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Museums' Minolta Series II B Planetarium Projector

The Planetarium Projector Museum is indeed fortunate and very proud to receive the donation of a Viewlex Minolta Series II B planetarium projector.
This projector is a generous donation to the Museum from the Robert J. Novins Planetarium located in Toms River New Jersey.

Our Projector was used in the filming of the movie "La La Land."

Museums' Minolta Projector

This 1974 vintage planetarium projector originally cost $ 110,000.00 and is capable of optically generating over 4,000 stars on a 40 foot dome. The projector arrived at the Museum in late August 2008 and we just completed her restoration. This projector was rented to Universal Studios for a March 15th 2010 episode of the Fox Tv series "House." This projector is also featured in the full length theatrical movie "La La Land" which stars Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling and was released in December 2016. Also used in the HBO Tv series "Lovecraft Country."

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Minolta Projector after Restoration at the Museum

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Spare Minolta Starball and Planet Cage mounted on a pedestal for display

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Planetarium Museum

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Owen with Novins Planetarium Director Gloria Villalobos

(Photo by J.R. Phairis)

Owen holding a Minolta Starball during disassembly August 2008

(Photo by J.R. Phairis)

Minolta Star Balls, Coordinate Projector and 2 Azimuth Projectors

This picture shows the necessary equipment for the reconstruction

The second planet cage being hoisted into position during reconstruction

Minolta under going reconstruction at the Museum

Minolta and Spitz A-1 at the Museum

Owen Phairis, P.O. Box 3400, Big Bear Lake, California 92315
ophairis301@gmail.com (909) 806-5698