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Sloan Museum of Discovery
Robert T. Longway Planetarium


USA , MICHIGAN , FLINT
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Sloan Museum of Discovery
Sloan Museum of Discovery
Sloan Museum of Discovery
Sloan Museum of Discovery
Sloan Museum of Discovery
Sloan Museum of Discovery
Sloan Museum of Discovery
Sloan Museum of Discovery
Sloan Museum of Discovery
Sloan Museum of Discovery
Sloan Museum of Discovery
Sloan Museum of Discovery
Sloan Museum of Discovery
Sloan Museum of Discovery
Sloan Museum of Discovery
Sloan Museum of Discovery
Sloan Museum of Discovery
Sloan Museum of Discovery


Type: Planetarium
Opened in 1958

Address: 1310 East Kearsley Street - Flint, MI 48503
Country: USA
Email: longway@sloanlongway.org
Phone: +1 810-237 3400

Website: https://sloanlongway.org/
Website 2: https://sloanlongway.org/venue/longway-planetarium/
     
           

Team
Patrick Ross (Manager), Todd Slisher (Executive director)







129 seats











Dome of  16.0m




Technical
Digital system Evans_and_Sutherland : Digistar 7
Software: Digistar 7
Video system Christie : Boxers
Video Lens: 1+1
Meridian resolution 4.0 K
Sound 7.1 - 15,000 w
Cove light: ChromaCove
Dome: tilted 7°

Facilities
Other: Foucault pendulum
Gift Shop Museum Store
Lasershow Yes
Portable: Yes

Operation
Frequenting: 50000 people per year
Staff: 5 people

History
- June 26, 1958: 282 seats/Spitz Model B (building: $600,000)
- 2001: Digistar II
- 2004: merger between Sloan Museum and Longway Planetarium
- January 2015: closed for renovations
- 30 May 2015: new tilted 16m dome, 129 oriented seats, Digistar 5, 7.1 sound system, etc ($1.8million)
- GLPA2016
- 2021: Digistar 7

Last major evolution: 2015: Total renovation, new dome 16m, 129 seats ($1.8M)

Comments
staff institution: ~100 people


Latitude: 43°01'21" N  -  Longitude: 83°40'35" W  -  Altitude: 230m

Previous installation

last update: 08/22/2023

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