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Planetarium Sheet New Mexico Museum of Space History
New Horizons Dome Theater and Planetarium

USA , NEW MEXICO , ALAMOGORDO

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Type: Aerospace Museum
Opened in 1980

Address: PO Box 5430 - Alamogordo, NM 88311-5430
Country: USA
Email: msh.info@state.nm.us
Phone: +1 575-437 2840

Website: https://www.nmspacemuseum.org/new-horizons-dome-theater-planetarium/

Team
Christopher Orwoll, Dave Dooling, Olga Valanos, Brigette Smith, Levi Heisinger

92 seats

Tilt 21°

Dome of 12.2m

Technical
Digital system Evans_and_Sutherland : Scidome 4K Laser
Software: Digistar 7
Video system Sony : Insight Laser
Video Lens: 1+1 cove
Meridian resolution 4.0 K
Dome: Spitz NanoSeam (2018)

Facilities
Other: Imax (same theater)
Gift Shop Yes
Other planetarium: Digitarium Zeta

Operation

History
- December 21, 1980: 113s/Spitz 512 (Clyde W. Tombaugh Planetarium)/ iMaxdome
- Digitarium (for portable)
- July 2016: SciDome 4K Laser ($300,000)
- March 2018: new dome ($500,000)
- 2023: Digistar 7
- September 2025: new sound system (Trinnov system), projectors, computers

Last major evolution: 2025: projectors, computers, sound

Comments

Latitude: 32°55'12" N - Longitude: 105°55'23" W - Altitude: 1437m
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