University-owned planetarium projector (M-1type) was certified as a "Mechanical Heritage" by the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers.5Years8Month7At the accreditation ceremony held on Monday, Professor Hiroyasu Kifune, Advisor of the Maritime Promotion Association, and Masaya Suzuki, Director of the Faculty of Ocean Engineering3students) participated and received a letter of appreciation and a certificate.

　This planetarium was built in the Showa era for the purpose of being used in classes and research on astronomical navigation.40(1965) on the roof of the Etchujima Hall (Etchujima Campus).It is the oldest (*) in operation, and is maintained and screened by the Maritime Promotion Association, an extracurricular activity group of our university.
* As an active planetarium machine that can project fixed stars in the whole sky with a lens projection method and automatically monitor the annual motion of the planets.

Ms. Masaya Suzuki, General Manager of Maritime Promotion Association (left) and Hiroyuki Ito, Chairman of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (right)

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Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers Machinery Heritage HP (separate site)