Ramon Planetarium Center (Schoenbaum Campus)

Public shows at Ramon Planetarium Center (Schoenbaum Campus): Yes

Municipal planetarium in the Schoenbaum science and culture campus; school groups. 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.

Sderot Moshe Sharet, Kiryat Yam, Israel. Phone +972 4-875 1958.

Ramon Planetarium Center (Schoenbaum Campus) has a 10 m (33 ft) dome and 40 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.

Its projection system is the Mirrordome, 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 Ramon Planetarium Center (Schoenbaum Campus)

Ramon Planetarium Center (Schoenbaum Campus) 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.

Ramon Planetarium Center (Schoenbaum Campus) among the planetariums of Israel

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 Israel for the full list.

The coordinates on this page point to town center of Kiryat Yam (approximate): 32.849°N, 35.070°E.

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Dark sky places, observatories and clubs near Ramon Planetarium Center (Schoenbaum Campus)

Nearest dark sky places

Observatories open to the public within 150 km

• Givatayim ObservatoryGivatayim, Tel Aviv District, Israel, 90 km (56 mi). Public lectures and observations once or twice a week; IAA lectures Thursdays
• Bareket ObservatoryMaccabim-Re'ut, Central District, Israel, 107 km (66 mi). Pre-booked public evening events with telescope viewing, astrophotography nights, school programs
• Farid and Moussa Raphael ObservatoryZouk Mosbeh, Keserwan, Lebanon, 132 km (82 mi). Occasional free public observing nights (e.g., May 2025), 7:30-10:30 pm

Astronomy clubs within 150 km

• Israeli Astronomical AssociationGivatayim, Israel, 90 km (56 mi). Meets Givatayim Observatory, Givatayim
• Jordanian Astronomical SocietyAmman, Jordan, 129 km (80 mi)
• Syrian Astronomical AssociationDamascus, Syria, 135 km (84 mi)

Other planetariums within 150 km

• Madatech - Israel National Museum of Science, Technology and SpaceHaifa, Israel, 8 km (5 mi), 5.0 m dome
• TechnodaHadera, Israel, 48 km (30 mi), 4.0 m dome
• Netanya Planetarium (Netanya Foundation)Netanya, Israel, 61 km (38 mi), 8.0 m dome
• Eretz Israel Museum (MUZA) PlanetariumTel Aviv, Israel, 87 km (54 mi), 12.0 m dome
• Bareket ObservatoryModiin-Maccabim-Reut, Israel, 106 km (66 mi), 5.0 m dome

Ramon Planetarium Center (Schoenbaum Campus) record

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