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Planetarium Sheet Armagh Planetarium

UNITED KINGDOM , NORTHERN IRELAND , ARMAGH

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Type: Observatory
Opened in 1968

Address: College Hill - Armagh BT61 9DB Northern Ireland
Country: UNITED KINGDOM
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Website: https://armagh.space/heritage/armagh-planetarium/planetarium-innovations
Website 2: https://armagh.space/heritage/armagh-planetarium/history

Team
Dr Patrick Moore (1967-1968)
Dr Tom Rackham (1968-1971)
Terance Murtagh (1971-1989)
Dr Mart de Groot (1976-1994)
Dr Ian Griffith (1990-1995)
Dr Tom Mason (1996-2015)

100 seats

Dome of 12.0m

Technical
Optical system GOTO : Mars-(M-1)

Facilities
Observatory
10-inch refractor Grubb (Dublin) 1885
15-inch reflector Grubb 1827
15-inch Cassegrain Troughton 1795

Operation

History
- 1790: observatory
- June 1966: foundation
- 1968: planetarium: GOTO Mars M-1
- 1977: Minolta Viewlex Roman IIb untill 1994 (give to South Downs planetarium)
- 80s: interactive seats
- 1994: Digistar I
- 1995: Digistar II (until 2006)

Comments

Latitude: 54°21'07" N - Longitude: 6°38'54" W - Altitude: 53m
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