Hayden Planetarium

Hayden Planetarium is a public planetarium located on Central Park West, New York City, next to and organizationally part of the American Museum of Natural History.

Related Topics:
Planetarium - Central Park West - New York City - American Museum of Natural History

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Since 2000, the planetarium has been one of the two main attractions within the Rose Center for Earth and Space. The planetarium is the top half of the Sphere, which uses a customized Zeiss Star Projector system, one of the most powerful virtual reality simulators in the world. The bottom half of the Sphere is home to the Big Bang, which transfers the visitors to the moment when the Universe was created.

Related Topics:
Rose Center for Earth and Space - Zeiss - Virtual reality - Big Bang - Universe

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Neil deGrasse Tyson is the planetarium's director.

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