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Technical
Digital system Evans_and_Sutherland : Digistar
Software: Digistar 7
Video system JVC : DLA
Video Lens: 4+1
Meridian resolution 4.0 K
Dome: Spitz NanoSeam
Seat: Removable seats
Facilities
Other: Foucault pendulum
Observatory Ralph Mueller Observatory: 10.5-inch (Warney & Swasey Co. 1899)
Operation
History
- 1952: The Hanna Star Dome: Spitz A2
- 1959: Mueller planetarium, 9.1m, Spitz A3P
- January 15, 2002: new building, Shafran planetarium, 12.2m/87s/ZKP3S
- June 2010: Sky-Skan
- 2017-2020: great renovation of the Museum (but not the planetarium)
- 2017: E&S Digistar 6
- July 6, 2021: closed for upgrade and renovation
- December 7, 2022: Digistar 7, seats, paints,
- December 15, 2024: upgrades ($3 million gift by Nathan and Fanny Sahfran Foundation): lighting, audio, projectors
Last major evolution: 2024: digital
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Latitude: 41°30'41" N -
Longitude: 81°36'46" W -
Altitude: 204m
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