We expect the designs and the cost to improve rapidly over the next five years. We are considering the building of a Sky Theater . This facility combines features of a planetarium with access to the telescope and computerized projectors. Such a facility would allow us to overcome the following problems. Weather restricts us to clear nights.
Some visitors find star and constellation recognition difficult or impossible outdoors.
A star pattern easily recognized by most people can be all but meaningless to a significant minority. Many modern presentations require a projection theater. Inherently a telescope in a dome presents obstacles to physically handicapped individuals.