E&S News
Griffith Observatory
The Griffith Observatory’s Samuel Oschin Planetarium re-invented itself again in late 2015, nearly ten years after a major renovation that ushered the 1930s-era Los Angeles facility squarely into the realm of digital fulldome.
Latest from our Team in Tromso, Norway
After a very snowy day with gale force winds the team returned to the Eiscat site last night. The weather forecast was very poor but our own local analysis suggested the possibility of a hole developing over the mountainous valley of Ramfjorden, site of the Eiscat installation.
On Earth as it is From Heaven
As part of a new 8K show production in conjunction with Houston Museum of Natural Science, Evans & Sutherland has a photography team on the ground north of the Arctic Circle.
Digistar Cloud Contest – Gustave Holst’s The Planets
Evans & Sutherland is pleased to announce a new Cloud contest that will begin February 1, 2016. The contest is to create Digistar sequences synchronized to movements of the orchestral suite The Planets, composed by Gustav Holst.
Otago Museum
The Perpetual Guardian Planetarium is a new 51 seat theater with a 9m aluminum Spitz NanoSeam dome tilted at 12°. Their Digistar 5 integrates two Barco F35 (2560 x 1600) projectors with 120Hz 3D capability.
Bangkok Planetarium
Bangkok’s long-time astronomical center is ready to beckon and captivate a new generation of children with the universe’s mystical lure.
Aurora Themed Bangkok Planetarium Opens with Excitement
More than 50 years after it first opened, Bangkok’s Science Centre for Education – or the Planetarium as it was formerly known – recently underwent eight months of renovations, opening its doors wide again to moonwalkers, both young and old, just in time for National Children’s Day.
Updates to the Griffith’s Samuel Oschin Planetarium
The Griffith Observatory’s Samuel Oschin Planetarium re-invented itself again in late 2015, nearly ten years after a major renovation that ushered the Los Angeles facility squarely into the realm of fulldome.
Digital Renovation of the Space Theater
The Space Theatre in the National Museum of Natural Science, Taichung was the first large planetarium in Taiwan.
Otago Museum’s Planetarium Shows are Sellout Success
Using Digistar 5, the talented team at Otago Museum in Dundin, New Zealand, produced three new planetarium shows for their Grand Opening in December 2015.