Planetarium Sheet
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Technical
Optical system GOTO : GSS-Chronos Digital system Evans_and_Sutherland : Digistar 7 Software: Digistar 7 Video system Norxe : P1+ Video Lens: 1+1 center Meridian resolution 1.9 K Sound 5.1
Facilities
Operation
Frequenting: 25000 people per year
History
- 1950: Burrus Hall: Spitz A by Dr John C. Wells
- 1975: Miller Hall: GOTO Viewlex Mark IIA (Spitz A given to Fishersville, Augusta County, VA)
- 1980: named Wells planetarium
- 2005: closed for renovation (during 3 years)
- Summer 2008: Goto GSS-Chronos Hybrid + Digistar 5 ($200,000)
- 2016?: Digistar 6
- end 2022: Digistar 7
- March 2023: projectors
Last major evolution: 2023: projectors
Comments
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Latitude: 38°26'23" N -
Longitude: 78°52'23" W -
Altitude: 414m SEARCH FOR NEIGHBORING PLANETARIUM
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