Historic
Buhl Planetarium Equipment & Artifacts
·
In Building at Time of Building Closure in 1994.
·
Probably Now in Warehouse Storage.
·
Property of the City of Pittsburgh, as these items
were in building at time of building dedication (Tuesday, 1939 October 24),
when building and all building contents were legally conveyed by the Buhl
Foundation to the City of Pittsburgh.
2019 May
1)
10-inch Siderostat-Type Refractor
Telescope and auxiliary materials, including a control panel, first-surface
mirror mounted on Siderostat motor unit, large projection screen, astronomical
transparencies (back-lit). One of the largest telescopes of its unique
Siderostat-Type. (There is a legal Memorandum of Understanding between the City
of Pittsburgh and The Carnegie Science Center regarding the care of this
artifact.)
2)
Large Mercator’s Projection Map of
the World, identifying the world’s major seaports. When this map was first
produced, for the New York World’s Fair of 1939-1940, it was considered the
largest Mercator’s Projection Map in the world! (There is a legal Memorandum of
Understanding between the City of Pittsburgh and The Carnegie Science Center
regarding the care of this artifact.)
3)
Classic push-button, display case
exhibit: Stars do Move – Demonstrating precession, with
changes in the star configuration of the Big Dipper over 200,000 years of time
as an example.
4)
Classic push-button, display case
exhibit: Twin Stars – Showing movement of a binary star system.
5)
Classic push-button, display case
exhibit: Light Takes Time to Travel – Regarding the speed of
light.
6)
Classic push-button, display case exhibit: Tycho
Brahe’s Mural Quadrant - Animated Diorama of Tycho Brahe's Observatory in
7)
Classic push-button, display case exhibit: Observatory of Hevelius at Danzig - Animated Diorama of Johannes Hevelius' Observatory in
8) Astronomical Painting
by Pennsylvania artist and architect Daniel Owen Stephens: The
Dragon.
9) Astronomical Painting
by Pennsylvania artist and architect Daniel Owen Stephens: A
Perspective in Time.
10) Astronomical Painting
by Pennsylvania artist and architect Daniel Owen Stephens: Orion
and Taurus the Bull.
11) Astronomical Painting
by Pennsylvania artist and architect Daniel Owen Stephens: The
Astronomer.