 m dome
Children's City Planetarium record
Every value in the planetariums dataset for Children's City Planetarium
| ID | 1818 |
|---|---|
| Name | Children's City Planetarium |
| Address | Creek Park, Gate 1 |
| CityState | Dubai |
| Country | UAE |
| Website | https://dubai.platinumlist.net/event-tickets/children-city-entry-tickets |
| Phone | +971 4334-0808 |
| Image | 2564.jpg |
| Dome | 13 |
| Seats | 102 |
| Optical | Spitz 1024 |
| Digital | Global Immersion |
| Lat | 25.24000 |
| Lon | 55.33000 |
| LatLonSpot | Creek Park, Dubai (approximate) |
| Status | Open |
| PublicNote | Children's science center in Creek Park with planetarium shows included in entry |
| Sources | https://dubai.platinumlist.net/event-tickets/children-city-entry-tickets; https://pickyourtrail.com/attractions/childrens-city |
From the site's planetariums dataset (planetariumsglobal_q426). Distances are computed from the coordinates.