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Technical
Optical system GOTO : Chiron-III Hybrid
Digital system Evans_and_Sutherland : Digistar
Software: Digistar 7
Meridian resolution 4.0 K
Dome: Astro-Tec
Facilities
Other: iMaxDome: 25m/27deg/315s/70mm15p/Nov. 1991
Exhibit area: 930m²
Observatory C14, etc.
Gift Shop ExploreStore
Lasershow Yes
Other planetarium:
Imax Dome
Operation
Frequenting: 80000 people per year
Sessions: 600 per year
Staff: 5 people
History
- April 16, 1963: 18.3m/400 seats/GOTO L-1 (designed by Gyo Obata)
- 1980: Digistar I
- 1985: Renovation ($3.2 million), new name, 228s,
- June 22, 2001: 24.4m/Zeiss Universarium IX ($10million)
- Sept. 2016: Fiber optics (Universarium IX)
- June 2017: Fulldome
- Sept. 2017: New lamp (LED)
- Oct. 2017: Pleiades National Planetariums meeting
- April 2023: 60 years!
- February 1, 2026: closed for great upgrade ($2.5M)
- Early Summer 2026: reopening: Hybrid (Zeiss will be dismantled)
Last major evolution: 2026: Hybrid
Comments
be careful: do not confuse it with the Imax located right next door since 1991
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Latitude: 38°37'52" N -
Longitude: 90°16'15" W -
Altitude: 155m
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