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Southwestern College (SWC)
Planetarium


USA , CALIFORNIA , CHULA VISTA
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Southwestern College (SWC)
Southwestern College (SWC)
Southwestern College (SWC)
Southwestern College (SWC)
Southwestern College (SWC)
Southwestern College (SWC)
Southwestern College (SWC)


Type: School
Opened in 2025

Address: 900 Otay Lakes Road - Chula Vista, CA 91910
Country: USA
Email: 
Phone: +1 619-421-6700

Website: https://www.swccd.edu/swc-community/planetarium/
Website 2: https://www.swccd.edu/administration/advancement-and-community-engagement/news-c
     
                       







66 seats











Dome of  12.0m




Technical
Optical system SPITZ : A3P
Sound Electro-Voice
Cove light: ChromaCove Medium Power RGBW
Dome: Astro-Tec

Facilities
Other: Seiler Planetariums installation

Operation

History
- 1965: opening 9.1m/57s/Spitz A3P
- 2016: project ($13 millions)
- 2019: closed? (missing from the College search engine but present on the campus map...)
- Summer 2022: destroyed

- November 2022: groundbreaking complex 1
- October 2, 2025: inauguration of the new Education complex ($107million) with a new planetarium
- Summer 2026: planned to replace Spitz A3P with Zeiss ZKP4 LED (Seiler installation)


Comments


Latitude: 32°38'24" N  -  Longitude: 116°59'43" W  -  Altitude: 152m
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