The Science Dome is an independent distributor for the world's leading provider of portable digital planetarium systems, Digitalis Education.
The Science Dome is the exclusive distributors for the UK and EIRE for Digitalis Education which offers the most cost effective, easy to use, and practical astronomy education tools.
We are also exclusive distributors for other European countries such as Poland, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Holland and Belgium.
Please contact us if you are unsure of the agent details for other countries in Europe and worldwide, or click the link for the agent list. Agent Contact List . We can provide an agent service, if your country is not covered by an existing business contact.
Call +44 01202 304734 .
WE ALSO PROVIDE DOMES FROM THE UK -- Please be aware that mobile inflatable domes are available from the USA and also now we supply UK domes (for the indoors and outdoors). The UK domes are provided without the major costs of international shipping and customs charges. Click DOMES for details
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The products offered include the world renowned Digitarium systems.
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The breakthrough planetarium projectors Digitarium Alpha introduced in 2003, with the later Digitarium Alpha 2 , were the first truly affordable digital planetarium systems.
The next generation models Gamma and Epsilon continue in this mould, offering what is believed to be the best value on the market for astronomy education in a small or medium sized dome.
We are now fully stocked with projectors and domes from the USA. Just arrived in the UK is the latest Digitarium-- called a Zeta, giving a colourful WOW effect and picture quality with a native Resolution (pixel diameter) of 1200. Price is £22,500 GBP excluding VAT, with shipping to your site extra.
New Digitarium® Digital Planetarium Systems Announced
BREMERTON, Wash., March 15, 2011 — Digitalis Education Solutions, Inc. proudly announces the addition of two new models to the company’s market-leading line of Digitarium® digital planetarium systems.
The Digitarium® Kappa projects a 1600 pixel diameter circle, which results in over two million pixels reaching the dome surface. It combines a high resolution, high brightness DLP projector with a proprietary fisheye lens and specialized computer control unit. The Kappa can be used in domes up to approximately 52 ft/16m in diameter.
The Digitarium Kappa model is designed primarily for fixed domes, although Digitalis will also offer a portable version. With a projection angle of 165 degrees, the Kappa sits low in a fixed dome, making it less likely to block audience sight lines. The Kappa’s price of approximately $70,000 (US price in USD) makes it far more affordable than several competing systems, even some with lower resolutions.
Like the Digitarium Gamma and Epsilon systems, the Kappa can be mounted next to an existing opto-mechanical projector. An optional elevator mount enables the Kappa’s projector to be raised for use or lowered out of the way of the starball. The off-center distortion correction feature in Digitarium systems adjusts starfields and media for positioning away from the middle of the dome.
The new Digitarium Zeta model is intended primarily for use in portable domes. It projects a 1200 pixel diameter circle and offers a compact size to facilitate storage and transport from site to site.
The Zeta is similar to Digitalis’ Digitarium Epsilon system, although not as bright; the Zeta can be used in domes up to approximately 40 ft/12m in diameter. The Zeta’s angle of projection is 175 degrees, making it more immersive in a portable dome than the Epsilon’s 155 degree angle of projection in fulldome mode. At a price of approximately $30,000 (US price in USD), the Zeta is also more affordable than the Epsilon.
The new models will begin shipping in the third quarter of 2011.
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The flexibility of digital projection enables educators to cover a much broader and deeper range of topics, a vast improvement over portable analog (pinhole) projectors. Think of the difference between using a slide projector and a computer.
The Digitarium systems stand apart from other digital planetarium systems in a number of critical areas:
- Best usability: The easiest interface to learn and use is the unique handheld, backlit remote control. Intuitive icons label each button. With no separate control computer required, educators are liberated from complex software interfaces, aren't tethered to the projector, don't need to block audience sight lines, and need only a fraction of the setup time. Spend more time focused on your students rather than your system.
- Lowest training costs: Due to its excellent usability, no special operator training is required other than reading how to set up and put away the system. Our free lesson plans can get you started teaching right away.
- Fast setup/takedown time: With the portable system, from the moment you open the transit case until the sky is projected on the dome takes only a couple of minutes. Takedown requires about the same amount of time.
- Best value: Designed from the start for higher volume, lower cost, and lower overhead production and distribution than competitors in order to put tools within reach of most educational institutions. Even at an affordable price, it is believed it matches or outperforms many more expensive models on the most important criteria for practical astronomy education. We invite you to compare competing products in person and see this value for yourself.
- The market leader. The Digitarium systems are the best selling small dome digital planetarium systems in the world.
See our products page for detailed information about our products.
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