SOUTH CAROLINA
Planetarium
West Florence High School
221 North Beltline Drive
Florence, SC 29501-7414
+1 843 664 8472
Opened 1970
SCHOOL/DIST
9.1m
Capacity 60
Spitz A4RPY
Billy Patrick, Planetarium Director
Howell Memorial Planetarium
Bob Jones University ????
1700 Wade Hampton Boulevard
Greenville, SC 29614
+1 864 370 1800x2215
+1 864 235 6661 fax
Opened 1960
UNIV/COLLEGE
9.1m
Capacity 90
Spitz A2
Dr. William P. Lovegrove, Professor,Planetarium Director
ext. 2261 (voice mail box 114)
Daniel Anderson
+1 864 242 5100x2269
College Park Planetarium
College Park Middle School
713 College Park Road
Ladson, SC 29456
+1 803 553 8300
Opened 1981
SCHOOL/DIST
5.5m
Spitz 373
Opened 1978
MUSEUM/SCI.CTR
GIFT SHOP
12.2m, installed 1978
Capacity 82, epicentric; annual attendance: 8,000
Konica Minolta S-IIB, installed 1978
SPICE Automation, Conic orrery, video projector. Public shows on second
Sunday of the month, October through May.
Frank Martin, Interim Director
Davion Petty, Program Coordinator
+1 803 516 4599
TEXAS
Opened 1988
SCHOOL/DIST
9.1m, installed 1988
Capacity 62, epicentric; annual attendance: 15,000
Spitz A3P, installed 1988
Rotating Jupiter, Evolution projector, Eclipse projector, (2) Rotating
Earths, Meteor projector, Video projector, Laser Disc, Power Mac.
Sharon Rigsby, Planetarium Techer
Planetarium
Laredo Ind. School District
1702 Houston Street
Laredo, TX 78040-4906
+1 956 795 3200
SCHOOL/DIST
4.9m STARLAB
Capacity 30, portable
STARLAB
Opened 1981
SCHOOL/DIST
12.2m, installed 1980
Capacity 130, epicentric
Spitz 512, installed 1980
Serving over 5000 K-12 students and the patrons of a great school district.
Scott P. Williams, Director
Opened 1973
UNIV/COLLEGE
9.1m
Capacity 60
Allsky only
VIRGINIA
Opened 1969
SCHOOL/DIST
9.1m, installed 1968
Capacity 75, V-chevron
Spitz A4, installed 1968
Opened 1963
SCHOOL/DIST
9.1m Spitz, installed 1963
Capacity 90, concentric
Spitz A3P, installed 1963
Opened 1968
SCHOOL/DIST
9.1m, installed 1968
Capacity 70, V-chevron
Spitz A3P, installed 1968
Dave Fowler, Geosystems teacher
J. Calder Wicker Planetarium
Fork Union Military Academy
P. O. Box 278
Fork Union, VA 23055-0278
+1 434 842 3216
Opened 1971
SCHOOL/DIST
10.7m
Capacity 72
Spitz A4
Opened 1968
SCHOOL/DIST
9.1m, installed 1967
Capacity 56
Spitz A3PR, installed 1967
Rebecca Pifer, Physics teacher
Jefferson Planetarium
Thomas Jefferson High School
4100 West Grace Street
Richmond, VA 23230-3800
+1 804 780 6086
+1 804 780 6295 fax
Opened 1970
SCHOOL/DIST
6.1m, installed 1969
Capacity 34, epicentric; annual attendance: 10,000
GOTO INC EROS, installed 1969
An emphasis on participatory planetarium lessons for elementary, middle and
high school students.
Leslie Bochenski, Planetarium Director
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