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Science Museum Oklahoma
Kirkpatrick Planetarium


USA , OKLAHOMA , OKLAHOMA CITY
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Science Museum Oklahoma
Science Museum Oklahoma
Science Museum Oklahoma
Science Museum Oklahoma
Science Museum Oklahoma


Type: Museum
Opened in 1978
Closed now
Address: 2100 NE 52nd Street - Oklahoma City, OK 73111
Country: USA
Email: planet@sciencemuseumok.org
Phone: +1 405-602 3705

Website: https://www.sciencemuseumok.org/kirkpatrick-planetarium
     
                 

Team
Waylon Troyer (director)







119 seats











Dome of  12.2m




Technical
Digital system Evans_and_Sutherland : Digistar 7
Software: Digistar 7
Video system Sony : 4+2
Meridian resolution 6.0 K
Cove light: Bowen Technovation

Facilities
Other: ImaxDome (Iwerks 15/70): 21.34m (other room) in January 2000
Gift Shop Science Shop

Operation

History
- Dec. 16, 1958: opening
- Sept. 1962: permanent dome/12.2m/186s/Spitz A3P
- Feb. 13, 1978: new building/12.2m/175s/Minolta SIIB
- January 2000: ImaxDome 21.34m
- 2018: Digistar 6 (with 6 Sony), seats,
- 2019: project for 16.76m/Hybrid/8 projectors/observatory
- December 6, 2022: groundbreakind of the new Love's Planetarium (in the old Imaxdome)
- June 2024: closed (Kirkpatrick planetarium)
- Fall 2024: end of work planned


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Latitude: 35°31'24" N  -  Longitude: 97°28'30" W  -  Altitude: 352m

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