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Planetarium Sheet Herrett Center for Arts & Science
Herrett Planetarium and Observatory

USA , IDAHO , TWIN FALLS

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Type: Observatory
Opened in 1955
Closed now
Address: Kimberly Road - Twin Falls, ID 83301
Country: USA
Email:

Website: https://herrett.csi.edu/research/norman.asp
Website 2: https://www.donhite.com/herrett/

Team
Norman Herrett (1955-1979), Allan R. Frost, Jim Woods,

50 seats

Dome of 6.7m

Technical
Optical system Prototype : Herrett

Facilities
Observatory Dome on the roof: 12.5-inch newton, 10-inch (cat)

Operation

History
- 1955: museum of Norman Herrett (1904-1979), planetarium: 6.7m/45s/Hand-built projector + Observatory behind his jewelry store

- June 13, 1980: new Herrett Center Museum built on the CIS campus (without planetarium)
- November 19, 1995: expansion building: Faulker planetarium: 15,2m/151s/Digistar II
- November 2013: Digistar 5

Comments

Latitude: 42°32'53" N - Longitude: 114°27'30" W - Altitude: 1149m
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