The Štefánik Observatory

Name: The Štefánik Observatory
Address: Strahovská 205, 118 00 Praha 1, Czechia, Praha, Czech

4.7/5 ★ based on 8 reviews

Contact The Štefánik Observatory

Address :	Strahovská 205, 118 00 Praha 1, Czechia
Phone :	📞 +7
Website :	http://www.planetum.cz/
Categories :	Cultural center , Recreation center , Observatory , Training centre , Trade fair construction company ,
City :	Praha
Description :	1920s observatory with 3 domes for day & nighttime stargazing, plus an astronomy exhibition.

Best Observatory in Czech

r	rebekah lee on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Stumbled across this while hiking up to see the Prague castle. Almost walked away from it as the door was closed during the stated opening hours. Thankfully we came back at 7pm. Entrance was 80kc per adult, with two floors of exhibits and a fairly comprehensive introduction to astronomy to the uninitiated. Write ups in English and Czech. Two of the three domes were open (and understandably cold in winter) with impressive telescopes over 100 years old. Visitors can climb on a step ladder to view stars through the eye pieces. There was some difficulty viewing some stars because of the cloudy weather, so checking the weather forecast may useful.
S	Sumanta Chakraborty on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ I have not entered here, since I could not understand whether this is a restricted place or allowed for public as well. Would very much want to enter too see astronomical exhibits. Nonetheless, the place is well maintained with very nice garden. Hope to come back once again.
K	Ken Weary on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ A great place to visit with kids over eight years of age. The exhibits are informative but require a good bit of reading. The text is in Czech and English which is nice. There are also hands on exhibits like the telescope and the meteors, both were very nice.
B	Brian Harvey on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ A great hands-on observatory and exhibition of the universe from space flight, meteorites, supernova to black holes for the amateur astronomer and inquisitive children alike. Helpful staff offer explanations of exhibits and telescope observations . You can view solar Corona and Sunspots through the 40cm reflector telescope in Dome 1.
T	Tobias Dettinger on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ If you are interested in Astronomy (not Astrology) you are right at that place! The gallery and info museum is so interesting and has a lot of information packed with in it. Also new informations about black holes, gravitational waves, etc are added so the informations are very new! I was blown away how many big meteorites they had! For younger people there are a lot of interactive elements which kids can play with. Very well made! Telescopes: We visited the telescopes in the day so we 'just' saw the planets. But it was a great experience to actually see planers during the daylight! :0 The telescopes are pretty old but they work well enough. The service at thoose telescopes was good but the people had difficulties in speaking English. They didn't know enough words for a further discussion about astronomy. A little bit disappointed but it was worth a visit overall!
I	Iris van den Broek on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ What a great experience. It is not like any other museum in Prague. The staff wil turn the domes and explore the skies with you via the telescopes. Most speak very good English and others will help you as best as they can.
A	Andrei State on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ If you like astronomy, this is the right place to be. The staff is very kind and they are talking english very well so they will explain every thing that you want to know. We were here on day light so we couldn t explore the sky, just the sun. One member of the staff was drawing a map of the sun with some solar eruptions exposed.
P	Paraiso Cindy on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ A huge infrastructure to the stars, moon and so much more... I was able to see Saturn! Such a great experience and a perfect and passionnate staff. I totally recommend