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Planetarium Sheet

Griffith Observatory
Samuel Oschin Planetarium

USA - LOS ANGELES - CALIFORNIA

Type: Observatory

Address: 2800 East Observatory Road - Los Angeles, CA 90027
Country: USA

Latitude: 34°07'05" N - Longitude: 118°18'01" W - Altitude: 347m

Website: https://griffithobservatory.org/

Email: info@griffithobs.org
Phone: +1 213-473 0800

Director or contact: Edwin C. Krupp (director since 1974)

Opened in 1935

Dome of 22.9m
Capacity of 290 seats
Oriented Yes
Tilt No

Optical system ZEISS : Model-IX
Digital system Evans_and_Sutherland : Digistar 5 8K

Video system Christie : Boxer (6)

Meridian resolution 6.0 K
Sound 18 Meyer Sound (Matrix3)

Dome: Spitz Seamless
Observatory 2 domes on the roof: 12-inch Zeiss refractor

Gift Shop The Stellar Emporium Gift Shop

History:
- May 14, 1935: 22.9m/472s/Zeiss II
- 1964: 638s/Zeiss IV
- January 6, 2002: Closed for renovation
- November 2, 2006: reopening: Zeiss IX/300s/Fulldome ($93M for all Griffith, $6.5million for Hybrid system)
- 2015: Digistar 5 ($2.5million)
- June 2019: upgrading the motor control

Last major evolution: 2015: Digistar 5

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