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Space Science and Library Museum
Hansen Planetarium


USA , UTAH , SALT LAKE CITY
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Space Science and Library Museum
Space Science and Library Museum
Space Science and Library Museum
Space Science and Library Museum
Space Science and Library Museum
Space Science and Library Museum
Space Science and Library Museum


Type: Cultural Center
Opened in 1965
Closed in 2002
Address: 15 South State Street - Salt Lake City, UT 84101
Country: USA
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Website: http://www.writeopinions.com/old-hansen-planetarium
Website 2: http://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=3202098&itype=CMSID


Team
Mark Littmann (first director 1965-1983)
Seth Jarvis (since 1978, director since 2001)






200 seats











Dome of  15.2m


Technical
 Optical system SPITZ : STP

Facilities
Operation
History
 - 1904: Salt Lake City Public Library building (originally built)
- November 26, 1965: Hansen Planetarium 15.2m/200s/Spitz STP aka Jake
- 1983: Digistar
- 1995: Digistar II
- 2002: closed (new building elsewhere)


Comments
 building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979
Latitude: 40°46'07" N  -  Longitude: 111°53'15" W  -  Altitude: 1325m
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