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Museum Of Science
Charles Hayden Planetarium
USA , MASSACHUSETTS , BOSTON
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Type: Museum
Opened in 1958
Address: 1 Science Park - Boston, MA 02114
Country: USA
Email: information@mos.org
Phone: +1 617-723 2500
Website: https://www.mos.org/explore/planetarium
  
Team
Danielle LeBlanc (Director), Darryl Davis (Systems Coordinator), Talia Sepersky, Caity Sullivan, Chuck Wilcox
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209 seats
Dome of 17.4m
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Technical
Optical system ZEISS : ZMP
Digital system Evans_and_Sutherland : Digistar 7
Software: Digistar 7
Video system Sony : VPL-GTZ380
Video Lens: 1+1
Meridian resolution 4.0 K
Sound 10.2 Harman JBL
Dome: Astro-Tec, 44%
Seat: Figueras
Facilities
Other: Imax Laser Dome (25m/335s/70mm15p, May 1987, other room, see 3513) + 4D digital cinema (other room)
Observatory Gilliland Observatory: dome on the roof: Celestron 11-inch
Gift Shop Museum store
Lasershow Laser Fantasy: Pure Light
Portable: Starlab
Operation
History
- 1948: portable
- 20 October 1958: 18.3m/314s/Prototype Korkosz
- 7 December 1970: reopening: 18.3m/316s/Zeiss VI
- 1987: Laserium
- 1995: Laser Fantasy
- 2003: AVI
- 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), seats, dome, Sky-Skan system
- 2021: new projectors and laser projectors, Digistar 7 (60th anniversary delayed by COVID)
Last major evolution: 2021: Digistar 7
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Latitude: 42°22'00" N -
Longitude: 71°04'12" W -
Altitude: 3m
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