FCPS Planetariums


The Planet Projectors

planet projector

The planet projectors project beams of light into mirrors attached to the planet analogs. Each beam of light reflects off the mirror and creates a dot on the dome indicating the location of one of the five planets visible in the sky with an unaided eye.

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Rebecca Hinze-Pifer, Curator
Last updated December 18, 2008