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Planetarium Sheet
Newark Museum
Alice and Leonard Dreyfuss Planetarium
USA - NEWARK - NEW JERSEY
Type: Museum
Address: 49 Washington Street - Newark, NJ 07102-3176
Country: USA
Latitude: 40°44'35" N -
Longitude: 74°10'18" W -
Altitude: 11m
Website: https://www.newarkmuseumart.org/planetarium
   
Email: planetarium@newarkmuseum.org
Phone: +1 973-596-6550
Director or contact: Kevin D. Conod (manager), Mary Hiller,
Opened in 1953
Dome of 7.3m
Capacity of 50 seats
Oriented No
Tilt No
Optical system ZEISS : ZKP3
Digital system Evans_and_Sutherland : Digistar 4 SP2 HD
Video system HD : 1920x1920 (1+1 center)
Meridian resolution 1.9 K
Dome: Astro-Tec, 65%
Gift Shop Museum Shop
Portable: 1985: Starlab - 1999: Sphaera - 2010: SkySkan Definiti
History:
- 1952: Spitz A-1
- 1962: dome 7.3m
- 1971: Minolta MS-8
- 1991: renovation and automation
- June 27, 1999: ZKP3
- 2002: 7m dome
- 2005: upgrade ZKP 3/B
- 2008: Sky-Skan Definiti PD II (now under a 6m portable dome)
- 2010: Digistar 4 SP2 HD
Last major evolution: 2010: Digistar 4
last update: 12/11/2021
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