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Montgomery College
Planetarium


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Montgomery College
Montgomery College
Montgomery College
Montgomery College
Montgomery College
Montgomery College
Montgomery College
Montgomery College
Montgomery College
Montgomery College
Montgomery College
Montgomery College
Montgomery College
Montgomery College
Montgomery College
Montgomery College
Montgomery College


Type: School
Opened in 1961
Closed in 2019
Address: 7621 Fenton Street - Takoma Park, MD 20912
Country: USA
Email: Harold.Williams@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: +1 240-567-1463

Website: https://www.montgomerycollege.edu/academics/stem/science-engineering-technology/
Website 2: http://www2.montgomerycollege.edu/departments/planet/
     

Team
Harold Williams (1990-)



42 seats











Dome of  7.3m


Technical
 Digital system SPITZ : SciDome XD
Software: Starry Night, Layer Earth
Video system 2 vp : 1+1 center
Meridian resolution 2.5 K

Facilities
 Other: Removable seats
Observatory 13 inch Dobson

Operation
History
 - 1961: 7.3m/42s/Spitz A2
- Spitz 512
- April 2016: Fulldome (Spitz SciDome XD)
- June 2019: closed
- 2021: destroyed
- Fall 2022: new Science Center at Takoma Park/Silver Spring campus into 15.3m dome (with the same projector)

Last major evolution: 2016: Digital

Comments

Latitude: 38°59'01" N  -  Longitude: 77°01'18" W  -  Altitude: 101m
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