Cernan Earth and Space Center
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| Location | Chicago, United States |
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| Type | Planetarium |
41°55′03″N 87°50′33″W / 41.9174°N 87.8424°W The Cernan Earth and Space Center is a public planetarium on the campus of Triton College in the Chicago suburb of River Grove. It is named for astronaut Eugene Cernan (1934-2017), who flew aboard the Gemini 9 and Apollo 10 missions and, as commander of Apollo 17, was the last astronaut to leave his footprints on the Moon.[1]
The Cernan Center's 93-seat 44-foot-diameter (13 m) dome theater housing a Konica-Minolta Super MediaGlobe II fulldome digital projector, a Voyager V-17OWC laser projection system, and numerous auxiliary projectors.[2] Using this equipment, the Cernan Center presents a wide range of programs to persons of all ages who attend its special school and group presentations and weekend public programs.
One Saturday night each month, the Cernan Center offers a Monthly Skywatch program that presents the latest news and discoveries in the fields of astronomy, space science, and geoscience. The Cernan Center also features Earth- and space-related exhibits, the Friends of the Cernan Center membership program, and the Star Store gift shop.
References
[edit]- ^ "Cernan Earth and Space Center". Triton College. Retrieved December 30, 2022.
- ^ "Super MediaGlobe II, manufactured by Konica-Minolta Planetarium" (PDF). Triton College. Retrieved November 12, 2022.
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