Planetarium Sheet
Armagh Observatory and Planetarium (AOP)
UNITED KINGDOM , NORTHERN IRELAND , ARMAGH
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Type: Observatory
Opened in 1968
Address: College Hill - Armagh BT61 9DB Northern Ireland
Country: UNITED KINGDOM
Email: reception@armagh.ac.uk
Phone: +44 28 3752-3689
Website: https://www.armagh.space/
Website 2: https://armaghplanet.com/
  
 
Team
Michael Burton (director), Sinead Mackle,
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93 seats
Dome of 12.0m
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Technical
Digital system Evans_and_Sutherland : Digistar
Software: Digistar 7
Video system Sony : VPL GTZ270
Video Lens: 1+1 cove
Meridian resolution 4.0 K
Sound Dante 5.1
Facilities
Observatory
10-inch refractor Grubb (Dublin) 1885
15-inch reflector Grubb 1827
15-inch Cassegrain Troughton 1795
Gift Shop Yes
Other planetarium:
Portable
Operation
Frequenting: 70000 people per year
Staff: 25 people
History
- 1790: Observatory
- 1968: Planetarium GOTO
- 1977: Minolta Viewlex Roman IIb
- 80s: interactive seats
- 1994: Digistar I
- 1995: Digistar II
- 2003-2006: renovated dome + theater + Digistar 3
- 2011: Digistar 4
- 2014: Digistar 5
- 2020: Digistar 6
- 2021: Digistar 7
- September 2023: BAP (British planetarium meeting)
- April 2026: project for new planetarium with LED dome (£50m)
Last major evolution: 2021: software
Comments
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Latitude: 54°21'07" N -
Longitude: 6°38'54" W -
Altitude: 53m
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