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Silesian Planetarium, Chorzów – biggest and oldest planetarium in Poland (opened in 1955, 23-meter dome) SOPP Planetarium and Observatory, Łódź Youth observatory – Niepołomice
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 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.
Visualization using WorldWide Telescope at the Hayden Planetarium. The WorldWide Telescope Windows client application supports both single and multichannel full-dome video projection allowing it to power full-dome digital planetarium systems. It is currently installed in several world-class planetariums where it runs on turn-key planetarium system.
The plan was to build a planetarium, science museum, and natural history museum. [2] The Planetarium was designed by Gyo Obata of Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum with a unique shape (Obata was later tasked in the 1970s with designing the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.).
The planetarium's hall has a diameter of 8 m (26 ft) and 80 seats. The 1960s drawings of the panorama of Belgrade are preserved. During the festivities which marked the 50 years of the planetarium in 2019, the facility was renewed with the new projector which would allow the video wall projections.
The W.A. Gayle Planetarium is a planetarium located in Oak Park in the city of Montgomery, Alabama. Dedicated on September 25, 1968, [1] the planetarium is named after William Armistead Gayle, [2] mayor of Montgomery from 1952 to 1959. It was previously operated by Troy University for the City of Montgomery from 1972 to 2022.