James S. McDonnell Planetarium - St. Louis, Missouri
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BruceS
N 38° 37.897 W 090° 16.254
15S E 737558 N 4279431
The James S. McDonnell Planetarium located with the St. Louis Science Center on the edge of Forest Park in St. Louis.
Waymark Code: WM35QM
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 02/14/2008
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The James S. McDonnell Planetarium was constructed in 1963 and was designed by architect Gyo Obata of the firm Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum (HOK). The unique roof design is known mathematically as a hyperboloid of one sheet. The smoke coming from the roof is coincidental clouds on the day the picture was taken.
The planetarium features a Zeiss Planetarium Model IX which projects more than 9,000 stars onto an 80-foot dome. The planetarium staff can also demonstrate eclipses, meteor showers and other celestial phenomena.~ from Science Center website