Planetarium Sheet
M.T. Brackbill Planetarium
Eastern Mennonite University (EMU)
Suter Science Center, D.R. Hostetter Museum of Natural History
USA , VIRGINIA , HARRISONBURG
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Type: School
Opened in 1968
Address: 1200 Park Road - Harrisonburg, VA 22802
Country: USA
Email: dossc@emu.edu
Phone: +1 540-432 4400
Website: https://emu.edu/now/news/2017/planetarium-vesper-heights-suter-science-center-ex
Website 2: http://www.emu.edu/science-center/museum/
Team
Maurice Thaddeus Brackbill (1946-1956)
Robert Lehman (1956-1960)
John Hershey, John L. Horst (1960-1962)
Lehman (1962-1979)
Horst (1979-1986)
Joseph Mast (1986-2005)
Horst (2005-2007)
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79 seats
Dome of 9.1m
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Technical
Optical system SPITZ : A4
Facilities
Observatory Vesper Heights, Astral Hall (410m at NW)
Operation
Frequenting: 4000 people per year
History
- 1946: first Armand Spitz A-1 (under the 4.2m telescope dome, Vesper Heights) 22 seats
- 1968: new building (Suter Science Center): 9.1m/80s/Spitz A4
- 2007: closed
- 2008: planetarium room transformed into "Discovery room" (exhibition room of Hostetter Museum of Natural History)
- 2015: renovation museum without planetarium
Comments
Project to reopened a planetarium under the rusting telescope dome...perhaps
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Latitude: 38°28'12" N -
Longitude: 78°52'40" W -
Altitude: 446m
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