Planetarium Systems

UNIVERSARIUM Model IX Starball

Planetarium Projector for Large Domes from ZEISS


Planetarium Systems

ZEISS UNIVERSARIUM Model IX Starball

Planetarium Projector for Large Domes

Planetarium projector for small and medium sized domes © ZEISS | V. Schorcht

UNIVERSARIUM Model IX LED is the top-of-the-line opto-mechanical planetarium projector, installed in the biggest planetarium domes of this world. It comprises a computer controlled astronomical projection system for the complete presentation of the stellar sky and the objects of the Solar System. It allows to present the most realistic night sky from all observation points on Earth by means of topocentric presentations and with highest accuracy for the times span of -10,000 to +10,000 years. UNIVERSARIUM Model IX LED is distinguished as compared with all other astronomical projection systems by the brightness of the presentation of the starry sky. The Starball carries 130 projectors for the stars, the Milky Way, constellation figures and numerous didactic displays.

Credit:

ZEISS | V. Schorcht

About the Image

Image ID

58-676-1

Category

Planetarium Systems

Release

2001

Related product

UNIVERSARIUM Model IX

Size

2480 x 3700 px

Author

V. Schorcht

Source

ZEISS Planetarium Division

Credit

ZEISS | V. Schorcht

License

CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

About the Content

Title

ZEISS UNIVERSARIUM Model IX Starball

Object

UNIVERSARIUM Model IX is the top-of-the-line opto-mechanical planetarium projector. The Starball carries 130 projectors for the stars, the Milky Way, constellation figures and numerous didactic displays.

Location

Jena, Germany

Keywords

zeiss-planetarium, universarium, mark ix, model ix, starball

Date

20.10.2001

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