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Planetarium Sheet Hastings Museum of Natural & Cultural History
J. M. McDonald Planetarium

USA , NEBRASKA , HASTING

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Type: Museum
Opened in 1958

Address: 1330 North Burlington Avenue - Hastings, NE 68902
Country: USA
Email: jmmplanetarium@alltel.net

Website: http://www.lpod.org/cwm/Timeline/1900-60/1958Hastingsglobe.html
Website 2: http://hastingsmuseum.org/planetarium/about-the-planetarium

Team
Dan Glomski, Rebecca Matticks (museum director), Kirk Rosberg

48 seats

Dome of 7.3m

Technical
Optical system MINOLTA : MS-8

Facilities
Gift Shop The Museum Store

Operation

History
- September 12, 1958: Opening
- 1980: Minolta MS-8
- March 2009: spherical mirror (Ash Enterprise) ($114,000)
- March 2016: carpet, digital ($52,000 grant from Armstrong McDonald Foundation)

Comments

Latitude: 40°36'01" N - Longitude: 98°23'28" W - Altitude: 592m
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