ZEISS Planetarium History
(photo: German Museum, Munich)
Copernican Planetarium
Copernican planetarium made by Carl Zeiss Jena, at the German Museum in Munich (1924).
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(photo: Carl Zeiss Archive)
First public shows
Public shows of the first projection planetarium on the roof of the ZEISS factory in Jena (1924).
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(photo: German Museum, Munich)
ZEISS Planetarium Model I
The first ZEISS Planetarium at the German Museum in Munich (1925).
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(photo: Carl Zeiss Archive)
ZEISS Planetarium Model II
ZEISS Model II made in Jena was the first to have the dumbbell (“ant”) shape (1926).
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(photo: Carl Zeiss Archive)
First show for school children
First show for school children at the Jena Planetarium with the ZEISS Model II projector (1926).
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(photo: Carl Zeiss Archive)
ZEISS Planetarium Model III
After the post-war split of the ZEISS company, Model III was made in Oberkochen on the basis of Model II (1957).
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(photo: Planetario Ciudad de Rosario, Esmeralda Sosa)
ZEISS Planetarium Model IV
(photo: Carl Zeiss Archive)
ZEISS Planetarium Model V
The ZEISS Model V planetarium projector made in Oberkochen, while based on Model IV, features a range of new and expanded functions (1965).
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(photo: Carl Zeiss Archive)
ZEISS Planetarium Model VI
ZEISS SPACEMASTER Spaceflight Planetarium
ZEISS SPACEMASTER Planetarium projector for medium-sized planetarium domes, designed in Jena (1970).
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ZEISS COSMORAMA
ZEISS COSMORAMA Planetarium projector with multiprocessor control for large planetariums, designed in Jena (1984).
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ZEISS SKYMASTER ZKP 2
ZEISS SKYMASTER ZKP 2 is the second generation of the ZEISS small-dome planetariums, of dumbbell shape and with motor-driven axes (1977).
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ZEISS SKYMASTER ZKP 3
Upgrading the ZEISS SKYMASTER into model ZKP 3 resulted in the first convenient computer control for the small-dome planetarium (1993).
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