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A quick summary...		  
After 43 years of service, the original planetarium at Palomar College is scheduled to be demolished to make way for new campus construction.  A new planetarium is now being designed and will soon begin construction.  This website is dedicated to this exciting new project that will change the nature of astronomy in North County San Diego.  There is much to be done over the next 3 years as we design and build a state-of-the-art venue that will serve the College and the County for many years to come.
Browse the links above and see the history and the future of the Planetarium at Palomar College!
 
The architecture firm hired for this project is tBP Architecture.  Click the image for more information and a portfolio of some of their work.
 
  Palomar College Website
Palomar College Astronomy
ESAS Department
Proposition M
tBP Architecture
Southern California Planetaria


(Click on the thumbnail to download a copy of the document)
The Planetarium Master Plan is a summary of the history of the planetarium and a launching point for the future planetarium at Palomar College.
 
Summer 2008
 The old planetarium is scheduled to be demolished to make way for new campus construction.  Plans to pack up the Digistar II projection system are underway.  Current plans are to use it in the new planetarium.

April 2008
An architectural firm has been hired.  tBP Architecture will be working with a committee of Palomar College faculty and staff to design the new planetarium.  Planning meetings are underway!

August 2007
 A nationwide search begins for an architect for the new planetarium.

November 2006
The Proposition M School Bond measure passes with a 57% majority (55% required for passage).  Palomar College begins planning for 20 years of campus construction and remodel that will change the face of the College.  One of the top three projects to be built first is a new planetarium/multipurpose theater to replace the old one.  The new planetarium will be built on the north-east side of campus next to the new Natural Science building.
             
This website is maintained by Mark Lane
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