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Beijing_Planetarium Latitude and Longitude:

39°56′10″N 116°19′50″E / 39.9361°N 116.3306°E / 39.9361; 116.3306
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New wing (back) and old wing (front) of the Beijing Planetarium
The entrance to the Building B of the Beijing Planetarium

The Beijing Planetarium ( simplified Chinese: 北京天文馆; traditional Chinese: 北京天文館) is a planetarium in Xicheng District, Beijing, China. [1]

The planetarium comprises two main buildings, Building A & B. Building A, which was built in 1957, [1] contains the Celestial Theater, an Eastern Exhibition Hall and a Western Exhibition Hall. It was the first large-scale planetarium in China, and at one time the only planetarium in Asia.[ citation needed] Building B, which began operations in 2004, [1] contains a digital space theater, 3D and 4D theaters, several exhibition halls and two observatories.[ citation needed]

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39°56′10″N 116°19′50″E / 39.9361°N 116.3306°E / 39.9361; 116.3306