LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) - The planetarium at the Lafayette Science Museum is preparing for a giant leap in technology with a $500,000 digital upgrade to replace decades-old equipment.
City-parish government is scheduled to take bids for the upgrade next month.
Curator Dave Hostetter tells The Advocate that work to pull out the old equipment is expected to begin in January and the new digital equipment should be up and running by April.
Shows at the planetarium are the product of old film and slide projectors and a "star machine" that has been used since the planetarium first opened in 1969.
The new system will be controlled by computer, with the digital images of stars and planets emanating from a ring of digital projectors around the perimeter of the dome.


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