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Instruments from the Planetarium Projector Museum Collection

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This is where you want to go to see our older site with all your faviorite planetarium projectors.
Lots of links and good information may be found here.








Spitz 373

Planetarium Projectors in Amazing 3-D This is where you want to go to see 3-D pictures of your faviorite planetarium projector.











Spitz 373

Planetarium Projector Picture Scrapbook This is where you want to go to see pictures of your faviorite planetarium projectors.
Some really neat old Zeiss pictures may be found here.










Spitz A1

Spitz A-1 Planetarium Projector The Museum is proud to have 2 Spitz A-1 Planetarium Projectors in its collection.











Spitz A3PSpitz A3P Planetarium Projector The Museum is proud to have a Spitz A-3P Planetarium Projector in its collection.
As one of the most popular projectors ever built, it found its way into many colleges and schools.










Spitz 373Spitz 373 Planetarium Projector The Spitz 373 Planetarium Projector has a metal star ball and is a cousin of the Harmonic Reed Nova III.











Spitz 512Spitz 512 Planetarium Projector The Spitz 512 Planetarium Projector was the proud sucessor to the A3P with many improvements.











Spitz STSSpitz Space Transit Simulator Planetarium Projector This Spitz Space Transit Simulator Planetarium Projector was the first prototype built for NASA for the Apollo Moon project.











Spitz STPSpitz Space Transit Planetarium Projector This Spitz Space Planetarium Projector is one of 11 ever built.
There are still 2 in operation.










GOTO EX3Goto EX3 This Goto EX3 Planetarium Projector was designed to be portable and made for schools.











GOTO E-5Goto E-5 This Goto E-5 Planetarium Projector was also designed to be portable and made for schools.
It had more stars and its own planet cage and was made for a 16 foot dome.










GOTO S2Goto S-2 Planetarium Projector This Goto S-2 Planetarium Projector was built in 1959 and projects 2,500 stars optically with 32 lenses.
It did not have a separate planet cage so improvements were comming on future projectors.
There was also no horizon cutoffs with this projector.









GOTO MercuryGoto Mercury Planetarium Projector This Goto Mercury Planetarium Projectors were built in the 1960s and project about 1800 stars.
The Mercury projector used pinholes and also lenses for the brighter stars.










GOTO VenusGoto Venus Planetarium Projector Goto Venus Planetarium Projectors went into production in the mid 1960s and project about 3200 stars.
They used 32 lenses, but included separate projectors for the brighter stars and planets.
This projector provided separate horizon cutoffs for each individual lens.
The Planetarium Projector Museum is proud to have 2 Venus projectors in our collection.








MinoltaMinolta Planetarium Projector This Minolta Planetarium Projector was built in 1973 and projects about 4,000 stars.











Nova IIINova III Planetarium Projector This Nova III Planetarium Projector was built in the 1960s by Harmonic Reed.











HPAHomemade Planetarium Projector This Homemade Planetarium Projector uses a Dick Emmons starball.
Made by the Home Planetarium Association and Gary Likert.










Musser PlanetariumMusser Copernican Planetarium This is the prototype Musser Planetarium.















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