Astronomy for Adults - Zeiss with the Covers Off: The Star Projector Revealed
*The event has already taken place on this date: Wed, 05/09/2018
Astronomy for Adults participants learn to be experts on the sky. Each program lasts about an hour, divided between a rich audio-visual presentation and a tour of current stars, planets, and constellations using the Planetarium's giant star projector. Regular presenters are Steve Fentress, director, Strasenburgh Planetarium, RMSC and Paul Krupinski, planetarium show presenter and proprietor of the Buffalo-based Mobile Dome Planetarium. Sessions blend science, the arts and history for an intellectually stimulating experience. The classes take place on select Wednesdays at 2 p.m.
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May 9 at 2pm – Zeiss with the Covers Off: The Star Projector Revealed
If you like gears, lenses, and electrical wires, gather around the pit in the center of the Star Theater for a rare tour of the mechanical, optical and electrical marvels inside the Planetarium’s 1968 Zeiss Mark VI star projector. It’s showing its age and may retire to a place of honor as an exhibit in a few years, but for now it still works amazingly well! P.S. Did you know that the Zeiss company did not want to paint the machine blue?
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Location:
RMSC Strasenburgh Planetarium657 East Ave
Rochester, NY, 14607United States
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Phone:
585.697.194Contact name:
Steve Fentress
Email address:
The event has already taken place on this date:
05/09/2018
Time:
2 pm
Price:
$7 Adults, $6 Seniors 62+ or group members, $5 RMSC Members
Ages
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