Beijing Planetarium
Beijing Planetarium contains three main parts: old facility of Beijing Planetarium, new facility of Beijing Planetarium and Beijing ancient observatory. The old facility was made up of a planetarium an exhibition hall ,a movie /lecture hall and a commonalty observatory.The new facility of Beijing Planetarium which is adjoin to the existing old facility building, began to built in 2001.
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Beijing Planetarium
Built in September 1957, the Beijing Planetarium was the first of its kind in China. It is located at the Xizhimenwai Avenue of Beijing.
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Beijing Planetarium
It is the entrance of the planetarium
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Beijing Planetarium
Visitors can observe moon, planets, nebulae and star clusters, etc., via the telescope.
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Beijing Planetarium
The new planetarium has SGI Digital Space theater, 4D theater, Space Simulator 3D theater, Sun exhibits, ancient Chinese astronomical instruments exhibits, telescope store, etc.
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Beijing Planetarium
The planetarium has 600 seats and a celestial body showing system which is makes up of a large homemade Star Projector and tens of special effect projectors