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Planetarium Sheet

College of Southern Idaho (CSI)
The Earl & Hazel Faulkner Planetarium - Herrett Center for Arts & Science

USA - TWIN FALLS - IDAHO

Type: School

Address: 315 Falls Avenue - Twin Falls, ID 83301
Country: USA

Latitude: 42°35'04" N - Longitude: 114°28'13" W - Altitude: 1116m

Website: http://herrett.csi.edu/astronomy/planetarium/index.asp
Website 2: https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=rP6eDRCX7VE&play=1

Email: info@csi.edu
Phone: +1 208-732-6657
Fax: +1 208 736 4712
Director or contact: Rick Greenawald (Manager), Chris Anderson

Opened in 1995

Dome of 15.2m
Capacity of 144 seats
Oriented Yes
Tilt No

Digital system Evans_and_Sutherland: Digistar 6

Video system JVC : Laser (1+1)

Meridian resolution 4.0 K
Sound 5.1 (10200w)
Cove light: Bowen Technovation

Observatory 6m dome on the roof: 24-inch Ritchey-Chretien

Gift Shop Herrett Center Store
Frequenting: 15300 people per year

History: 1955: museum of Norman Herrett (1904-1979), planetarium: 6.7m/45s/Hand-built projector + Observatory behind his jewelry store - June 13, 1980: new Herrett Center Museum built on the CIS campus (without planetarium)

November 19, 1995: expansion building: Faulker planetarium: 15,2m/151s/Digistar II - Nov. 2013: Digistar 5 - 2020: Digistar6

Last major evolution: 2020: Digistar 6

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