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Planetarium Sheet

Herrett Center for Arts & Science
Herrett Planetarium and Observatory

USA - TWIN FALLS - IDAHO

Type: Observatory

Address: Kimberly Road - Twin Falls, ID 83301
Country: USA

Latitude: 42°32'53" N - Longitude: 114°27'30" W - Altitude: 1149m

Website: https://herrett.csi.edu/research/norman.asp
Website 2: https://www.donhite.com/herrett/

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Director or contact: Norman Herrett (1955-1979), Allan R. Frost, Jim Woods,

Opened in 1955
Closed now
Dome of 6.7m
Capacity of 50 seats
Oriented No
Tilt No

Optical system Prototype : Herrett

Observatory Dome on the roof: 12.5-inch newton, 10-inch (cat)

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

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