digital planetarium

Hello

I am looking for a low cost digital planetarium projector and dome to
be used outdoors (40 students). When I searched in the net I came
across names like digital alpha e-planetarium, starlab, spitz etc. I
find it difficult to choose among these. Our budget is around 30000$.
Can anybody help me. I am from India.

Sakthivel

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Hello

I am looking for a low cost digital planetarium projector and dome to
be used outdoors (40 students). When I searched in the net I came
across names like digital alpha e-planetarium, starlab, spitz etc. I
find it difficult to choose among these. Our budget is around
30000$. Can anybody help me. I am from India.

Sakthivel

I recall seeing ads for these things, made by a Japanese company, in the
back pages of "Sky & Telescope" magazine. Doesn't Carl Zeiss also make
the premiere model? I can't find any such ads in the last few issues of
S&T, but IIRC, the minimum prices are about 6x the number you posted.
;-(

Looks like you've discovered an untapped market niche for a low priced
machine, for high school and community college buyers. It's probably
too much to suggest that you start the company that builds them, as I'm
sure you've got more pressing priorities... ;-(