Themes of the Planetarium 2017.Aug-2018.Mar
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General Program
From how to search for stars in the night sky to popular astronomical phenomena, we will cover a variety of topics surrounding astronomy and space each month. The Curator will give a live explanation during the programs, which will be aimed at a general audience.
August: “The eclipse across North America”
A total solar eclipse on August 21 (local time) this year will be visible along a long and narrow path of land across North America. So many people from around the world will go and see the eclipse and it is going to be chaos over there. You can relax and enjoy it here in our
planetarium.
September: “The myth of Delphinus”
Cute small constellation Delphinus is beside the Summer Triangle.
In Greek myth, this dolphin is said to have rescued a poet Arion in a critical situation and became a constellation for saving his life.
October: “The science of sunset glow”
When the red sun sinks below the horizon, the sunset glows in the west. Why are sunsets red in color?
How is the beautiful glowing sunset created?
November: “Andromeda galaxy”
Andromeda galaxy is the nearest spiral galaxy to ours. It is 2.3 million light-years away from the Earth.
It is expected to collide with our galaxy in 3 billion years and the galaxies will marge to form one galaxy.
December: “Want to see Aurora!”
Aurora that we would like to see with our own eyes just once in a lifetime.
You can see them as close to the real color and movement as possible in the largest planetarium dome in the world.
You will also understand the Sun's and Earth's magnetic field.
January: “The red full-moon”
Sometimes the Moon goes in the Earth's shadow completely. Its Moon is much darker than usual and changes color to red.
February: “Caught the gravitational waves”
In September, 2015, An American research team finally caught gravitational waves that are 'ripples' in the fabric of space-time.
The discovery of this waves is expected to be able to tell us about black holes and what the birth of universe was like.
March: “Astronomy of the ancients”
Look up in the sky at night and you will find thousands of twinkle stars up there. The heaven and sky above us has been up there same as ever for thousands of years.
Ancient people also watched the stars revolving around them and wondered about thier world.
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Family Hour show
These are programs for families with children and those who are seeing the Planetarium for the first time. It is fun programs featuring tonight's starry sky and space travel or fantasy of the constellation.
July 15th- :“Journey to the Stars” December 16th-:“Tales of Twin Stars” March 17tn-:“Tour of the Solar System”
Planetarium Information
★All shows are presented by a live in Japanese language only.
★Your seats are assigned automatically. You need not make a line for a seat. Enjoy and
explore the exhibitions until you hear a building announcement as a reminder to enter the Dome. But you are responsible for being on time.
★The entrance doors will open soon after the preparation of the Dome is finished. Please wait
until the staff lead you in. Once a show is underway, you must not enter the Dome. There will be absolutely no late admission to the Dome.
★There is no restroom inside the Dome. Please use any restroom on each floor before entering.
Please see a building map for more information.
★Your umbrella can be put in a umbrella stand on the back of your own seat.
★All programs in our planetarium are conducted by alive presentation with a curator. Please
remain silent.
★To protect all visitors and live shows, staff may ask any visitor any time to stop any behavior
(include talking, yelling, baby’s crying, walking around or using cell phones) which may disturb other visitors.
★Nagoya City Science Museum closes at 17:00 except planetarium. Make sure that you will
