Senftenberg Planetarium

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Senftenberg Planetarium

The Senftenberg Planetarium was inaugurated on September 10, 1966 as the first school planetarium in the Cottbus district .

The building

The Halle- Kanena planetarium was used as a template for the house . In Senftenberg , the entrance area has been changed slightly and a classroom has been added. The dome has a diameter of eight meters and is special because it has a design flaw. The horizon is about a meter too high. That is why the projection device stands on a raised base, which is not the case with the other planetariums such as Kanena, Herzberg (Elster) and others of the same construction. The projection room offers space for 45 people and can be expanded up to 60 places.

The projector

The projection device is from Carl Zeiss Jena and is a Zeiss small planetarium 1 (ZKP1). This version was produced from 1951. The projector shows approx. 6000 stars and has several planetary projectors that have to be set by hand on the ZKP1 and therefore require a higher degree of astronomical knowledge. The projector has the serial number 176.

operator

From the opening of the planetarium in 1966 until the turn of 1989, it was under the district of Cottbus. In the course of reunification , the planetarium was handed over to the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district . In 1992 the association “Senftenberger Sternfreunde e. V. “, who leased the planetarium from the district and operated it until December 31, 2011. From January 1, 2012, a new association, “Planetarium Senftenberg e. V. “, the planetarium with a right of use from the district. In 2015 the planetarium closed due to a lack of financial resources. At the end of 2015, the district sold the property to a private investor who would like to realize a residential project.

Head of the planetarium since its opening:

  • 1966–1969 Herbert Ziegler
  • 1970–2011 Werner Kirpal
  • 2012–2015 Angela Miosga

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ludger Smolka: The future is in the stars. Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg , January 16, 2016, accessed on February 2, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Senftenberg Planetarium will be closed. In: Lausitzer Rundschau . May 27, 2015, accessed February 2, 2016 .
  3. ^ Jan Augustin: Kreis sells Senftenberger Planetarium to private entrepreneurs. In: Lausitzer Rundschau . October 6, 2015, accessed February 2, 2016 .

Coordinates: 51 ° 31 '16.9 "  N , 13 ° 59' 7.9"  E