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Planetarium Sheet Towson University (TU)
Watson-King Planetarium

USA , MARYLAND , TOWSON

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Type: School
Opened in 1965
Closed now
Address: (Smith Hall 521) 8000 York Road - Towson, MD 21252-0001
Country: USA
Email: pags@towson.edu
Phone: +1 410-704 3020

Website: https://www.towson.edu/fcsm/centers/planetarium.html
Website 2: https://www.towson.edu/fcsm/departments/physics/facultystaff/astorrs.html

44 seats

Dome of 6.7m

Technical
Digital system Learning_Technologies : Digital-STARLAB
Software: Starry Night
Video system Sharp : Fisheye
Meridian resolution 1.2 K

Facilities
Observatory dome on the roof: 16-inch Ritchey-Chretien

Operation

History
- 1965: Spitz A3P (in the Smith Hall)
- March 2010: Starlab digital ($50,000)

- 2021: New Science Building (and planetarium)

Last major evolution: 2010: Fulldome

Comments

Latitude: 39°23'35" N - Longitude: 76°36'30" W - Altitude: 129m
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