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USA , ILLINOIS , CHICAGO

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Type: Museum
Opened in 1930
Closed now
Address: - Chicago
Country: USA
Email:

Website: https://www.adlerplanetarium.org/explore/about-us/history/
Website 2: https://www.ips-planetarium.org/general/custom.asp?page=a_menke1987b

Team
Philip Fox (1930-1937)
Maude Bennot (1937-1945)
F. Wagner Schlesinger, Albert V. Schatzel until 1960
Robert I. Johnson until 1968
Joseph M. Chamberlain (1968-1991)
Paul H. Knappenberger

500 seats

Dome of 19.8m

Technical
Optical system ZEISS : Model-II
Seat: Removable wooden chairs

Facilities

Operation

History
- May 10, 1930: Model II (first copper dome)
- 1940: second copper dome
- 1961: Model III (II up8graded to III) until December 31, 1969 (sent to Jackson, LA)
- May 12, 1970: 20.7m/392s/Zeiss VI
- 2021: third copper dome

Comments
For the history the Zeiss II/III, read the Glenn A. Walsh's website: https://spacewatchtower.blogspot.com/2020/09/mystery-solved-oldest-us-planetarium.html

Latitude: 41°51'58" N - Longitude: 87°36'24" W - Altitude: 184m
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