Sub-Orbital Space Flights & Satellite Exploration
Science North has added a dome planetarium to its family of attractions in Sudbury. With the state-of the-art digital technology, it is the first planetarium of this kind in Northern Ontario. Using digital technology, you can tour outer space like never before and see the night sky as visible from Earth. You ll also be able to witness beautiful celestial images, captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, which can only be seen from points far distant in space and time. Feature films about astronomy and other space topics are projected on an 8.4 metre dome. The digital technologies, surround sound and special dome screen will immerse you, taking them through the galaxies and right to the outer extremities of the known universe, billions of light years away. The digital dome theatre will include Digistar 4, the world’s most advanced digital theatre system. The Digistar 4 system is an Evans & Sutherland product a company based out of Salt Lake City, Utah. For more information about the company, visit www.es.com.
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Earth. You ll also be able to witness beautiful celestial images, captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, which can only be seen from points far distant in space and time. Feature films about astronomy and other space topics are projected on an 8.4 metre dome. The digital technologies, surround sound and special dome screen will immerse you, taking them through the galaxies and right to the outer extremities of the known universe, billions of light years away. The digital dome theatre …
Tags: Sudbury Tourism, Science North, Science Centre, planetarium
