Belgrade Planetarium

The Belgrade Planetarium is one of two planetariums in Serbia. It operates under the direction of the astronomical society Ruđ er Boš ković, founded in 1934 by a group of students and dedicated to the promotion of astronomy.

Unofficially, the planetarium began working in the late sixties, and the official date of opening is 1970. The diameter of the planetarium is 8 meters, which allows all visitors to sit comfortably within its walls. Its main visitors are, of course, pupils of primary and secondary Belgrade schools, as well as university students.

The planetarium is externally a detached building, divided visually into three parts: the central part is domed, as in many planetariums of the world, and the side parts are rather narrow rooms with a semicircular roof.

In recent years, urban lighting, or as astronomers call it, “light pollution”, poses a threat to the planetarium, as this limits its activities only to theoretical knowledge about the application of new technical developments in astronomy.

However, to popularize astronomy among the masses, every year the planetarium management organizes astronomy courses for beginners, as well as summer astronomical meetings and lecture cycles held within its walls.