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Grand Rapids Public Museum
Van Andel Museum Center
Roger B. Chaffee Planetarium

USA , MICHIGAN , GRAND RAPIDS
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Grand Rapids Public Museum
Grand Rapids Public Museum
Grand Rapids Public Museum
Grand Rapids Public Museum
Grand Rapids Public Museum
Grand Rapids Public Museum
Grand Rapids Public Museum
Grand Rapids Public Museum
Grand Rapids Public Museum
Grand Rapids Public Museum


Type: Museum
Opened in 1994

Address: 272 Pearl Street NW - Grand Rapids, MI 49504-5371
Country: USA
Email: info@grpm.org
Phone: +1 616-929 1700

Website: https://www.grpm.org/planetarium/
                 

Team
Jack Daleske,



145 seats











Dome of  15.2m


Technical
 Digital system Evans_and_Sutherland : Digistar 6
Software: Digistar 6

Facilities
 Other: Spice (Sky-Skan)
Lasershow Yes

Operation
 Frequenting: 60000 people per year

History
 - 1961: 9.8m/88seats/Goto M-1
- 1994: new building, other place, 15.2m/145s/Digistar II
- March 2014: Digistar 5/new seats, dome, carpet ($1.2 million)
- 2015: GLPA
- November 2018: Digistar 6

Last major evolution: 2018: Digistar 6

Comments

Latitude: 42°57'57" N  -  Longitude: 85°40'36" W  -  Altitude: 185m
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