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Planetarium Sheet
Houston Museum of Natural Science
The Burke Baker Planetarium
USA - HOUSTON - TEXAS
Type: Museum
Address: One Hermann Circle Drive - Houston, TX 77030
Country: USA
Latitude: 29°43'17" N -
Longitude: 95°23'23" W -
Altitude: 15m
Website: http://www.hmns.org/planetarium/
Website 2: http://www.hmns.org
  
Email: csumners@hmns.org
Phone: +1 713-639 4629
Director or contact: Carolyn Sumners (director)
Opened in 1964
Dome of 15.2m
Capacity of 187 seats
Oriented Yes
Tilt 20°
Digital system Evans & Sutherland: Digistar 5 True8K
Video system Sony : VPL-GTZ280 (5+5) lasers 4K 120 Hz (50 millions pixels)
Meridian resolution 8.0 K
Other: Imax (other theater)
Dome: Astro-Tec
Observatory George Observatory: 36-inch Gueymard telescope (other location)
Gift Shop Yes
Portable: Discovery Dome (Rice University + George Observatory)
History: July 1964: 15.2/232s/Spitz STP - 1990: Digitar - 1998: 208s/Sky-Skan 6 Christie Matrix 3000 - March 2016: True 8K - 2016: candidate for IPS2020
Last major evolution: 2016: Digistar 5 8k
last update: 04/05/2020
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