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Planetarium Sheet Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH
ZEISS Demo Dome
Provider

GERMANY , THURINGEN , JENA

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Type: Provider
Opened in 2000

Address: Carl Zeiss Promenade 10 - 07745 Jena
Country: GERMANY
Email: planetarium@zeiss.com
Phone: +49 36-4164-2406

Website: https://www.zeiss.com/planetariums/int/home.html

Team
Martin Kraus, Ann Lakey, Christian Schlager, Sophia Dannberg, Volkmar Schorcht,

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Dome of 14.0m

Technical
Optical system ZEISS : Asterion
Digital system ZEISS : Powerdome
Software: Uniview
Video system Zeiss : Velvet
Meridian resolution 4.0 K

Facilities
Other planetarium: Zeiss Oberkochen site

Operation

History
- August 1923: 16m dome on the roof, first Model I
- 1926-1939: Zeiss II
- 1948-1993: ZKP1 (Est)
- 1946-1953: Oberkochen factory (West Germany, see 3329)
- 1957-1964: UPP 23/x (Est)
- 1970-1994: model RFP (Est)
- 1977-1996: ZKP2 (Est)
- 1984-1991: ZGP Cosmorama (Est)
- 1986: new 23m dome in Jena (roof factory)
- 1989-1993: Zeiss merge East-West
- 14m dome under the 23m
- 1993-2005: ZKP3 (Skymaster)
- 1996-2005: Mark VIII (Universarium)
- 1996-2012: ZMP (Starmaster)
- 2000-2011: Mark IX (Universarium)
- 2005-2013: ZKP4 (Skymaster)
- 2019: SCISS (Uniview) acquired by Zeiss
- 2020: Asterion

Comments
inventor and historical first supplier of planetariums

Latitude: 50°54'59" N - Longitude: 11°34'00" E - Altitude: 190m
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