Observatory and planetarium České Budějovice is situated approximately 300 metres from the Premysl Otakar II. square in the park at the confluence of the river Vltava and Malse. The observatory in České Budějovice was opened in 1937 as the second oldest public observatory in Bohemia thanks to the South-bohemian Astronomical Society.
About ObservatoryProjection apparatus of the planetarium allows to project on the dome of the hall an artificial sky with the Sun, the Moon, planets and stars...
It serves for lectures and audio-visual programmes for general public, programmes for schools of all levels and interest groups, 70 seats video...
Instruments in the dome of observatory allow observation of the Sun as well as bodies of solar system and objects of distant universe on a night sky...