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Downing Planetarium

Name: Downing Planetarium
Address: 5320 North Maple Avenue, Fresno, CA, 93740, US

5320 North Maple Avenue

Fresno, CA 93740

Downing Planetarium

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559-278-4121

The Downing Planetarium has a 74-seat star theater with a 30-foot dome. The planetarium shows are run with a Minolta MS-8 star projector, two video projectors, and 36 slide projectors all controlled by a computer program. The star projector shown on the right was newly installed in October, 2000.

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