Planetarium Sheet
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Technical
Optical system ZEISS : Model-IX Digital system SCISS SEOS/Trimension (Global Immersion) : Onyx2 Software: Uniview Video system vp : 5+1 Meridian resolution 6.0 K Dome: Astro-Tec, 165.58 deg., 48%
Facilities
Gift Shop Yes Lasershow Laser (Omniscan) Portable: Geodome (Spring 2012) + Uniview (45000 visitors/year)
Operation
History
- October 1935: 23m/763s/Zeiss Model II
- 1960: Zeiss IV
- 1969: Zeiss VI
- January 1997: closed and building demolished
- February 19, 2000: New building/21m/436s/Zeiss IX ($210 Million, James Polshek and Todd H. Schliemann architects)
- 2006: Fulldome
- 2008: new projectors
- 2011: new vp
-2015: new dome
Last major evolution: 2015: New dome
Comments
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Latitude: 40°46'53" N -
Longitude: 73°58'23" W -
Altitude: 27m
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