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Jim Cherry Memorial Planetarium

USA , GEORGIA , ATLANTA

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Type: Museum
Opened in 1967

Address: 156 Heaton Park Drive N.E. - Atlanta, GA 30307
Country: USA
Email: fernbank@fernbank.edu
Phone: +1 678-874 7102

Website: http://fsc.fernbank.edu/

Team
April S. Whitt (1998-2021)

500 seats

Dome of 21.3m

Technical
Optical system ZEISS : Model-V
Digital system SPITZ : SciDome
Software: Starry Night
Video system Sony : Laser
Video Lens: 1+1 cove
Meridian resolution 4.0 K

Facilities
Other: Apollo 6 command module
Observatory Ralph L. Buice, Jr Observatory: 10m. dome on the roof: 0.944mm Cassegrain

Operation

History
- December 3, 1967: 21.34m/500s/Zeiss IV
- June 1968: Zeiss IV upgraded to V
- 2012: threats of closure
- 2016: Digital
- Summer 2024: upgrade planned (software, projectors, computer, $2.1million)

Last major evolution: 2016: Digital

Comments

Latitude: 33°46'42" N - Longitude: 84°19'05" W - Altitude: 319m
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