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Planetarium Sheet Brigham Young University (BYU)
Royden G. Derrick Planetarium

USA , UTAH , PROVO

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Type: School
Opened in 1958

Address: Department of Physics and Astronomy - Provo, UT 84604
Country: USA
Email: planetarium@byu.edu
Phone: +1 801-422 4361

Website: https://planetarium.byu.edu/
Website 2: https://physics.byu.edu/department/news/2021-07-planetarium-updates

119 seats

Dome of 10.7m

Technical
Optical system ZEISS : ZKP3B
Digital system Evans_and_Sutherland : Digistar 7
Software: Digistar 7
Video system 2 vp laser : 1+1 cove?
Meridian resolution 4.0 K

Facilities
Other: Foucault Pendulum
Observatory Orson Pratt Observatory (dome on the roof): 400mm ASKO (1998) + BYU West Mountain Observatory: 910mm, 510mm, 320mm

Operation

History

- 1958: 7.3m/65s/Viewlex Goto Venus named: Sarah Berrett Summerhays
- March 2005: 10.4m/Zeiss ZKP3
- August 2010: Digistar 4
- 2021: Digistar 7?, projectors

Last major evolution: 2011: Digital

Comments

Latitude: 40°14'49" N - Longitude: 111°38'59" W - Altitude: 1419m
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