planetarium projectors

MEGASTAR a In June 13, 2003, five years after introducing MEGASTAR for the first time, Ohira secretly developed MEGASTAR-II, his 5th planetarium. The first planetarium of MEGASTAR-II was named PHOENIX and it can project 4.1 million stars, three times as many as MEGASTAR and up to 12.5th magnitude, on a dome with 20 m in diameter. As one feature of the ?MEGASTAR series, MEGASTAR-II also has high performance as well as high portability. This planetarium was introduced for the first time at the closing event of the Gotoh Planetarium called MEETS, which was a typical planetarium in Japan, located on the 8th floor of the Shibuya Tokyu Bunka Kaikan. Since planetariums have been closed one after another, Ohira wished for the planetarium industry to be revived, and named MEGASTAR-II as PHOENIX. Later, his wish was realized by MEGASTAR-II. As MEGASTAR-II received more publicity in the mass media, it played a more important role in various events. Consequently, the planetarium industry was re-activated. At the end of 2003, MEGASTAR-II participated in Ancient Stars, a joint event between Yumi Matsutoya, a musician, and Mamoru Mori, a Japanese astronaut, held in the Yokohama Landmark Tower. Since then, MEGASTAR-II has been participating in collaboration events with various artists and musicians. The second MEGASTAR-II, named MINERVA, is permanently exhibited in the Kawasaki Municipal Science Museum and the third MEGASTAR-II, named COSMOS which can project 5.6 million stars, is permanently exhibited in the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation. In 2004, MEGASTAR-II was officially recognized as the worlds most advanced planetarium projector by Guinness World Records. Now, MEGASTAR-II is the best planetarium in the world both in name and reality.