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A N N A R B O R P I O N E E R H I G H S C H O O L
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The Argus Planetarium is a teaching planetarium. All of our presentations are live. We use a sophisticated mix of images, sound, music, and voice to present information about the sky and space.
Because all of our presentations are live, we can adapt to the needs of our visitors, adjusting topics and depth as needed.
All of the information we present, whether it is vast databases of stars, planetary images, or visual data from beyond our solar system, is stored in the Digistar computer. This computer is a tower containing 3 dual-processor PC's that are connected together using high speed ethernet. The six microprocessors work together to form a single, high speed minicomputer.  The data is projected using a high resolution DLP projector with a fish eye lens. The computer warps the images before projecting them, so that they become unwarped on the curved dome. The effect puts the viewer into a 3D environment that looks and feels like they are really there. This year, every 3rd grade class in Ann Arbor Public Schools will visit the planetarium. In addition, each 3rd grade class receives a previsit at their school, usually within the 5 days prior the visit. Almost every 6th grade class in Ann Arbor Public Schools also comes to the planetarium. Many high school classes from Pioneer, Huron, Community, and Stone visit the planetarium as part of the Earth Science, Physical Science, and Physics classes. We also accept a limited number of classes from other school districts, for which there is a modest fee. Click here for times, cost, and availability. At this time, we do not do any regularly scheduled public shows. |
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