Hybrid Planetarium with Zeiss Technology Opens in India
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, INDIA — The Chief Minister of Kerala, Oommen Chandy, opened the completely revamped Priyadarsini Planetarium at the state's Science and Technology Museum in the Indian city of Thiruvananthapuram.
Zeiss had been commissioned to upgrade the planetarium's technology, including installing a new projection dome. In close collaboration with the client and Zeiss's Indian representative office for planetariums, Orbit Animate Pvt. Ltd., India's first hybrid planetarium with a tilted dome has been created. The hybrid planetarium consists of two synchronized components: the opto-mechanical planetarium projector, a Zeiss Starmaster for perfect simulation of the night sky, and the Zeiss digital fulldome system with nine projectors for still and video projection.