Planetarium
The Hempfield Area School District’s planetarium was added to the high school in 1965 to improve aerospace education throughout the school district. Planetarium projectors include the Spitz Laboratory Model A3 Projector and various supplementary projectors such as the meteor, solar eclipse, lunar eclipse, and auroras projection devices. It can show the sky visible from any location on the earth. The planetarium supplements class work in astronomy, earth sciences, and physics. Beyond the normal school day, the planetarium serves varied community groups including the P.T.A., Boy Scouts, and non-public school students with programs of current interest and sky dramas.
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