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Technical
Digital system Evans_and_Sutherland : Digistar
Software: Digistar 7
Video system JVC : Laser
Video Lens: 1+1
Meridian resolution 4.0 K
Sound 5.1 (10,200w)
Cove light: Bowen Technovation
Facilities
Observatory 6m dome on the roof: 24-inch Ritchey-Chretien
Gift Shop Herrett Center Store
Operation
Frequenting: 15300 people per year
History
- 1955: Museum of Norman Herrett (1904-1979), planetarium: 6.7m/45s/Hand-built projector + Observatory behind his jewelry store
- June 13, 1980: new Herrett Center Museum built on the CIS campus (without planetarium)
- November 19, 1995: Faulker planetarium: 15,2m/151s/Digistar II (expansion building)
- Nov. 2013: Digistar 5
- 2020: Digistar 6
- November 2023: Digistar 7
Last major evolution: 2020: Digistar 6
Comments
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Latitude: 42°35'04" N -
Longitude: 114°28'13" W -
Altitude: 1116m
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