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| JENA/Germany, 17.03.2009. Carl Zeiss has installed leading edge planetarium technology in the planetariums in Kingsport, Tennessee, USA and Kaluga, Russia. Equipped and modernized with opto-mechanical and digital ZEISS projectors, both facilities reopened their doors at the beginning of March. The same projection technology is used in the two planetarium domes with diameters of 12 and 10 meters: the SKYMASTER opto-mechanical planetarium projector images the stars, sun, moon and planets with a high degree of naturalness and very precisely simulates the movements of the celestial bodies. The projector is coupled with SPACEGATE, a video projection system with which digital images and films can be shown in all-dome projection. An integral component of the technology is the UNIVIEW software of the Swedish manufacturer SCISS, with which the entire observable universe can be shown on the dome. The joint control of the opto-mechanical and digital projection systems makes it possible to incorporate the latest in astronomical knowledge in the artificial night sky and demonstrate this by means of images and videos. This is a special feature of the Carl Zeiss technology which supports programs for natural science education in planetariums. The Bays Mountain Planetarium in Kingsport, Tennessee (USA) focuses its activities primarily on school students and families. It is located in a nature reserve and combines the observation of nature with astronomy. The new display possibilities that can generate an impression of three dimensions make abstract knowledge and facts about the universe more readily understandable. At the reopening of the 38-year-old and extensively restored planetarium, Director Adam Thanz stated: “Everything looks great. Before the purchase, we selected the technology very carefully and it now offers us exactly what we expected. The planetarium in Kaluga, an industrial city 190 kilometers south-west of Moscow, is part of the cosmonautics museum. Here, SKYMASTER and SPACEGATE are replacing a 20-year-old planetarium projector from Carl Zeiss. The delivery package also includes a planetarium program about the discovery of the universe which was produced by the Zeiss Planetarium in Jena. The cosmonautics museum was set up in 1967 with the support of Juri A. Gagarin, the first person to orbit the Earth in a spaceship. Apart from conserving and displaying aerospace exhibits on a surface area measuring more than 2000 square meters, the museum is also a recognized research center. Its staff is committed to communicating the principles of astronomy, knowledge about the Earth's significance in space, and the history of astronomy and space travel. More than 100,000 visitors a year testify to their successful work.  The SKYMASTER opto-mechanical planetarium projector and the SPACEGATE video projection system from Carl Zeiss installed in the Kingsport (USA) and Kaluga (Russia) planetariums can be controlled in perfect unison. This offers special benefits for the structuring of planetarium programs. Gudrun Vogel Communications Phone: +49 3641 64-2770 Fax: +49 3641 64-2941 E-Mail: 
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