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Built under an 8-meter-diameter dome, the planetarium can accommodate 59 spectators per visit and welcomes around up to 60,000 visitors a year. In the reception hall, there are three large meteorites (the heaviest weighing 36kg) which the public may touch. Fragments of various types of meteorites are
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Between 1999 and 2000, the City of Nantes enlarged the premises with two 9m2 offices, enabling the reception area to be enlarged and a number of models and meteorite collections to be installed. In the autumn of 2005, 25 years after its installation and at the cost of around 480,000 euros, the Zeiss
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of Butte Sainte Anne. During the exhibition dedicated to the 150th anniversary of Jules Verne's birth at the Palais de la Bourse, a Zeiss planetarium was on display. The following year, the city of Nantes decided to acquire its own planetarium. At that time, only one large planetarium existed in
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