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Charles Z. Horwitz Planetarium

Name: Charles Z. Horwitz Planetarium
Address: Retzer Nature Center, Madison Street, Waukesha, WI, 53186, US

Retzer Nature Center, Madison Street

Waukesha, WI 53186

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The new Charles Horwitz Planetarium opened in May 2005. The sky theater is equipped with a large variety of specialized visual effects projectors which can create auroras, meteors, eclipses, lighting, rockets, hurtling through space or a journey to the surface of another world.

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