Shanghai Astronomy Museum

Public shows at Shanghai Astronomy Museum: Yes

World's largest astronomy museum by area; dome theater, observatory and solar telescope. Check the official site for the current schedule and tickets before you go.

Renamed: Opened July 2021 as the Shanghai Astronomy Museum (branch of Shanghai Science and Technology Museum).

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.

Lingang Avenue, Pudong (near Dishui Lake), Shanghai, China.

The dome and projector at Shanghai Astronomy Museum

The list does not have the dome size, seats or projector of Shanghai Astronomy Museum yet; the official site may list them.

How dark the real sky is outside Shanghai Astronomy Museum

Shanghai Astronomy 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.

Shanghai Astronomy Museum among the planetariums of China

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 China for the full list.

The coordinates on this page point to Lingang, Pudong (approximate): 30.900°N, 121.930°E.

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Dark sky places, observatories and clubs near Shanghai Astronomy Museum

Observatories open to the public within 150 km

• Xujiahui Astronomical ObservatoryShanghai, China, 57 km (35 mi). Museum Tue-Sun 9 am-5 pm; free with advance reservation via WeChat
• Sheshan Astronomical ObservatorySongjiang, Shanghai, China, 74 km (46 mi). Museum of astronomy history in the historic dome; reopened 2023

Other planetariums within 150 km

• China Maritime MuseumShanghai, China, 1 km (1 mi), 16.0 m dome
• Shanghai Science and Technology MuseumShanghai, China, 51 km (32 mi), 13.0 m dome
• Shanghai Natural History MuseumShanghai, China, 58 km (36 mi), 11.0 m dome
• Sheshan Astronomy Museum (Shanghai Astronomical Observatory)Shanghai, China, 74 km (46 mi), 6.0 m dome
• Ningbo Science Exploration CenterNingbo, Zhejiang, China, 119 km (74 mi), 26.0 m dome

Shanghai Astronomy Museum record

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