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Planetarium Sheet William J. McCallion Planetarium
McMaster University

CANADA , ONTARIO , HAMILTON

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Type: School
Opened in 1954

Address: 1280 Main Street West, Burke Science Building, - Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4M1
Country: CANADA
Email:

Website: https://www.physics.mcmaster.ca/planetarium/history.html
Website 2: http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu//full/1959JRASC..53..149M/0000149.000.html

Team
William J. McCallion

60 seats

Dome of 6.7m

Technical
Optical system SPITZ : A-1

Facilities

Operation
Frequenting: 15000 people per year
Sessions: 225 per year

History
- 1949: Projector Spitz purchased (war-surplus parachute as dome)
- 5 November 1949: show for the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada)
- 26 September 1952: 5.5m cardboard dome/60s/Spitz
- 15 October 1954: new Burke Science building/6.7m
- 1961: Spitz A2
- 1992: Spitz A3P
- 2008 : Digitarium

Last major evolution: 2008: Digital

Comments

Latitude: 43°15'43" N - Longitude: 79°55'14" W - Altitude: 102m
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