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