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Planetarium Sheet Vel Phillips Memorial High School
Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD) Planetarium

USA , WISCONSIN , MADISON

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Type: School
Opened in 1966

Address: 201 South Gammon Road - Madison, WI 53717
Country: USA
Email: bsenson@mmsd.org
Phone: +1 608-663 6102

Website: https://www.madison.k12.wi.us/planetarium/
Website 2: https://www.facebook.com/mmsdpltm.fans

Team
Ben Senson

67 seats

Dome of 9.1m

Technical
Digital system Evans_and_Sutherland : Digistar 7
Software: Digistar 7
Video system Norxe : P55
Video Lens: Fisheye
Meridian resolution 2.1 K

Facilities
Observatory Yes

Operation
Frequenting: 20000 people per year

History
- 1966: 9.1m/60s/Spitz A3P
- January 2015: new carpet, seats
- 2018: Digistar 6, Spitz A3P may seed a planetarium in Illinois and some day serve another planetarium in South Dakota (Planetarian, June 2018)
- November 2021: James Madison Memorial HS renamed Vel Phillips Memorial HS
- September 2022: Digistar 7, new director
- January 2024: Norxe P55 projector

Last major evolution: 2024: projector

Comments

Latitude: 43°03'49" N - Longitude: 89°30'04" W - Altitude: 321m
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