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English: The James S. McDonnell Planetarium is located in Forest Park in en:St. Louis, Missouri.

The en:James S. McDonnell en:Planetarium was built in en:1963 and operated by the city of St. Louis. In en:1983 it became part of the en:St. Louis Science Center, to which it is joined by an enclosed pedestrian bridge across en:Interstate 64, reopening in en:1985 after extensive remodelling. The planetarium features a en:Zeiss Planetarium Model IX projector capable of showing the locations of 9000 en:stars and the en:planets on an 80-foot (24 m) dome. In addition to the planetarium theater, the building is home to many displays on space sciences on two levels.[1]

The shape of the building's unique roof is known mathematically as a en:hyperboloid of one sheet.
Date 15 November 2004 (original upload date)
Source Transfered from en.wikipedia Transfer was stated to be made by User:jcarkeys.
Author Original uploader was Colin.faulkingham at en.wikipedia
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Object location38° 37′ 52.3″ N, 90° 16′ 14.9″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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