Christenberry Planetarium
Samford University
800 Lakeshore Drive
Birmingham, AL 35229
(205) 726-4139
(205) 726-3479 fax
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Opened 1964
UNIV/COLLEGE
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12.2m 17° tilt dome, installed 2001
Capacity 100, epicentric
Spitz 1024 installed 2001
Spitz ESky I installed 2002
e-Planetarium Mirror
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Three CRT video projectors, DLP projector, 12 Allskies, six
dissolve slide projectors, DVD, ATM4 automation, Laser Disk, Dolby 5.1
Surround Sound, SVHS
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George Edwin Atchley, Planetarium Director
Dr. John Thomas Tarvin, Physics Department
Dr. Henry Glotfelty
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Robert R. Meyer Planetarium
Birmingham-Southern College
Box A-36, 900 Arkadelphia Road
Birmingham, AL 35254-0001
(205) 226-4770 office
(205) 226-4627 fax
(205) 226-4771 show info
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Opened 1964
UNIV/COLLEGE
www.bsc.edu/campus/planetarium
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9.1 m dome
Capacity 87, concentric
Spitz A3P'
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Loch Ness Productions shows:
ALL SYSTEMS GO!, More Than Meets The Eye '93, Larry Cat In Space
The Cowboy Astronomer
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Roswitha Becker Ingram, Planetarium Coordinator
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Planetarium
University of North Alabama
Dept. of Physics, UNA-Box 5150
Florence, AL 35632-0001
(256) 765-4284
(256) 765-4795 fax
(256) 765-4334 phys.dept.
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Opened 1967
UNIV/COLLEGE
http://www2.una.edu/planetarium
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9.1 m dome
Capacity 70, unidirectional
Spitz A3P
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Loch Ness Productions shows:
The Voyager Encounters, 'Tis The Season, Hubble Vision 2
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Dr. Anthony Blose, Physics Department Chair
Mel Blake, Director, Astronomy Instructor
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Wernher von Braun Planetarium
Von Braun Astronomical Society
Monte Sano St.Park,PO Box 1142
Huntsville, AL 35807-0142
(256) 961-7626 VBAS
(256) 464-0945 plt
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Opened 1967
OBSERV/ASTRO
www.vbas.org/Programs.html
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9.1 m dome, installed 1993
Capacity 90
GOTO INC MERCURY installed 1993
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Loch Ness Productions shows:
ALL SYSTEMS GO!, More Than Meets The Eye, Larry Cat In Space
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Mitzi Adams, Planetarium Director
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Beth Bero
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J. S. U. Planetarium
Jacksonville State University
700 Pelham Road North
Jacksonville, AL 36265
(256) 782-5743 primary
(256) 782-5336 fax
(256) 782-5681 alternate
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Opened 1969
UNIV/COLLEGE
http://epic.jsu.edu/stars
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6.1 m Spitz dome, installed 1969
Capacity 30, epicentric
Spitz Nova III
Evans & Sutherland Digistar 3 SP installed 2004
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Loch Ness Productions shows:
Larry Cat In Space
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Dr. Laura M. Weinkauf, Associate Professor (256) 782-5743
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W. A. Gayle Planetarium
Troy State Univ. Montgomery
1010 Forest Avenue
Montgomery, AL 36106-1115
(334) 241-4799
(334) 240-4309 fax
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Opened 1968
UNIV/COLLEGE PUBLIC SHOWS GIFTSHOP
www.tsum.edu/planet
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15.2m dome, installed 1968
Capacity 236, epicentric; annual attendance: 30000
Spitz STP installed 1968
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Loch Ness Productions shows:
Voyager 2 At Uranus, Larry Cat In Space, The Voyager Encounters
HUBBLE: Report From Orbit, 'Tis The Season, Light Years From Andromeda
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Rick Evans, Director
Sylvia Duncan, Secretary
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Planetarium
Muscle Shoals High School
100 East Trojan Drive
Muscle Shoals, AL 35661-3173
(256) 389-2645
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Opened 1968
SCHOOL/DIST
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6.7 m dome, installed 1989
Capacity 33, concentric
Spitz 373 installed 1989
Elumenati HAL-1200 installed 2005
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B.C.C. Dork automation
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Loch Ness Productions shows:
Voyager 2 At Uranus, More Than Meets The Eye, Voyager 2 At Uranus
HUBBLE: Report From Orbit
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Dwight McGee
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Planetarium, The Imaginarium
Science Discovery Center
737 West Fifth Avenue, Suite G
Anchorage, AK 99517
(907) 276-3179
(907) 258-4306 fax
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Opened 1988
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR PUBLIC SHOWS
www.imaginarium.org/starlab.html
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4.3 m dome, installed 1988
Capacity 30
Learning Technologies Starlab installed 1988
4.9 m Learning Technologies Starlab, installed 1988
Capacity 30
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Starlab in fixed dome, and portable.
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Loch Ness Productions shows:
More Than Meets The Eye
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Mia Jackson
Paulette House
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Dorrance Planetarium
Arizona Science Center
600 East Washington Street
Phoenix, AZ 85004
(602) 716-2000 general
(602) 716-2099 fax
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Opened 1997
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR PUBLIC SHOWS GIFTSHOP
www.azscience.org
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18.2m 12° tilt Spitz NanoSeam dome, installed/planned 2008
Capacity 210, unidirectional; annual attendance: 100000
Evans & Sutherland Digistar 3 installed/planned 2008
4.9 m Learning Technologies Starlab, installed 1997
Capacity 30, concentric
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Bowen Technovation Commander Control System. Bowen LED cove lighting with
LED Fill lights. EAW Sound system. Digistar 3 interactve system.
Nanoseam dome is the first at a Science Center or Museum in the World.
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Loch Ness Productions shows:
The Cowboy Astronomer
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Michael George, Director, Theaters Experience (602) 716-2079
Neil Goldstein, Lead Presenter (602) 716-2077
Sarah Tackett, Presenter (602) 716-2075
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Planetarium, Pima Community
College, Dept. Physics/Astron.
8181 East Irvington Road
Tucson, AZ 85709-4000
(520) 206-7610
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Opened 1989
UNIV/COLLEGE
http://ecc.pima.edu/~diadevaia/page4.html
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3m Goto dome
GOTO INC EX-3
Digitalis Digitarium Alpha installed 2006
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Loch Ness Productions shows:
The Cowboy Astronomer
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David Iadevaia
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Flandrau Science Center and
Planetarium, Univ. of Arizona
1601 East University Boulevard
Tucson, AZ 85721
(520) 621-4515 office
(520) 621-8451 fax
(520) 621-STAR prog. info
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Opened 1975
UNIV/COLLEGE PUBLIC SHOWS GIFTSHOP
www.flandrau.org
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15.2m dome, installed 1975
Capacity 135, epicentric; annual attendance: 120000
Konica Minolta S-IV installed 1975
4.9 m Learning Technologies Starlab
Capacity 30
5m Digitalis dome, installed 2006
Digitalis Digitarium Alpha 2 installed 2006
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Spice automation, Electrosonic automation, cross-fading all-sky projection,
2 Barco fixed postition video projectors
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Loch Ness Productions shows:
Voyager 2 At Uranus, More Than Meets The Eye, The Mars Show, Voyager 2 At Neptune
HUBBLE: Report From Orbit, 'Tis The Season, The Cowboy Astronomer
Light Years From Andromeda, More Than Meets The Eye '93, MarsQuest
Larry Cat In Space
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Michael Magee, Planetarium Director (520) 621-3645
Alexis Faust, Executive Director
Mike Terenzoni, Astronomy Coordinator (520) 621-3646
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