Planetarium Sheet
Sloan Museum of Discovery
Robert T. Longway Planetarium
USA , MICHIGAN , FLINT
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Type: Planetarium
Opened in 1958
Address: 1310 East Kearsley Street - Flint, MI 48503
Country: USA
Email: longway@sloanlongway.org
Phone: +1 810-237 3400
Website: https://sloanlongway.org/longway/
Website 2: https://sloanlongway.org/venue/longway-planetarium/
 
 
Team
Patrick Ross (Manager), Todd Slisher (Executive director), Mary Holt,
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129 seats
Dome of 16.0m
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Technical
Digital system Evans_and_Sutherland : Digistar
Software: Digistar 7
Video system Christie : Boxers
Video Lens: 1+1
Meridian resolution 4.0 K
Sound 7.1 - 15,000 w
Cove light: ChromaCove
Dome: tilted 7°
Facilities
Other: Foucault pendulum
Gift Shop Museum Store
Lasershow Yes
Other planetarium:
Yes
Operation
Frequenting: 50000 people per year
Staff: 5 people
History
- June 26, 1958: 18.3m/282 seats/Spitz Model B (building: $600,000)
- 2001: Digistar II
- 2004: merger between Sloan Museum and Longway Planetarium
- January 2015: closed for renovations
- 30 May 2015: new tilted 16m dome, 129 oriented seats, Digistar 5, 7.1 sound system, etc ($1.8million)
- GLPA2016
- 2021: Digistar 7
Last major evolution: 2015: Total renovation
Comments
staff institution: ~100 people
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Latitude: 43°01'21" N -
Longitude: 83°40'35" W -
Altitude: 230m
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