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Merrillville as seen from junction of US 30 and I-65. According to the 2010 census, Merrillville has a total area of 33.26 square miles (86.14 km 2), of which 33.22 square miles (86.04 km 2) (or 99.88%) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km 2) (or 0.12%) is water.
The Chaffee remains a member of the Great Lakes Planetarium Association, and as of 1995 began hosting conferences on the decennial anniversaries. David L. DeBruyn officially retired after forty years of curatorship in 2003, and still serves in an advisory capacity as a volunteer. In 2014 the planetarium received a 1.2 million dollar upgrade. [1
The Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City is the most visited planetarium in the world. [ 1 ] This entry is a list of permanent planetariums across the world.
Southlake Mall is a shopping mall in Hobart, Indiana that is marketed as being in Merrillville, Indiana, due primarily to being served by the 46410 postal Zip Code. The tract of land on which it sits was annexed by the city of Hobart from unincorporated Ross Township in 1993. It lies in the Chicago metropolitan area.
This projector displays about 8,900 different stars on the dome overhead. The analog planetarium shows are a combined effort of the Zeiss projector, slide projectors and video projectors working together to form a multimedia experience. Planetarium officials hope to display at least a portion of the projector somewhere in the center.
Griffith-Merrillville Airport (FAA LID: 05C) is a public-use airport two miles east of Griffith, in Lake County, Indiana, United States. Until 2023, it was privately owned by Griffith Aviation, Inc. [ 3 ]
The Cernan Earth and Space Center is a public planetarium on the campus of Triton College in the Chicago suburb of RiverIt is named for astronaut Eugene Cernan (1934-2017), 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.
The Buhl Planetarium. The planetarium opened on October 24, 1939, and was the fifth major planetarium in the United States. [3] [4] The Buhl Foundation completely funded the construction and furnishing of the Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science building at a cost of $1.07 million. [5]