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The world's oldest surviving planetarium the Zeiss-Planetarium in Jena, Germany, in continuous operation since 1926 has added six Barco F70-4K6 laser-phosphor projectors, to compliment its existing Star projector. To accomodate the evolved role of the planetarium today. The planetarium needs to address a growing market by hosting events, conferences and corporate meetings, concerts, dinners, and even visits from astronauts.
“We are very impressed with the performance of the products, and the level of technical support and customer support that we have received”, explained Stefan Harnisch, Procurator from the Zeiss-Planetarium Jena.
The projection hall of the Zeiss-Planetarium in Jena, Germany, has an inner diameter of 23m and a seating capacity of 261. As it enters a new era, the planetarium has committed to supplement its installations to allow it to remain current and present new content that will educate, entertain and mesmerize audiences on the over 800m2-dome. As part of this upgrade, the planetarium has just had five Barco F70-4K6 laser-phosphor projectors installed, with a sixth projector installed in the middle of the projection hall.
These Barco F70 projectors were chosen for their overall image quality, their high level of detail and brightness, and for their ability to present existing content and possible future content. This is because the superior presentation, changing expectations and different interests have opened the door to innovation and experimentation in the full-dome shows produced by the planetarium.
The Barco projection has been in use for shows since 13 September.