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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
Email:

Website: https://armagh.space/heritage/armagh-planetarium/planetarium-innovations

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)

93 seats

Dome of 12.0m

Technical
Digital system Evans_and_Sutherland : Digistar-II
Software: Digistar
Video system 1 vp : Fisheye
Seat: removable seats

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

Operation

History
- 1790: observatory
- 1968: planetarium: GOTO Mars
- 1977: Minolta Viewlex Roman IIb untill 1994 (give to South Downs planetarium)
- 80s: interactive seats
- 1994: Digistar I
- 1995: Digistar II
- 2003-2006: renovated dome + theater + Digistar 3 (6 Barco SP909 CRT)
- 2011: Digistar 4 (1+1 vp)
- 2014: Digistar 5 (1+1 vp)

Comments

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