Public shows at Vietnam National Space Center - Hòa L?c Observatory and Space Museum: Yes
Observatory with planetarium, space museum with Solar System models and demos. 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.
Vietnam National Space Center - Hòa L?c Observatory and Space Museum has a 9 m (30 ft) dome and 60 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.
How dark the real sky is outside Vietnam National Space Center - Hòa L?c Observatory and Space Museum
Vietnam National Space Center - Hòa L?c Observatory and Space Museum 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.
Vietnam National Space Center - Hòa L?c Observatory and Space Museum among the planetariums of Vietnam
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 Vietnam for the full list.
The coordinates on this page point to Hòa L?c Hi-Tech Park (approximate): 21.010°N, 105.530°E.
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Dark sky places, observatories and clubs near Vietnam National Space Center - Hòa L?c Observatory and Space Museum
No dark sky place, public observatory, club or star party on the list is near Vietnam National Space Center - Hòa L?c Observatory and Space Museum.
Vietnam National Space Center - Hòa L?c Observatory and Space Museum record
Every value in the planetariums dataset for Vietnam National Space Center - Hòa L?c Observatory and Space Museum
| ID | 1833 |
|---|---|
| Name | Vietnam National Space Center - Hòa L?c Observatory and Space Museum |
| CityState | Hòa L?c Hi-Tech Park, Hanoi |
| Country | Vietnam |
| Website | http://hhtp.gov.vn/vi/tin-tuc/trung-tam-vu-tru-v |
| Image | 2572.jpg |
| Dome | 9 |
| Seats | 60 |
| Lat | 21.01000 |
| Lon | 105.53000 |
| LatLonSpot | Hòa L?c Hi-Tech Park (approximate) |
| Status | Open |
| StatusNote | Vietnam Space Museum inaugurated Aug 2025 |
| PublicNote | Observatory with planetarium, space museum with Solar System models and demos |
| Sources | https://english.vtv.vn/news/vietnam-space-museum-inaugurated-at-hoa-lac-hi-tech-park-in-hanoi-20250911152824269.htm; https://baodautu.vn/dai-thien-van-hoa-lac-tri-gia-60-ty-dong-sap-mo-cua-don-khach-d93852 |
From the site's planetariums dataset (planetariumsglobal_q426). Distances are computed from the coordinates.