The Zeiss Mark IX is capable of projecting 9,100 stars — high-intensity white-light that randomly twinkles just like the night sky — onto the dome, along with the Sun, and planets, and is capable of taking visitors to the surface of any object in our solar system. The Zeiss is completely computer controlled. Fiber optics generate a starry sky of unparalleled clarity, providing views of the night sky so realistic that even deep-sky objects are projected. Though largely invisible to the naked eye, they can be seen with binoculars. The planet data displayed by the projector is from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and the drawings of the constellations are by Scott Ewalt, a New York-based artist.

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