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Reopening of the Hamburg Planetarium With New LOBO Laser System

LOBO supplies laser system solutions for the Hamburg Planetarium.

At the start of the year, after 18 months of reconstruction, the Planetarium Hamburg reopened its gates again. Prominent people like Hamburg's first mayor Mr. Olaf Scholz or the Senator of Culture Dr. Carsten Brosda were invited to marvel the inside of the Planetarium. "We the people of Hamburg don't like to act up but we like to have theaters. This beautiful old water tower is our biggest sky opera." stated Scholz. With a budget of almost 10 million Euros, the star theater has been completely modernized and equipped with the latest technology.

With one of the biggest and most modern show laser systems on the planet, LOBO is creating magical moments and an unforgettable 360-degree experience under the star dome. For one, this high-tech laser system consists of the optically pumped ultra-bright sparks® laser series – the brightest laser system on the planet.

With the laser modules in the basic colors Red / Green / Cyan / Blue, over 16 mio. colors can be generated by means of intelligent color mixing. Those modules are mounted in the so called sparks® PowerDeck and connected with the laser projectors inside the star dome via fiber optics. The sparks® PowerDeck is a very special novelty – a laser light server that provides enough slots for up to eight optically pumped ultra bright sparks® laser modules. The PowerDeck works trouble-free from a room next door, leaving the sensitive dome acoustics void of distracting background noises.

The special situation at the Planetarium Hamburg: The size of the intended PowerDeck hosting room was quite small for the usual horizontal positioning of the device. Therefore the ambitious LOBO engineers designed a frame that allowed a vertical positioning of the PowerDeck.

The sophisticated LOBO TriDome® system generates spectacular, high-precision and genuine 360-degree-real full-dome projections. This TriDome® system does not merely create less disturbing picture transitions, it also provides a highly increased show experience. The system consists of three laser projectors which are mounted at a angle of 120° with respect to each other at the horizon of the dome. With the application of a sophisticated real time geometric correction and a new kind of digital projectors, this method is presently the only technical solution which offers the necessary precision for seamlessly overlaying pictures of the star projectors as well as the All Dome video projection systems. In addition to that, the same projectors are in the position to generate impressive three-dimensional beam spectacles which abduct the spectators into a world created by laser light - "for children, theater performances and scientific simulations alike - without appearing blurry or diffuse", said Thomas W. Kraupe, Consultant, Astrophysicist and Director of Planetarium Hamburg..

Two further projectors, also based on the High Speed Scanning Unit AMP-6, are housed in a so-called Grating Box (GTB-5). Since the Grating Box has the same dimensions as the projector housing GTB-5H, it harmoniously fits into the overall aesthetics of the dome. The Grating Box allows for implementing ten different gratings into the laser graphics. The swivel period is less than 0.5 s.

 

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