Auckland
Star Dome
Heavenly Stars
670 Manukau Road
One Tree Hill Domain, Royal Oak
Auckland, 1005
Nearest Train: Downtown Bus Centre, buses 302, 305, 312
Phone: +64 9 624 1246
Fax: +64 9 625 2394
Website | EmailMultimedia, lasers and a planetarium are all part of the varied "edu-tainment" available at the Star Dome, an addition to the observatory, which opened in 1967. The director is professional astronomer Ian Griffen, and after the show visitors can look through one of the observatory's telescopes at the stars (the biggest is 50 centimetres). A shop offers souvenir books, toys and posters. As well as entertaining shows, the observatory is home to research projects into asteroids. Check the web site for show schedules.
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