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Strickler Planetarium will be closed
for renovations beginning January 2008 through mid-September
2008. We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for
your patronage. We look forward to sharing this updated facility
with you.
For up-to-date progress, please visit our Strickler Skyblog
at
http://stricklerskyblog.wordpress.com/ Some new changes will
be:
******************************************************* Strickler Planetarium, located on the campus
of Olivet Nazarene University in Bourbonnais, Ill., is dedicated
to educating the public about the astronomical wonders of space.
The major impact of the planetarium is that it puts the audience
into the action. The facility contains a 30-foot-diameter dome
onto which over 4,800 stars are projected to give the audience
the three-dimensional experience of being outside under the
stars or traveling in deep space. Of the 20 planetariums
currently operating in Illinois, only three are larger and few
have the capabilities of Strickler Planetarium. The Spitz A-4RPY
star projector has the capability of rotating on three
independent axes simultaneously. This results in a unique
sensation of actually moving through space. Numerous
special-effects equipment and projectors add to the creative
capability of the facility. Experiences from witnessing a
supernova explosion to landing on the moon can be simulated. The
planetarium also incorporates a state-of-the-art video
projection system, including a video cassette recorder, laser
disk player, over 30 slide projectors and a library of over
7,000 slides. In addition, the six-source sound system surrounds
the audience with a special stereo effect. The 100-seat
planetarium was constructed in 1967 and has served thousands of
people since that time. *******************************************************
Comet McNaught (C2006 P1)
Taken with Panasonic Photoshot digital camera
5:36pm (Central) on January 9, 2007 *******************************************************
Mercury Transits the Sun
November 8, 2006
Pictures taken by ONU student Matt Scheibel.
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