Legg Middle School Planetarium

The Equipment at the Legg Middle School Planetarium

 Major Planetarium Systems
As of November 12, 1997

Planetarium Specifications • Star Projector (Spitz A3P) with elevator -- 1967
• Dome--30 foot (9.1 meter) perforated aluminum
• Seating
• Epicentric (curved rows, seats facing forward)
• Sixty-six (66) seating capacity
• Rotating up & down desk tops

Room Lighting • Quartzline lights (white)
• Lumiline cove lights (yellow and blue)
• Red console lights
Planetarium Instruments (Spitz) • Spitz A3P star projector -- Prime Sky (arc lamp)
• Spitz auxiliary projectors
• Astronomical triangle projector (3)
• Geocentric Earth projector
• Hand pointer
• Hand sextant projector
• Latitude projector
• Pole projector
• Projection orrery
• Satellite projector
• Twilight projector (1)
• Zenith projector
• Non-Spitz auxiliary projectors • Meteor shower projector--Talent Inc.
Slide Projection System • Kodak Ektagraphic Slide Projector (2)
• Kodak Ektagraphic Programmable Dissolve Control (1)
Sound System • None
• Electro Voice Speakers (4) -- 30 to 20,000 hz; 8 W; 30 W program: 60 W peek
Special Effects System • None
Video System • None
Automation System • None
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Legg Middle School  175 Green St. Coldwater, MI 49036 517-279-5940 (fax) 517-279-5945