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Newark Museum
Alice and Leonard Dreyfuss Planetarium


USA , NEW JERSEY , NEWARK
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Newark Museum
Newark Museum
Newark Museum
Newark Museum
Newark Museum
Newark Museum
Newark Museum
Newark Museum


Type: Museum
Opened in 1953

Address: 49 Washington Street - Newark, NJ 07102-3176
Country: USA
Email: planetarium@newarkmuseum.org
Phone: +1 973-596-6550

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

Team
Kevin D. Conod (1990-2021), Mary Hiller,



50 seats











Dome of  7.3m


Technical
 Optical system ZEISS : ZKP3
Digital system Sky-Skan : Definiti PD II
Software: DigitalSky
Video system 2 vp : 1+1 center
Dome: Astro-Tec, 65%

Facilities
 Gift Shop Museum Shop
Portable: - 1985: Starlab
- 1999: Sphaera
- 2010: SkySkan Definiti

Operation
History
 - 1952: Spitz A-1
- 1962: dome 7.3m
- 1971: Minolta MS-8
- 1991: renovation and automation
- June 27, 1999: ZKP3
- 2002: 7m dome
- 2005: upgrade ZKP 3/B
- 2008: Sky-Skan Definiti PD II (now under a 6m portable dome)
- 2010: Digistar 4 SP2 HD (Zeiss dismantled)


Comments

Latitude: 40°44'35" N  -  Longitude: 74°10'18" W  -  Altitude: 11m

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last update: 05/07/2023

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