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Planetarium Sheet Cranbrook Institute of Science
Acheson Planetarium

USA , MICHIGAN , BLOOMFIELD HILLS

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Type: Museum
Opened in 1955

Address: 39221 Woodward Avenue - Bloomfield Hills, MI 48303-0801
Country: USA
Email: feedback@cranbrook.edu
Phone: +1 248-645 3200
Fax/cell: +1 248 645 3050
Website: https://science.cranbrook.edu/explore/acheson-planetarium

Team
Kenneth M. Bertin, Michael Narlock

75 seats

Dome of 9.1m

Technical
Digital system Evans_and_Sutherland : Digistar 7
Software: Digistar 7
Video system Sony : VPL-GTZ380s
Video Lens: 1+1 center
Meridian resolution 4.0 K
Sound 5.1

Facilities
Observatory Cranbrook Observatory: dome on the roof: 20-inch CDK + 6-inch Takahashi refractor
Gift Shop Science shop

Operation

History
- 1955: 7.3m/94s/Spitz A1
- 1972: 9.14m/84s/Spitz 512
- 2006: Digistar 3 (2 vp center)
- 2011: Digistar 4
- when?: Digitar 5 SP2
- March 2024: Digistar 7, projectors?

Last major evolution: 2024: projectors?

Comments

Latitude: 42°34'22" N - Longitude: 83°14'58" W - Altitude: 262m
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