Planetaria Planetaria The Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum in Chicago, Illinois was the first planetarium built in the Western Hemisphere and is the oldest in existence today. The Adler was founded and built in 1930 by the philanthropist Max Adler, with the assistance of the first director of the planetarium, Philip Fox. It is located amongst many other world famous museums on the shores of Lake Michigan in Chicago's Museum Campus. ...more on Wikipedia about "Adler Planetarium"
Armagh Planetarium is a planetarium situated in Armagh, Northern Ireland. It was established by the seventh director of Armagh Observatory, Dr. Eric Lindsay, who secured funding from the Ministry of Commerce of Northern Ireland in 1965. The planetarium originally cost a total of £70,000 and was opened to the public on 1 May, 1968; since then, it has undergone many alterations: the main building was extended in 1974 to incorporate the Lindsay Hall of Astronomy and in [1995]], an Eartharium was added due to increased interest in Earth Science. In addition, a dome was created to house a 16" (400 mm) reflecting telescope for public use, currently the largest public telescope in Ireland. In 1995, the Astropark was added: this consists of a themed path around the planetarium and observatory grounds, with scale size exhibits of the planets. ...more on Wikipedia about "Armagh Planetarium"
The Cernan Earth and Space Center is a public planetarium on the campus of Triton College in the Chicago suburb of River Grove. It is named for astronaut Eugene_Cernan, who flew aboard the Gemini 9 and Apollo 10 missions and, as commander of Apollo 17, was the last astronaut to leave his footprints on the moon. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cernan Earth and Space Center"
Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie is the biggest science museum in Europe. It is located in Paris, France. The glass and steel building was designed by Peter Rice and it was opened 1986. Yearly about five million people visit the Cité. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie"
The Clark Planetarium is situated within the Gateway District at the intersection of 400 West and 100 South in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. The Clark Planetarium opened in April of 2003, replacing the historic Hansen Planetarium under a new grant from the Clark Foundation in cooperation with Salt Lake County. ...more on Wikipedia about "Clark Planetarium"
Digistar 3 is a dome-based projection technology created by Evans & Sutherland to offer audiences immersive entertainment and education experiences that integrate all-dome video, real time 3D computer graphics, and a digital planetarium facility. Digistar 3 is fully scalable to meet up to >4k by >4k resolution video across a dome. ...more on Wikipedia about "Digistar 3"
Griffith Observatory is located in Los Angeles, California, United States. ...more on Wikipedia about "Griffith Observatory" You've Got Questions. We've Got http://www.shortopedia.com.
Hayden Planetarium is a public planetarium located on Central Park West, New York City, next to and organizationally part of the American Museum of Natural History. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hayden Planetarium"
The Hong Kong Space Museum ( Chinese: 香港太空館; Cantonese , Jyutping hoeng1 gong2 tai3 hung1 gwun2; Mandarin Pinyin: Xiānggǎng Tàikōng Guǎn) is a museum for astronomy and space science education in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong. Its construction commenced in 1977 by Urban Council and was opened on 8th October, 1980. It is currently managed by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department of the Hong Kong Government. The museum is next to the Hong Kong Cultural Centre and Hong Kong Museum of Art. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hong Kong Space Museum"
Hradec Králové Observatory is part astronomical observatory and part planetarium. Also housed in the same building are the Institute of Atmospheric Physics and the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute. It is located on the southern outskirts of Hradec Králové in the Czech Republic, and was founded in 1961. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hradec Králové Observatory"
The International Planetarium Society (IPS) is the largest organization of professional planetarians in the world. It includes members from almost every continent and over twenty affiliate organizations. ...more on Wikipedia about "International Planetarium Society"
The London Planetarium is in Marylebone Road on the northern side of the city centre. It is adjacent to Madame Tussauds and is owned by the same company. ...more on Wikipedia about "London Planetarium"
The Manitoba Museum, previously the Manitoba Museum of Man and Nature is the largest museum in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. ...more on Wikipedia about "Manitoba Museum"
The McLaughlin Planetarium is a former working planetarium whose building continues to occupy a space immediately to the south of the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, at 100 Queen's Park. Founded by a grant from philanthropist Colonel R. Samuel McLaughlin, the building was opened to the public on October 26, 1968. It had, for its time, a state-of-the-art Zeiss planetarium projector and a gallery featuring space-related exhibits and related artifacts on the history of astronomy. A precipitous decline in attendance came in conjunction with major construction at the its sibling institution, the Royal Ontario Museum, which lasted a total of four years starting in 1978, and also entailed the demolition of part of the Planetarium's facilities. Though attendance picked up when the adjacent Museum reopened in 1984, the Planetarium was forced to close on November 5, 1995, due to provincial budget cuts to the Museum. The Planetarium's exhibits, artifacts and theatre facilities were subsequently dismantled and dispersed. It is now used solely for offices and as a storage facility for the Museum. ...more on Wikipedia about "McLaughlin Planetarium" Good to know www.shortopedia.com. Planetaria
The Montreal Planetarium — formerly known as the Dow Planetarium — is a public planetarium located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ...more on Wikipedia about "Montreal Planetarium"
The Morehead Planetarium and Science Center is located on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. First opened in 1949, the planetarium was used to train Gemini and Apollo program astronauts in celestial navigation. Until the late 1990s, it contained one of the largest working Copernican orreries in the world. The facilty was donated to the University by UNC-Chapel Hill alumnus John Motley Morehead III. ...more on Wikipedia about "Morehead Planetarium"
Three planetaria (see Planetarium) in India are named Nehru Planetarium, after India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. These are located in Mumbai, New Delhi and Bangalore. ...more on Wikipedia about "Nehru Planetarium"
A planetarium is a theater built primarily for presenting educational and entertaining shows about astronomy and the night sky, or for training in celestial navigation. The plural of planetarium is planetariums or planetaria. The term "planetarium" is sometimes used generically to describe other devices which illustrate the solar system, such as a computer simulation or an orrery. ...more on Wikipedia about "Planetarium"
The Roger B. Chaffee Planetarium, named for astronaut Roger B. Chaffee, was constructed in the early 1960's as part of the Public Museum of Grand Rapids. Initially featuring a 30-foot plaster dome and a Goto Optics mechanical star projector. ...more on Wikipedia about "Roger B. Chaffee Planetarium"
William M. Staerkel Planetarium is a planetarium located in the Parkland College in Champaign, Illinois. It is the second largest planetarium in Illinois and provides science education programs and light show entertainment to nearly 40,000 people each year. ...more on Wikipedia about "Staerkel Planetarium"
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