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Planetarium Sheet Southwestern College (SWC)
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USA , CALIFORNIA , CHULA VISTA

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Type: School
Opened in 1965
Closed in 2019
Address: 900 Otay Lakes Road - Chula Vista, CA 91910
Country: USA
Email:
Phone: +1 619-421 6700

Website: http://www.swccd.edu/index.aspx?page=3664
Website 2: http://www.theswcsun.com/campus-planetarium-is-losing-its-star-power/

Team
Jeff Veal

57 seats

Dome of 9.1m

Technical
Optical system SPITZ : A3P

Facilities

Operation

History
- 1961: opening SWC
- 1965: opening 9.1m/57s/Spitz A3P
- 2016: project ($13 millions)
- 2019: closed? (missing from the College search engine but present on the campus map...)
- Summer 2022: destroyed
- June 2024: project ($107million)

Comments

Latitude: 32°38'24" N - Longitude: 116°59'41" W - Altitude: 152m
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