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Technical
Optical system ZEISS : Model-IX Digital system Evans_and_Sutherland : Digistar 7 8K Software: Digistar 7 Video system Christie : Boxer Video Lens: 5+3+2? Meridian resolution 6.0 K Sound 18 Meyer Sound (Matrix3) Dome: Spitz Seamless
Facilities
Observatory 2 domes on the roof: 12-inch Zeiss refractor Gift Shop The Stellar Emporium Gift Shop
Operation
History
- May 14, 1935: 22.9m/472s/Zeiss II
- 1964: 638s/Zeiss IV
- January 6, 2002: Closed for renovation
- November 2, 2006: reopening: Zeiss IX/300s/Fulldome ($93M for all Griffith, $6.5million for Hybrid system)
- 2015: Digistar 5 ($2.5million)
- June 2019: upgrading the motor control
- 2023: Digistar 7, projectors
Last major evolution: 2023: Digistar 7, projectors
Comments
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Latitude: 34°07'05" N -
Longitude: 118°18'01" W -
Altitude: 347m SEARCH FOR NEIGHBORING PLANETARIUM
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