Fiske Planetarium
- Address
- Boulder, Colorado
- Website
- colorado.edu
About Fiske Planetarium
Fiske Planetarium (est. 1975) is one of the largest planetariums in the United States. They offer fulldome films, live talks, laser and liquid sky music shows, as well as public gatherings for astronomical and NASA-related events. It is a constituent of the Department of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder.
The planetarium utilizes an geodesic dome with an interior diameter of 65 feet, making it as the largest planetarium between Chicago and Los Angeles. Its theater is currently equipped with a Megastar IIA projector alongside Sky Skan's Digital Sky 2, an 8k digital hybrid projection system capable of projecting approximately 59 million pixels. They can currently seat up to 200 guests in their theater.
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- Founded
- 1975
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Nearby museums
Make a day of it. 4 more museums are within a mile of Fiske Planetarium; the closest, CU Art Museum, is about a mile away.
