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Planetarium Sheet

William J. McCallion Planetarium
McMaster University

CANADA - HAMILTON - ONTARIO

Type: School

Address: 1280 Main Street West, Burke Science Building, - Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4M1
Country: CANADA

Latitude: 43°15'43" N - Longitude: 79°55'14" W - Altitude: 102m

Website: https://www.physics.mcmaster.ca/planetarium/history.html
Website 2: http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu//full/1959JRASC..53..149M/0000149.000.html

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Director or contact: William J. McCallion

Opened in 1954

Dome of 6.7m
Capacity of 60 seats
Oriented No
Tilt No

Optical system SPITZ : A-1

Frequenting: 15000 people per year
Sessions: 225 per year

History: 1949: Projector Spitz purchased (war-surplus parachute as dome) - 5 November 1949: show for the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada) - 26 September 1952: 5.5m cardboard dome/60s/Spitz - 15 October 1954: new Burke Science building/6.7m
1961: Spitz A2 - 1992: Spitz A3P - 2008 : Digitarium

Last major evolution: 2008: Digital

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last update: 04/04/2020

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