Astronomical Calendar: 2014 January

                      2014: 75th Year of Pittsburgh's Buhl Planetarium

The Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science / Buhl Science Center:               1939 October 24 to 1991 August 31
Henry Buhl, Jr. Planetarium and Observatory at The Carnegie Science Center:        1991 October 5 to Present

 

With the beginning of 2014, it is well into the 75th year of operation of Pittsburgh's Buhl Planetarium. The 75th anniversary of The Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science will be October 24. This photograph, from the early 1980s, shows The Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science looking from Allegheny Square Plaza, where students would often eat lunch during school field trips to Buhl.
Quick History: Link >>> http://buhlplanetarium.tripod.com/75years/quickhistory.html
(Image Source: Francis G. Graham, Professor Emeritus of Physics, Kent State University)

Astronomical Calendar for 2014 January:

Link >>> http://buhlplanetarium4.tripod.com/astrocalendar/2014.html#jan

The current month's Astronomical Calendar can also be found on the cover page of the History of The Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science, Pittsburgh web site at this link:

Link >>> http://buhlplanetarium.tripod.com/#astrocal

Source: Friends of the Zeiss.

2014: 75th Year of Pittsburgh's Buhl Planetarium

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