Do I need to make an appointment in advance to go to the Beijing Planetarium?

Do I need to make an appointment in advance to go to the Beijing Planetarium?

You can make an appointment without reservation, but in order to avoid selling out, it is better to make an appointment in advance.

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Brief introduction of Beijing planetarium

Beijing Planetarium is located at No.0/38 Xizhimenwai Street, Xicheng District, Beijing, covering an area of 20,000 square meters and a building area of 26,000 square meters. /kloc-officially opened to the public in 0/957, which was the first large planetarium in China and the first in the Asian continent at that time. For more than 50 years, the Beijing Planetarium has attracted generations of audiences with its unique display means. Now it is a national AAAA tourist attraction.

Beijing Planetarium includes two pavilions A and B and four popular science theaters. The planetarium in Hall A is the largest horizontal planetarium in Chinese mainland, and its internal equipment is at the leading level in the world. Among them, Zeiss -9 optical planetarium and the world's highest resolution all-sky digital projection system can not only realistically restore more than 9,000 stars visible to the naked eye on the earth, but also realize virtual sky demonstration, three-dimensional space simulation, digital program playback and other functions for 400 spectators in the venue.

Pavilion B was officially completed and opened at the end of 2004. There are three popular science theaters: Cosmic Theater, 4D Theater and 3D Theater, as well as various popular science education facilities such as Astronomical Exhibition Hall, Solar Observatory, Public Observatory and Astronomical Classroom. Among them, the Cosmic Theater with a radius of18m has a standard hemispherical all-day screen, which can present a magnificent three-dimensional canopy effect for 200 spectators at the same time, which is unique in Chinese mainland.

The 4D Theater and the 3D Theater have 200 seats and 1 16 seats respectively, and both theaters use the most advanced playback equipment and special effects equipment. The 4D theater can not only present vivid three-dimensional images, but also produce various special effects such as water spraying, wind spraying and leg slapping according to the plot development of popular science programs, bringing the audience an immersive and wonderful popular science experience. The 3D cinema has a metal screen with a width of12m and a height of 9m, and is equipped with 45-degree polarized stereoscopic glasses, which presents a vivid and gorgeous stereoscopic effect for the audience, thus truly entertaining and entertaining.

In addition to broadcasting popular science programs, various exhibitions, astronomical popular science lectures, astronomical summer (winter) camp and other activities held by the Beijing Planetarium are equally fascinating. Activities such as "Stars are my good friends" and "Planetarium Happy New Year" have already become brand activities that have attracted much public attention. Beijing Planetarium integrates exhibition and teaching. Beijing Planetarium, through holding an exhibition of astronomical knowledge, organizing an astronomical Olympic competition for middle school students, editing and publishing an astronomical popular science reading "Astronomy Lover", organizing public observation and other popular science activities, lost no time to publicize and popularize astronomical knowledge to the public, making it truly a school without walls for children.

In 2007, the International Asteroid Center issued an announcement to inform the international community that asteroid 59000 was permanently named "Beiguan Star", that is, the Beijing Planetarium Star. This is an affirmation of the growth footprint of the Beijing Planetarium, and will also encourage the Planetarium to improve and develop day by day.

The famous Beijing Ancient Observatory at home and abroad is the Royal Observatory of Ming and Qing Dynasties, which belongs to the Beijing Planetarium. Beijing Ancient Observatory is a national key cultural relic protection unit. The eight ancient astronomical instruments on display at the top of the Observatory are national first-class cultural relics and can be called China astronomical national treasures, attracting tourists from all over the world every year.