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Planetarium Sheet Adler Planetarium
(circa 1980s)

USA , ILLINOIS , CHICAGO

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Type: Museum
Opened in 1930

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
- Mark Webb

500 seats

Dome of 19.8m

Technical
Optical system ZEISS : Model-VI
Seat: Avarte Funktus 544XX - Planetarium

Facilities

Operation

History
- May 10, 1930: Model II
- 1961: Model III (II upgraded to III)
- May 12, 1970: 20.7m/392s/Zeiss VI
- 1999: second dome: Definiti Space Theater (next to Grainger Sky Theater): 16.8m/195s/Digistar II (see 3546)
- IPS2008
- 2011 : new dome 21.3m + Fulldome Global Immersion/SCISS Uniview (SEOS 2x20 Zorro 2015HC) $14million
- 2017: 7K
- April 2021 new copper and zinc dome
- March 2022: reopening after Covid

Comments

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