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Kansas State Fairgrounds
Kansas State Fairgrounds
Kansas State Fairgrounds
Kansas State Fairgrounds
Kansas State Fairgrounds
Kansas State Fairgrounds
Kansas State Fairgrounds
Kansas State Fairgrounds
Kansas State Fairgrounds


Type: Planetarium
Opened in 1962
Closed now
Address: 2000 N Poplar Street - Hutchinson, KS 67502
Country: USA
Email: 


Website: https://eu.hutchnews.com/story/news/2022/07/14/cosmosphere-1962-present/10032629


Team
Patty Carey







40 seats











Dome of  6.0m




Technical
Optical system SPITZ : A-2

Facilities

Operation

History
- December 1962: 6m/40s/Spitz A2

- 1966: new building (other location) 9.1m/70s/Spitz A3P? (or the A2?)
- When?: Spitz 512

- between 1992 and 2002: new dome: 12.2m/107s/Spitz 512?


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Latitude: 38°04'32" N  -  Longitude: 97°55'31" W  -  Altitude: 469m
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