l’Astralia - Cité de l’Espace
Case study
l’Astralia, the new facility at the Cité de l’Espace Planetarium in Toulouse opened in 1997 and as a result of its success the Cité de l’Espace decided to construct a new facility called “Astralia” featuring a 20-meter domed planetarium. Barco provided the new Astralia center with several visualization solutions:
- the attendance hall of the planetarium: Barco SIM 4 DLP projectors blend the images of the pre-show from three channels into one seamless picture delivering utmost detail on a 2m high screen with a radius of 29 meter. For easy maintenance laser array alignment units, placed immediately under the projectors, allow fast and accurate realignment of the projected images.
- the new planetarium: up to 280 visitors can embark for a journey through the universein the 20-meter domed planetarium. 12 BarcoReality 909 CRT projectors in a double-stacked configuration with optical soft edge blending technology deliver an unequalled black night sky and a sparkling star show.
- conference room for business meetings and seminars: up to 4 windows can be simultaneously visualized on a large screen powered by a Barco iQ G350 LCD projector.
- IMAX theater: expanded functionality with the installation of a D-Cine DP100 Digital Cinema projector. The 300-seats large theater, which is normally being used to project impressive 70mm documentaries on life on earth and in space on a screen of 350m², can now also project high quality digital images during special events or conferences.
About this project
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| Date | May, 2005 | ||||||||||||
| Location | Toulouse, FRANCE | ||||||||||||
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