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Meanwhile, in Boston, another planetarium has been under con- 

 struction. It is a part of the Museum of Science in Science Park, and 

 is named for Charles Hayden, the philanthropist who also donated 

 the Zeiss projector for the planetarium in New York. The building 

 was completed early in 1956, but the construction of the complex new 

 projector has been delayed. It is likely that the new Hayden Plane- 

 tarium will open its doors along with the ones at Flint and the Air 

 Force Academy in 1958. 



The Boston instrument is being built by Frank Korkosz at his 

 shop in Springfield, Mass. It is a completely new, if not radical, 

 design incorporating the advantages of both Zeiss and Spitz. In 

 particular, the star images as projected on the dome are reported to 

 produce an illusion much closer to reality than in the earlier instru- 

 ments, though both Spitz's Model B and the California Academy of 

 Sciences have been successful in attaining actual variable intensity in 

 their star representation, as opposed to the variable-sized disks in the 

 Zeiss and Spitz classroom units. 



While awaiting the delivery of the new projector, the staff in Boston 

 has been able to create several new and different special effects: A 

 lighted skyline that drops into the cove below horizon level, remark- 

 ably realistic lightning, and a sound system sufficiently versatile to re- 

 produce most any sound effect in whatever location in the dome might 

 be specified. 



Many other planetarium installations are on the drawing boards. 

 Most of these will be the small classroom-size Spitz; there may be sev- 

 eral large ones, too. Seattle, Portland, Detroit, St. Louis, Dallas, 

 Kansas City, Miami, and Washington are among the cities from which 

 there are indications of interest. The time may not be far distant 

 when planetariums will be as numerous as museums. In this age of 

 emphasis on science, such a trend is not only welcome, but almost 

 mandatory. 



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