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    Planetarium Sheet
    University of Colorado
    Fiske Planetarium

    USA - BOULDER - COLORADO


    Type: School

    Address: 2414 Regent Dr (Campus Box 408) - Boulder, CO 80309
    Country: USA

    Latitude: 40°00'12" N  -  Longitude: 105°15'48" W  -  Altitude: 1641m

    Website: https://www.colorado.edu/fiske/
                               
    Email: fiske@colorado.edu
    Phone: +1 303-492 5002

    Director or contact: John Keller (director), Douglas Duncan ,Thor Metzinger,

    Opened in 1975

    Dome of  19.8m
    Capacity of 206 seats
    Oriented No
    Tilt No

    Optical system OHIRA_Tech : MEGASTAR-IIA-Kaisei
    Digital system Sky-Skan : Definiti 8K
    Software: DigitalSky 2
    Video system JVC : DLA-SH7
    Video Lens: 6 ch.
    Meridian resolution 6.0 K

    Other: Science on the Sphere, dome prod,

    Dome: Astro-Tec
    Observatory Sommers-Bausch Observatory: 24-inch Cassegrain, 18-inch Cassegrain, 16-inch Cassegrain

    Lasershow Yes
    Frequenting: 34000 people per year

    History: 
    - 1975: Zeiss Mark VI (Fritz)
    - Dec. 2012: closed
    - Oct. 2013: new system ($2.6 million)
    - January 2018: new seats and carpet
    - August 2022: LIPS


    Last major evolution: 2013: Hybrid 6K

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    last update: 05/05/2022


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