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Technical
Digital system Evans_and_Sutherland : Digistar 7 - 8K Software: Digistar 7 Video system Sony : VPL-GTZ380 Video Lens: 4+2 Meridian resolution 6.9 K Sound 17.2 + 3d SAD processor Cove light: Cove lights (Skypoint) Dome: Astro-Tec, 55% Seat: Estel Erasmus
Facilities
Other: Imax (other room)
Operation
Frequenting: 100000 people per year Sessions: 1500 per year Staff: 9 people
History
- July 1, 1969: 18m/300s/Zeiss Vs
- January 2001: closed for renovation
- July 2001: reopening: new dome + Fulldome video (Sky-Skan), 246s.
- December 1, 2013: Digistar 5
- 2014: APLF/GDP meeting
- January 2017: Digistar 6 (4+1 JVC)
- July 2019: celebration for the 50th anniversary
- summer 2022: upgrade (projectors, sound 360 deg.) Digistar 7, 230 seats,
Last major evolution: 2022: Digistar 7
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Latitude: 47°03'08" N -
Longitude: 8°20'09" E -
Altitude: 434m SEARCH FOR NEIGHBORING PLANETARIUM
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