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Boonshoft Museum of Discovery
Caryl D. Philips Space Theater


USA , OHIO , DAYTON
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Boonshoft Museum of Discovery
Boonshoft Museum of Discovery
Boonshoft Museum of Discovery
Boonshoft Museum of Discovery
Boonshoft Museum of Discovery
Boonshoft Museum of Discovery
Boonshoft Museum of Discovery
Boonshoft Museum of Discovery
Boonshoft Museum of Discovery
Boonshoft Museum of Discovery
Boonshoft Museum of Discovery
Boonshoft Museum of Discovery


Type: Museum
Opened in 1991

Address: 2600 DeWeese Parkway - Dayton, OH 45414
Country: USA
Email: astronomy@BoonshoftMuseum.org
Phone: +1 937-275 7431

Website: https://boonshoft.org/?%2Fexperience-more%2Fastronomy%2F
                       

Team
Cheri Adams (retired in 2017)



102 seats











Dome of  15.2m


Technical
 Digital system Evans_and_Sutherland : Digistar 5
Software: Digistar 5
Video system JVC : 2x 120 Hz

Facilities
 Other: Science on a Sphere
Exhibit area: 8700m²
Observatory Apollo Observatory: dome on the roof: 50cm Dahl-Kirkham
Gift Shop Museum store
Lasershow Yes
Portable: Starlab

Operation
History
 - 1963: 9.1m/100s/Spitz A3P
- 1991: new building: 15.2m/170s/Digistar
- 2001: Digistar II
- 2011: Digistar 4
- 2019: refurbished: carpet, seats, painted dome, Digistar 5
- September 2019: DUG

Last major evolution: 2019: Digistar 5, renovated

Comments

Latitude: 39°47'19" N  -  Longitude: 84°12'06" W  -  Altitude: 238m

Previous installation

last update: 06/04/2023

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