Planetarium Projector Museum by Owen Phairis
A Museum of Imagination and Inspiration From the Golden Age of Planetarium Projectors FEATURING: * The Planetarium Projector Hall of Fame * Starring An Astronomical Collection of Antique Planetarium Projector Instruments from Theaters of the Stars! Current Museum Inventory of 22 Planetarium Projectors (November 2024) (2) Zeiss ZKP 3/B (2) Spitz A1s
Zeiss Planetarium- - -
I purchased a Zeiss ZKP-3B Planetarium Projector which we named "Athena" to add to the Museum Collection! The Zeiss Skymaster ZKP-3B shows everything in the sky one might see on a clear night under perfect viewing conditions.
Space Transit Simulator Planetarium- - - - planetariummuseum.org
A new edition to the Museum collection is this wonderful Spitz Space Transit Simulator (STS) from the Reuben H. Fleet Planetarium located in Balboa Park, San Diego, California. This was the very first STS projector ever built by Spitz and first saw service in March 1973.
Planetarium Picture Scrapbook
It features around 27 pages of photographs from my Museum, and even includes a picture of me in the Museum doorway. The book also includes my friend Gary Likert. The newest (April 2017) addition to our Planetarium is this large 8 foot tall 1/25 …
Spitz A-1 Planetarium Projectors
Museums' newest and second Spitz A1 Planetarium Projector. In our continuing effort to preserve our rich planetarium heritage, the Museum is proud to announce the purchase of a second Spitz A1 Planetarium Projector with all the acessories for the Collection.
Spitz Space Transit Planetarium Projector
She completed nearly 40 years of continuous service and educated over 1,000,000 people before being replaced by an all new digital planetarium system. She is capable of generating over 4,000 stars and all the visible planets. This machine is currently at the Museum and is on display.
"The Planetarium Curator" by Owen Phairis
The room then filled with a rainbow of beautiful colored lights, illuminating what the Curator called the largest collection of planetarium projectors in the solar system, perhaps the Universe! "WOW! What an amazing sight to see, all these planetarium projectors together and all in one place."
Homemade Planetarium Projector by HPA and Gary Likert- - -
This one of a kind projector has been donated to the museum from the Home Planetarium Association and Mr. Gary Likert. The projector was built in 1995 and features the second to the last Emmons starball ever produced.
Spitz Space Transit Simulator Planetarium Projector
After the Apollo Program ended it was sent to Boston University where it served as their planetarium projector for 20 years. The projector is capable of projecting close to 3,000 stars and has a 24 inch starball which may be the largest pinhole starball ever made.
Goto Mercury Planetarium Projector - planetariummuseum.org
This historic and rare projector came from Holt Planetarium located at the Lawrence Hall of Science, UC Berkeley. The projector was built in 1965 and displays around 1800 stars. Originally it was sold to UCLA for around eight thousand dollars.