Tuesday, May 10, 2005

ADLER PLANETARIUM 75TH BIRTHDAY

On this date in 1930, The Adler Planetarium opened to the public. It was the first public planetarium in the Western Hemisphere and used the latest Zeiss star projector (which was not replaced until 1971). The first director was Phillip Fox. The original building was ready in time for the Chicago World Fair, the 1933 Century of Progress Exposition. A new addition opened in 1999, retaining the original building while complimenting it. It is an elegant part of the Chicago lakefront. As the front of the planetarium is approached, a Henry Moore Equatorial Sundial Sculpture can be seen. More pictures of the planetarium can be found on the Chicago Mosaic site. There is also a web-cam, the Sky-Eye, on the planetarium with a panoramic view of the Chicago skyline.

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