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San Antonio College
Scobee Planetarium

USA - SAN ANTONIO - TEXAS

Type: School

Address: 1300 San Pedro Avenue - San Antonio, TX 78212-4299
Country: USA

Latitude: 29°26'43" N - Longitude: 98°29'51" W - Altitude: 209m

Website: https://www.alamo.edu/sac/scobee-planetarium/

Email: nsobers@alamo.edu
Phone: +1 210-486-0101

Director or contact: Bob Kelley (retired in January 2017), Michelle Risse

Opened in 2014

Dome of 12.2m
Capacity of 100 seats
Oriented Yes
Tilt No

Digital system Evans_and_Sutherland : Digistar 5

Video system Christie : 1+1

Meridian resolution 4.0 K

Observatory dome at the tower's top: 10-inch refractor

History:
- 1961: first dome
- 1977: 9.14m/95seats, Viewlex/Minolta S-IIB
- 2008: Fulldome
- 2012: closed for works
- October 31, 2014: same dome, new building (Challenger Learning Center, Digistar 4 + Observatory)
- Early 2016: upgrade ($850,000)

Last major evolution: 2016: Digistar 5

Previous installation

last update: 05/21/2022

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