National Planetarium, Malaysia

NATIONAL PLANETARIUM OBSERVATORY

National Planetarium Observatory is located at Lake Garden, Kuala Lumpur with latitude 3^o9’ and longitude 101^o41’E.  It is 112m above sea level.

Equipped with primary 35cm Celestron C-14 robotic telescope sitting on Paramount ME German Equatorial Robotic Mount in the 5m main dome which will be used as for space science education purpose.  Research in photometry, astrometry, CCD imaging, astrophotography and sun observation also available.

The observatory is also equipped with an automated weather station, cloud, rain sensor and all sky camera to monitor the climate condition.  All system is fully robotic.

Robotic Telescope System

Computer System

                                All Sky Camera                                                Weather Station

PROGRAM AT NATIONAL PLANETARIUM OBSERVATORY

¢  Visit and Using Robotic Telescope by University’s students as their thesis or research project

¢  Using observatory as a shooting site by Media (Astro, NTV7, RTM, TV3 and etc)

¢  Visit by students, teachers and lecturers from universities

¢  Others

For any enquiries, please contact:

National Space Agency (ANGKASA)

National Planetarium

53, Jalan Perdana

50480 Kuala Lumpur

Malaysia

Tel: +603-22735484

Fax: +603-22735488

Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it (Ms. Lau Chen Chen)