Wuxi Science and Technology Museum (Wuxi Museum)

Public shows at Wuxi Science and Technology Museum (Wuxi Museum): Yes

Science museum within Wuxi Museum complex; dome theater. 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.

100 Zhongshu Road, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China 214023. Phone +86 510-8572-7500.

Wuxi Science and Technology Museum (Wuxi Museum) has a 15 m (49 ft) dome and 138 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.

Its projection system is the Evans & Sutherland Digistar 4, 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 Wuxi Science and Technology Museum (Wuxi Museum)

Wuxi Science and Technology Museum (Wuxi 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.

Wuxi Science and Technology Museum (Wuxi 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 town center of Wuxi (approximate): 31.569°N, 120.289°E.

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Dark sky places, observatories and clubs near Wuxi Science and Technology Museum (Wuxi Museum)

Observatories open to the public within 150 km

• Sheshan Astronomical ObservatorySongjiang, Shanghai, China, 100 km (62 mi). Museum of astronomy history in the historic dome; reopened 2023
• Xujiahui Astronomical ObservatoryShanghai, China, 117 km (73 mi). Museum Tue-Sun 9 am-5 pm; free with advance reservation via WeChat
• Purple Mountain ObservatoryNanjing, Jiangsu Province, China, 148 km (92 mi). Historic site and science museum on Purple Mountain open to visitors; ticketed

Other planetariums within 150 km

• Nantong Museum (Nantong Bowuyuan) PlanetariumNantong, Jiangsu, China, 76 km (47 mi), 10.0 m dome
• Sheshan Astronomy Museum (Shanghai Astronomical Observatory)Shanghai, China, 100 km (62 mi), 6.0 m dome
• Shanghai Natural History MuseumShanghai, China, 117 km (73 mi), 11.0 m dome
• Shanghai Science and Technology MuseumShanghai, China, 125 km (78 mi), 13.0 m dome
• Zhejiang Science and Technology MuseumHangzhou, Zhejiang, China, 144 km (89 mi), 27.0 m dome

Wuxi Science and Technology Museum (Wuxi Museum) record

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