List of Planetariums - Planetarium Manufacturers

Planetarium Manufacturers

The list below gives the name of firms that have made more than five planetariums, with state they are located in if in the United States, otherwise, the nation. Included are the names of the various models offered by each firm, and an approximate total number sold for each firm. The symbol D after the total indicates the firm is no longer in business or no longer making planetariums.

  • Aquarian -- New York -- 20 D
  • AsterDomus -- Brasil -- Portable planetaria manufacture.
  • Baader -- Germany -- Großplanetarium, Schulplanetarium, Planetarium 2000
  • Digitalis Education Solutions, Inc., Bremerton, WA USA: Manufacturers and sellers of Digitarium digital planetarium systems for portable and fixed domes and Digitalis inflatable domes. Over 400 customers on six continents as of September, 2012.
  • The Elumenati, Milwaukee and Asheville NC -- Single-channel digital projection solutions for fixed and portable domes; lenses, projectors, inflatable domes, and software; GeoDome turnkey immersive learning environments; services including custom installations and content consulting
  • Evans & Sutherland -- Utah Digistar 1, Digistar 2—30, Digistar 3—over 120
  • E-Planetarium, Houston, Texas -- Discovery Dome portable fulldome digital theater with mirror or fisheye projection, Go-Dome inflatable dome—more than 40 in 13 countries
  • Fengfei—China—TX 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 16—50
  • Farquhar -- Pennsylvania -- 40 D
  • Galileo—Italy—S1, S III—20
  • Gambato—Italy—30
  • Global Immersion -- UK, Colorado, Canada—Fidelity fulldome and large-format solutions, (using an open architecture Media Server solution, runs Global Immersion Media Director software and SCISS' Uniview real-time data visualization platform)
  • Goto—Japan—EX-3, E-5, Eros, Venus, G1014, GE, GE II, GE 6, GM-AT, GS 6, GM-15, Chronos, Helios, GR-T, M-1, S-3, Super Helios—Total is uncertain, about 400 outside Japan. It is said the Japanese government placed an EX-3 in every elementary school in Japan.
  • Ohira Tech - Japan, Megastar -7
  • Hangzhou—China—20
  • Jindu—China—J8, J10—15
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