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| Carl Zeiss at the hub of the Hayden Planetarium in New York |
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Since February 19, 2000, the US metropolis New York has another tourist and cultural attraction: This date marks the official public opening of the new Rose Center for Earth and Space, part of the American Museum of Natural History. The centerpiece of the Rose Center for Earth and Space is the new Hayden Planetarium which, with its one-of-a-kind Universarium planetarium projector from Carl Zeiss, will take its visitors to the outer reaches of the universe.
On a story-high base made of gray granite rests a 30 m-high glass cube which is supported by a steel construction with a deceptively delicate appearance. A huge sphere measuring 26 meters in diameter and symbolizing the cosmos seems to hover in the interior of the cube.
It is in the inside of this sphere that the Hayden Planetarium has found its new home. Its centerpiece is a ZEISS Universarium Modell IX planetarium projector. In its role as a combined star theater and virtual auditorium, this planetarium is totally beyond comparison. The cutting-edge technologies used both for star projection and for visualization of virtual cosmic space will transport planetarium visitors to a realm of truly spectacular perspectives. The shows will combine two seemingly contradictory properties - they are as breathtaking as they are scientifically accurate.
Photos: © D. Finnin/AMNH; Digital Galaxy Project/AMNH; Carl Zeiss
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