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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 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 same year, Planetarium Hamburg became the first planetarium in Europe to use fulldome 3D-Stereoscopic technology. With the start of reconstruction from 3 August 2015, the Planetarium is closed until the end of 2016. The core of the work is the development of the entrance from the outside pedestal on which the water tower stands.
The Brussels Planetarium is one of the most important planetariums in Europe and a leading attraction in Belgium. The planetarium has an international scientific reputation, and is one of the largest in Europe, with its dome of 23 metres (75 ft) in diameter, [1] on which the Sun, the Moon, the planets, the Milky Way and more than 8,500 stars can be projected.
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.
2002: The planetarium is briefly seen in the film Men in Black II starring Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith. 2003: The planetarium features briefly in the film Eloise at the Plaza starring Sofia Vassilieva and Julie Andrews. 2011: The planetarium is used as part of an investigation in the White Collar episode "Where There's a Will" (S03E02).
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.