planetarium

MP - Projector Model

A scale model of the Zeiss-Jena type 23/6 projector used in the McLaughlin Planetarium.

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Ken Chilton #4

Ken Chilton with the McMaster University planetarium's projector.

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McMaster Planetarium

Rev. Norman Green with the original McMaster Planetarium projector.

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McLaughlin Planetarium

The McLaughlin Planetarium of the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada

The McLaughlin Planetarium opened to the public November 2, 1968. It took two years to build and cost $2,250,000. Among the largest and most modern planetariums in thw world, it was a gift to the Royal Ontario Museum for the people of Toronto and Ontario from R.S. McLaughlin of Oshawa, Ontario. Mr. McLaughlin, Chairman of the Board of General Motors of Canada, was a pioneer in the automobile industry.

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QE Planetarium Brochure

Queen Elizabeth Planetarium brochure.

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Peerless Planetarium

The history of the modern planetarium in Canada goes back farther than we may be aware.

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McMaster Planetarium Opening

On 5 November 1949 the original planetarium at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario was publicly opened for the first time.  Armand Spitz, whose Spitz Laboratories had supplied the Model A-1 projection system, was a guest at the opening and spoke about 'The Value of Astronomy to the Layman.' Members of the Hamilton, Guelph and Toronto RASC centres, as well as the national RASC president Andrew Thomson, were also present. At the time, the dome above the projector was only a parachute hung from the ceiling, but the system was improved many times over the following years.

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