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Mt San Antonio College (MTSAC)
Jim and Eleanor Randall Planetarium


USA , CALIFORNIA , WALNUT
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Mt San Antonio College (MTSAC)
Mt San Antonio College (MTSAC)
Mt San Antonio College (MTSAC)
Mt San Antonio College (MTSAC)
Mt San Antonio College (MTSAC)
Mt San Antonio College (MTSAC)
Mt San Antonio College (MTSAC)


Type: School
Opened in 1968

Address: 1100 North Grand Avenue - Walnut, CA 91789
Country: USA
Email: planetarium@mtsac.edu
Phone: +1 909 274-5795

Website: https://www.mtsac.edu/planetarium/
     
           

Team
Heather Jones, Jessica Draper, Jeffrey B. George







75 seats











Dome of  10.7m




Technical
Optical system ZEISS : ZKP4
Digital system Evans_and_Sutherland : Digistar 6
Software: Digistar 6
Video system 2 vp : 1+1 center
Seat: benches

Facilities
Observatory dome on the roof (2012): 16-inch Meade RCX-400

Operation
Frequenting: 11000 people per year

History
- Spring 1968: Spitz A3P
- January 2009: Zeiss ZKP4 ($480,000) + Digistar 4 (all: $1 million)
- 2011: Ron Hartman passed away
- summer 2022: renovation: Digistar 6

Last major evolution: 2022: Digistar 6

Comments


Latitude: 34°02'50" N  -  Longitude: 117°50'35" W  -  Altitude: 234m

Previous installation

last update: 09/08/2024

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