HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO NAGOYA! 60 YEARS AGO, THE NAGOYA CITY SCIENCE MUSEUM PLANETARIUM OPENED IN JAPAN.

Happy birthday to Nagoya! 60 years ago, the Nagoya City Science Museum Planetarium opened in Japan. With a ZEISS Mark IV planetarium projector, the planetarium's journey into the far reaches of space and into its own future began. By the time the major rebuild began in 2010, the museum had attracted 15 million visitors. With the reopening in 2011, the planetarium with its 35-m dome is considered the largest facility of its kind in the world. A ZEISS UNIVERSARIUM Mark IX planetarium projector has been at the center of the dome and the astronomical presentations ever since. We wish the planetarium team continued success in their work. We humans need the cosmic perspective to secure our life on planet Earth in the long term.