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The Adler Planetarium is a public museum in Chicago, Illinois, dedicated to astronomy and astrophysics. It was founded in 1930 by local businessman Max Adler. Located on the northeastern tip of Northerly Island on Lake Michigan, the Adler Planetarium was the first planetarium in the United States. It is part of Chicago's Museum Campus, which ...
Grace Wolf-Chase. Grace Annamarie Wolf-Chase (née Wolf) is an American astronomer and science educator, working as a senior scientist and senior education and communication specialist at the Planetary Science Institute. Her research interests include star formation, planet formation. [1]
Northerly Island Natural Area on south half of Northerly Island. Northerly Island (also Northerly Island Park) is a 119-acre (48 ha) human-made peninsula and park located on Chicago 's Lake Michigan lakefront. [ 1 ] Originally constructed in 1925, Northerly Island was the former site of the Century of Progress world's fair and later Meigs Field ...
Stars dance around the sky in one of two new Adler Planetarium shows premiering this week. Adler Planetarium debuts 2 new Sky Shows: 'Niyah and the Multiverse' and 'Cosmic Rhythms' Skip to main ...
The Adler Planetarium upgrades their StarRider to the new Evans & Sutherland Digistar 3 system; a mini-dome opens in their production department running both Digistar 3 SP and Producer systems. 2005 The Thinktank Planetarium , the UK's first purpose-built digital planetarium , opens in Birmingham and almost immediately supplements daytime ...
Jim Cherry Memorial Planetarium at the Fernbank Science Center, Atlanta. Mark Smith Planetarium at the Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon. Omnisphere Theater, Coca-Cola Challenger Space Science Center, Columbus State University, Columbus. Rollins Planetarium at Young Harris College, Young Harris.
Colonel. Battles/wars. Spanish–American War. World War I. World War II. Other work. Astronomer. Philip Fox (March 7, 1878 – July 21, 1944) was an American astronomer and an officer in the U.S. Army. He was the first director of the Adler Planetarium in Chicago, the first planetarium in the western hemisphere.
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