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Derrick Pitts (born January 22, 1955) is an American astronomer and science communicator.Pitts studied at St. Lawrence University and has been employed at the Franklin Institute since 1978 where he is chief astronomer and director of the institute's Fels Planetarium.
In 2011, the Franklin Institute received a $10 million gift from Athena and Nicholas Karabots towards the Inspire Science! capital campaign. This gift is the largest gift in the institute's history, and put the Franklin Institute within $6 million of the $64.7 million capital campaign goal.
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.
Franklin Institute: 85 ft (27 m) 80 kg: 10 s Pittsburgh: Children's Museum of Pittsburgh [81] Pittsburgh Duquesne University [82] 24 ft (7.3 m) 18 lb (8.2 kg) 5.4 s Shippensburg: Shippensburg State College: South Carolina: Clemson: Clemson University, Kinard Laboratory of Physics [83] South Dakota: Sioux Falls: Augustana University, Froiland ...
Frank & John Korkosz begin work on the first optical projection planetarium built in the United States [2] The Fels Planetarium opens January 1, 1934 at Philadelphia's Franklin Institute Science Museum, using a Zeiss Mark II projector. 1935: The planetarium at Griffith Observatory opened on May 14 and the Hayden Planetarium on October 2. During ...
It was a rare opportunity for the Horwitz Deremer Planetarium to show off the new images, and it was an eye-opening experience for many to witness them. Waukesha planetarium shares stunning images ...
It is the focal piece of the Memorial Hall of the Franklin Institute, which was designed by John Windrim and modeled after the Roman Pantheon. The statue and Memorial Hall were designated as the Benjamin Franklin National Memorial in 1972. It is the primary location memorializing Benjamin Franklin in the U.S. [3]
Whether you get sorted in to Slytherin, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw or Gryffindor, here's what you need to know about 'Harry Potter: The Exhibition'