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Morehead Planetarium and Science Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill – the first planetarium built on a U.S. college campus Neuseway Nature Center and Planetarium , Kinston
The Cyprus Planetarium & Observatory 2023 Nicosia, Cyprus Daniel S. Schanck Observatory (defunct) 1865 Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, US Daniel Scholl Observatory (defunct) 1886–1966 Lancaster, Pennsylvania, US Daocheng Solar Radio Telescope 2022 Daocheng County, Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China.
The Kovac Planetarium. It is 22 feet in diameter and weighs two tons. The globe is made of wood and is driven with a variable speed motor controller. This is the largest mechanical planetarium in the world, larger than the Atwood Globe in Chicago (15 feet in diameter) and one third the size of the Hayden.
The International Planetarium Society, Inc. (IPS) is the global association of planetarium professionals. Its more than 600 members come from 42 countries around the world. They represent schools, colleges and universities, museums , and public facilities of all sizes, including both fixed and portable planetariums.
The Zeiss-Planetarium in Jena, Germany, is the oldest continuously operating planetarium in the world. Engineered by German engineer Walther Bauersfeld, the building was opened on 18 July 1926. [1] The Zeiss-Planetarium is a projection planetarium; the planets and fixed stars are projected onto the inner surface of a white cupola.
The first digital planetarium of Bihar was planned to open in late 2016 at the premises of Shrikrishna Science Centre near Gandhi Maidan in Patna. [6] The planetarium has been developed at a cost of ₹ 50 million (equivalent to ₹ 72 million or US$860,000 in 2023) and is equipped with a Carl Zeiss digital projector system.
The Adler Planetarium is a public museum in Chicago, Illinois, dedicated to astronomy and astrophysics. It was founded in 1930 by local businessman Max Adler . Located on the northeastern tip of Northerly Island on Lake Michigan , the Adler Planetarium was the first planetarium in the United States.
The Royal Eise Eisinga Planetarium (Dutch: Koninklijk Eise Eisinga Planetarium) is an 18th-century orrery in Franeker, Friesland, Netherlands. It is currently a museum and open to the public. The orrery has been on the top 100 Dutch heritage sites list since 1990. In September 2023, it received the status of UNESCO World Heritage Site. [2]