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Wernher von Braun Planetarium

USA , ALABAMA , HUNTSVILLE

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Type: Observatory
Opened in 1967

Address: Monte Sano State Park, 5105 Nolen Ave. SE - Huntsville, AL 35801
Country: USA
Email: jared@jaredcassidy.com
Phone: +1 256-539 0316

Website: https://vbas.org/about/facilities/planetarium/
Website 2: https://www.facebook.com/groups/112004006960/

Team
Jared Cassidy, Gena Crook

80 seats

Dome of 10.0m

Technical
Optical system SPITZ : A3P
Dome: a mechanical mock up of the top of a second stage liquid hydrogen fuel tank from a Saturn V so its not even spherical
Seat: benches

Facilities
Observatory dome on the roof

Operation

History
- 1993: 9.1m/90s/GOTO Mercury S3
- 2011: Spitz A3P

Last major evolution: 2011: Spitz A3P

Comments
"...on May 25, 1963, Frank Wyle (founder of Wyle Laboratories inc.) gave the association a GOTO Model S-2 projector, and it was William Mrazek who built it." (Olivier Couderc, 2018)

Latitude: 34°44'58" N - Longitude: 86°30'44" W - Altitude: 493m
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