Star Projector

Dome

Interactive Keypads

Equipment Racks

Automation Systems

Projection Galleries

Sound System

Production Areas

Vertical Divider

Dome

The theater screen is a 50 foot diameter hemisphere suspended from the ceiling on chains. It is made up of 196 curved perforated aluminum panels riveted to a tubular metal skeleton. Holes in the aluminum panels allow air to flow in the theater and sound to pass through from the speakers that are mounted on the back of the dome.

 

Photograph: The Planetarium's Dome