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Museum of Science
Charles Hayden Planetarium


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Museum of Science
Museum of Science
Museum of Science
Museum of Science
Museum of Science
Museum of Science
Museum of Science
Museum of Science
Museum of Science
Museum of Science
Museum of Science
Museum of Science
Museum of Science
Museum of Science
Museum of Science


Type: Museum
Opened in 1948

Address: 1 Science Park - Boston, MA 02114
Country: USA
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Website: https://www.mos.org/planetarium60/history


Team
Brad Washburn



314 seats











Dome of  18.3m


Technical
 Optical system Prototype : Korkosz

Facilities
Operation
History
 - 1948: portable
- March 1952: start of building
- 20 October 1958: 18.3m/314s/Korkosz
- 6 September 1970: last show with Korkosz (13,103 shows: 2m visitors)
- 7 December 1970: reopening: 18.3m/316s/Zeiss VI
- 1987: Laserium
- 1995: Laser Fantasy
- 2009: closed
- December 2010: 17.4m/209s/Zeiss ZMP/Hybrid 2 Sony SRX-T110 + AVI Omniscan laser
- 9 February 2011: official reopening ($9m, $2m for Zeiss + $1.5m fulldome)


Comments

Latitude: 42°22'00" N  -  Longitude: 71°04'12" W  -  Altitude: 3m
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