You don't have to be an astronomy major to love looking at the stars. The night sky is as mysterious as it is dazzling, so it's no wonder that we can't help but gaze up at its big, beautiful expanse.

The Planetarium Projector Museum is home to the world’s largest collection of old school planetarium projectors. Museum owner Owen Phairis (who, when he’s not overseeing his collection, plays Nikola ...

Optical relics aplenty reside under one roof (parachute actually) at the Planetary Projector Museum in Southern California. Take a video tour. Planetarium projectors are one of the most fascinating ...

Since its opening, and until recent years, our Zeiss Model VIa optical planetarium projector has brought the wonder of the night sky to countless visitors. The Zeiss Company no longer services the ...

REVIEW—I remember being enraptured by the stars unencumbered by clouds while seated in a comfy reclining chair at the planetarium during summer school field trips in the ’70s. I still love the ...

So you think that those 30,000:1 contrast ratio projectors announced at CEDIA ’08 were impressive; this Carl Zeiss planetarium projector puts ’em to shame. The powerdomeVELVET employs a 4k DLP ...

First opened in 1926 and in operation ever since, the projection hall of the Zeiss-Planetarium in Jena, Germany, has an inner diameter of 23m and a seating capacity of 261. As it enters a new era, the ...

MIAMI — When engineers at Spitz Inc. created the Space Transit Planetarium star projector in the 1960s, they couldn't have imagined what would become of their revolutionary machines. Apollo astronauts ...

Nestled in Big Bear, California, is the largest assemblage of planetarium projectors…well, anywhere. Owen Phairis is the owner, director, and curator of the Planetarium Projector and Science Museum, a ...