EMU to open planetarium in new $90M science complex
Eastern Michigan University’s new science complex will have students, and the community, seeing stars. The university’s Dept of Physics & Astronomy will soon be adding a new planetarium at the north end of the complex. The sphere-shaped room will also function as a classroom.Sporting a 28-foot dome with 37 reclining seats and 360-degree projection, the room is made to simulate the night sky.So far $55,000 has been raised to purchase the planetarium projector; another $45,000 is needed for the planetarium shows, lighting and audio system. While the software for planetarium shows are about $3,000 each, the college could eventually produce its own.EMU’s new planetarium could be paired with its Sherzer Observatory for students learning to teach astronomy, or as a field trip destination for younger children.The new science complex is scheduled for completion this fall; a date for the opening of the planetarium has not yet been set.Source: Eastern Michigan UniversityWriter: Kristin Lukowski
Eastern Michigan University’s new science complex will have students, and the community, seeing stars. The university’s Dept of Physics & Astronomy will soon be adding a new planetarium at the north end of the complex. The sphere-shaped room will also function as a classroom.
Sporting a 28-foot dome with 37 reclining seats and 360-degree projection, the room is made to simulate the night sky.
So far $55,000 has been raised to purchase the planetarium projector; another $45,000 is needed for the planetarium shows, lighting and audio system. While the software for planetarium shows are about $3,000 each, the college could eventually produce its own.
EMU’s new planetarium could be paired with its Sherzer Observatory for students learning to teach astronomy, or as a field trip destination for younger children.
The new science complex is scheduled for completion this fall; a date for the opening of the planetarium has not yet been set.
Source: Eastern Michigan University
Writer: Kristin Lukowski
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