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2. Planetarium projector - Wikipedia

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   A Zeiss Universarium Mark IX starball projector. A planetarium projector, also known as a star projector, is a device used to project images of celestial objects onto the dome in a planetarium. Modern planetarium projectors were first designed and built by the Carl Zeiss Jena company in Germany between 1923 and 1925, and have since grown more ...

3. Planetarium - Wikipedia

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   Smaller planetarium projectors include a set of fixed stars, Sun, Moon, and planets, and various nebulae. Larger projectors also include comets and a far greater selection of stars. Additional projectors can be added to show twilight around the outside of the screen (complete with city or country scenes) as well as the Milky Way.

4. Ceiling projector - Wikipedia

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   The ceiling projector or cloud searchlight is used to measure the height of the base of clouds (called the ceiling) above the ground. It is used in conjunction with an alidade, usually positioned 1000 ft (300 m) away and wherever possible set at the same level. The projector is normally set at 90°, although 71° 31' may be used, in relation to ...

5. Digistar - Wikipedia

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   Digistar is the first computer graphics-based planetarium projection and content system.It was designed by Evans & Sutherland and released in 1983. The technology originally focused on accurate and high quality display of stars, including for the first time showing stars from points of view other than Earth's surface, travelling through the stars, and accurately showing celestial bodies from ...

6. Zeiss projector - Wikipedia

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   The first modern planetarium projectors were designed and built in 1924 by the Zeiss Works of Jena, Germany. [2] Zeiss projectors are designed to sit in the middle of a dark, dome-covered room and project an accurate image of the stars and other astronomical objects on the dome. They are generally large, complicated, and imposing machines.

7. Star-painted ceiling - Wikipedia

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   The ceiling is decorated with over 2,500 stars and illustrates a North American winter night sky around December 1 - February 28. [24] The constellation arrangement was a replicant of the 1603 star atlas that was created by Johann Bayer .