Title Astronomy Exhibit and Astronomical Observatory

  • Tottori
  • Shimane
Topic(s):
Activities National Parks/Quasi-National Parks Public Works & Institutions (Museums, etc.)
Medium/Media of Use:
App, QR code, etc.
Text Length:
≤250 Words
FY Prepared:
2019
Associated Tourism Board:
Daisen-Oki National Park

天文展示と天文台


自然館の天文展示と天文台により、来館者は惑星の表面、隕石の構成、銀河全体など、いつもは非常に遠くにあるものを間近に見ることができる。

展示エリアには太陽系の惑星の大きなジオラマがあり、その外観と比較寸法が見られる。中央には鉄隕石、石質隕石(石でできた隕石)、石鉄隕石(鉄、ニッケル、ペリドットでできた隕石)などの様々な隕石のサンプルが展示されている。訪問者が持ち上げてその驚くべき重さを体感できる石もある。

三瓶山は街の灯りから離れているため夜空を見るのにぴったりの場所だ。自然館の天文台は公共施設で、来館者が使用できる600 ミリ大型望遠鏡が 1 台と200 ミリ大型望遠鏡が 4 台ある。自然館スタッフによる定期天体観察会も毎週土曜日と、ある一部の祝日に行われている。


Astronomy Exhibit and Astronomical Observatory


The museum’s Astronomy Exhibit and Astronomical Observatory give visitors a close look at things that are normally very distant: the faces of planets, the composition of meteorites, and an entire galaxy of stars.

The exhibit area includes a large diorama of the planets in our solar system that shows their relative sizes. The center of the exhibit showcases several varieties of meteorite, including specimens of iron meteorite, stony meteorite (meteorite made of stone), and stony-iron meteorite (made of iron, nickel, and peridot). One of these has been mounted so that visitors can try lifting its surprising weight.

Mt. Sanbe is far from city lights, and therefore an ideal place to view the night sky. The museum’s Astronomical Observatory is a public facility equipped with one large, 600-millimeter-aperture telescope and four 200-millimeter-aperture telescopes that are available for visitors to use. Regular observation sessions are led by museum staff on Saturdays and certain holidays.


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