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Technical
Digital system Prototype : home made
Software: OpenSpace
Video system Barco : F80
Video Lens: Fisheye
Meridian resolution 2.4 K
Sound 5.1 - 13,000W
Dome: Astro-Tec dome, 65%, 20 deg.
Facilities
Other:
ImaxDome (other dome: 20.6m/238s/70mm15p)
- Toyota 4D Engineer Theater
Gift Shop Explore Store
Lasershow AVI Skylase
Other planetarium:
Imax Dome Theater
Operation
History
- 1978: opening Detroit Science Center
- 2001: 15.2m/116s/Digistar II (Dassault Systemes)
- 2011: Closed (financial crisis)
- December 2012: reopens (Digistar II)
- 2020: Closed (Covid then Digistar II out of service)
- 2021: portable planetarium
- 2023: Digital prototype
- January 2025: $2.6 million grant from the Ballmer Group (dome, seats, projectors, 8k, sound system)
- September 1, 2025: closed
- November 2025: start of work
- December 12, 2025: reopening ($4.5 million)
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Latitude: 42°21'30" N -
Longitude: 83°03'44" W -
Altitude: 193m
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