Space Museum Planetarium Refurbishment Completed

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Written by: Ma Weijie

2021-06-29 19:19

Last update date: 2021-06-29 19:19

The Planetarium of the Hong Kong Space Museum closed in May last year for renovation and will reopen on July 1. Three movies will be released at that time, and the ticket prices will remain unchanged.

Li Weijun, the curator of the Space Museum, pointed out that this renovation is the largest scale in history. In addition to replacing the screen, digital planetarium system, projection system and sound system of the planetarium, it also includes a complete renovation of the control room and production room to bring the audience brand new with the latest equipment. Experience.

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The planetarium of the Hong Kong Space Museum was closed in May last year and undergone renovation works. This is the largest scale in history. The works have been completed and will reopen on July 1.

428 ultra-thin aluminum screen seamlessly connects to bring high-quality audio-visual enjoyment to the audience

The refurbishment project is mainly to replace the spherical screen. The old screen was installed in 1996 and made up of 421 curved aluminum sheets in an overlapping manner. The edges look like pieces of watermelon, which affect the projection effect of the image.

The new screen design uses the latest NanoSeam technology to seamlessly connect 428 perforated aluminum screens with a thickness of less than 1 mm in a compact "edge-to-edge" manner, so that the images are clearer and the colors are brighter when playing various programs. The old screen has a lot of contrast, bringing a better audio-visual enjoyment to the audience.

The Space Museum Planetarium will reopen on July 1.

(Provided by Space Museum)

Equipped with six 8K projectors to play 3D images

In addition, the audio-visual system has also been upgraded. All the speakers in the planetarium have been replaced and placed behind the aluminum screen. In terms of vision, the new planetarium is equipped with six projectors that support 8K projection and can also project three-dimensional images. Li Weijun, the curator of the Space Museum, also mentioned that the Planetarium will provide viewers with new 3D glasses, which are lighter than the previous models, with lighter lenses and brighter images.

Cantonese, English, Japanese, and Mandarin four-channel narration headphones are cleaned every session

The seats in the hall have also been fully replaced. In addition to being more comfortable than before, there is a brand new Bluetooth headset next to the seat, using Bluetooth 5.0 technology, and the audience can be equipped with the touch screen control on the seat handle and choose by themselves Four channels of Cantonese, English, Putonghua and Japanese;

Use the 3.5mm interface next to the chair to listen to the four-channel narration using personal headphones.

Li Junwei mentioned that in order to take into account hygiene issues, the earphones will be collected and cleaned after each screening, and the 3D eyesight will also be cleaned in the machine.

Li Weijun, curator of the Space Museum, proposed that this renovation is the largest in history.

(Photo by Ma Weijie)

The new astronomy system "Dark Matter" every grain has its own star

The planetarium is also equipped with a new astronomical system "Dark Matter" to tell about astronomy, and it can also lead the audience to fly out of the galaxy, which will be used for astronomy lectures or self-made astronomy programs.

Li Junwei emphasized that astronomical images are not computer simulations, but based on real data. "Everything you see has its own stars." The distance that can be displayed can be as much as 13.8 billion light-years away.

The fare is 32 yuan for the back seat and 24 yuan for the front seat

The Planetarium will reopen on July 1, and there will be three sets of movies, namely the astronomical program "There is a sky outside the sky", which introduces the various planets of the solar system; the three-dimensional dome film "The Uncensored Sky", which reviews how scientists made history and traces the origin of the universe ; The full universe movie "Ancient Cave Through Heaven", exploring caves to understand the secrets of climate change.

The fare remains the same as before the renovation, with RMB 32 for the back seat and RMB 24 for the front seat. Full-time students, people with disabilities and senior citizens aged 60 or above can receive a half-price discount.

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