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Planetarium Sheet

South Carolina State Museum
BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina Planetarium

USA - COLUMBIA - SOUTH CAROLINA

Type: Museum

Address: 301 Gervais Street - Columbia, SC 29201-3027
Country: USA

Latitude: 33°59'55" N - Longitude: 81°02'50" W - Altitude: 55m

Website: http://scmuseum.org/explore/planetarium/

Email: webmaster@scmuseum.org
Phone: +1 803-898 4921

Director or contact: Elizabeth Klimek (manager)

Opened in 2014

Dome of 16.8m
Capacity of 145 seats
Oriented Yes
Tilt 17°

Digital system Evans_and_Sutherland : Digistar 7

Video system Christie : Laser 4K (1+1 cove)

Meridian resolution 4.0 K

Other: 4D SimEx-Iwerks (other room)

Dome: Spitz Dome
Observatory dome on the roof: 314mm Alvan Clark refractor (1926)

Gift Shop The Cotton Mill Exchange
Lasershow AVI Skylase
Portable: Starlab

Frequenting: 58000 people per year
Staff: 1

History:
- 2014: new building ($5.5 million), Digistar 5 (SRX-S110s (1+1 face to face)
- June 2019: SEPA + MAPS
- March 2022: Digistar 7 + 2 Christie laser