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Louisiana Art & science Museum
Irene Pennington Planetarium


USA , LOUISIANA , BATON ROUGE
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Louisiana Art & science Museum
Louisiana Art & science Museum
Louisiana Art & science Museum
Louisiana Art & science Museum
Louisiana Art & science Museum
Louisiana Art & science Museum
Louisiana Art & science Museum
Louisiana Art & science Museum
Louisiana Art & science Museum


Type: Science Center
Opened in 2003

Address: 100 South River Road - Baton Rouge, LA 70802
Country: USA
Email: lasm@lasm.org
Phone: +1 225-344 5272

Website: https://penningtonplanetarium.wordpress.com/about/
Website 2: http://www.lasm.org/planetarium/about-planetarium/
     
                 

Team
Jay Lamm







171 seats









Tilt 14°

Dome of  18.3m




Technical
Optical system MINOLTA : INFINIUM IIB
Digital system Sky-Skan : Definiti_PD
Software: DigitalSky 2
Video system Sony : SRX-S110
Meridian resolution 4.0 K
Sound 5.1 - 15,000w
Dome: Astro-Tec, 160 deg., 53%, 14 deg.

Facilities
Other: 70/8p (same dome) + 4.6m dome Konica-Minolta
Lasershow AVI Skylase
Portable: Yes

Operation

History
- 1967: 18.3m/248s/Zeiss III (from Zeiss II Griffith)
- 1999: building destroyed
- May 24, 2003: New building: (old Zeiss III in exhibition) Konica-Minolta + Dome: 18.3m/70mm + dome: 4.6m with Konica-Minolta: MediaGlobe
- 2007: Fulldome
- August 2011: closed for renovation: digital projectors, seats (from 163 to 170), painting dome, carpet
- End November 2011: reopening ($970,000)
- IPS 2012

Last major evolution: 2007: Digital

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Latitude: 30°26'44" N  -  Longitude: 91°11'25" W  -  Altitude: 11m

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