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Television performer, Troy Cory-Stubblefield said
he was happy that the land-mark has regained its
world-class status in the field of space
science.
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"I remember coming here many times as a boy and
being part of my studies in the scientific world of
radio," said Cory, who grew up in near-by Long
Beach. "In fact, that's one of the reasons I made
my home in the Hollywood Area. Firndale Park, just
below the Obervatory, was my mother's favorite
spots, away from her home in Long Beach. Troy is
the grandson of the Wireless Telephone™
inventor, Nathan B. Stubblefield. His mother
Priscilla Alden was married to Oliver Ray Jack
Stubblefield."
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The renovation project, the observatory's first
face-lift since it debuted in 1935, more than
doubles its size and beefs up its most popular
features with state-of-the-art equipment and in
many cases, a new paint job. More than 60 exhibits
have been added.
•••
TVInews publisher, Josie Cory, joined Spock for the
cause. New is the Leonard Nimoy Event Horizon
Theater, named for the "Star Trek" legend who
contributed $1 million to the project, and The Big
Picture, a cosmic panorama displayed on 114
porcelain enamel plates. It blankets an entire
wall, measuring 152 feet long and 20 feet high, and
is billed as the largest astronomical image
ever.
•••
It's a real-data picture of about a million
galaxies, many in the Virgo Cluster, yet it
represents less than a thousandth of all space, or
roughly the area of the night sky your index finger
would cover if held about a foot away from your
eyes.
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The Griffith Observatory has long been one of
Southern California's top attractions; it was
averaging about 2 million visitors a year before it
closed in January 2002 for the renovation.
•••
Griffith Observatory is
located in Los Angeles, California, United States.
Sitting on the south-facing slope of Mount
Hollywood in L.A.'s Griffith Park, it commands a
view of downtown Los Angeles, Hollywood as far as
the Pacific Ocean. The observatory is a favorite
attraction for tourists and locals alike, and
features an extensive array of space- and
science-related displays. The Galactic Gala, The
grand re-opening for the Observatory was held on
October 3rd, 2006, and the public will be welcomed
on November 3rd, 2006.
•••
The land on which the observatory sits was donated
to the City of Los Angeles by Col. Griffith J.
Griffith in 1896. In his will, Griffith donated
funds to build an observatory, exhibit hall, and
planetarium on the donated land. Construction began
on June 20, 1933 using a design developed by
architect John C. Austin based on preliminary
sketches by Russell W. Porter. The observatory and
accompanying exhibits were officially opened on May
14, 1935. In its first five days of operation the
observatory logged more than 13,000 visitors.
Dinsmore Alter was the museum's director in its
first years.
•••
During World War II the planetarium was used to
train pilots the skill of celestial navigation. The
planetarium was again used for this purpose in the
1960s to train Apollo program astronauts for the
first lunar missions.
•••
The planetarium was renovated in 1964 and a Mark IV
Zeiss projector was installed.
•••
The observatory was closed in 2002 for renovation
and expansion, and reopened on October 3, 2006 It
will be available to the public on November 1,
2006. Among the renovations being done is the
replacement of the Zeiss Mark IV with a Zeiss Mark
IX Universarium star projector.
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Since its opening, admission has been free to the
public. However, with the renovation and popular
demand, the observatory has implemented a
reservations-only system, where guests can make
reservations online or by telephone. General
reservations are $8, seniors 60+ and children 5-12
$4, and children 4 and under free.
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02 /
Exhibits
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The first exhibit visitors encountered in 1935 was
the Foucault pendulum, which was designed to
demonstrate the rotation of the Earth. The exhibits
also included a twelve-inch Zeiss telescope, a
solar telescope, and a thirty-eight foot relief
model of the moon's north polar region.
•••
Col. Griffith requested that the observatory
include a display on evolution which was
accomplished with the Cosmochron exhibit which
included a narration from Caltech Professor C.
Stock and an accompanying slide show. The evolution
exhibit existed from 1937 to the mid 1960s.
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Also included in the original design was a
planetarium. The first shows covered topics
including the Moon, worlds of the solar system, and
eclipses.
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03 / Pop culture
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The observatory was featured in a number of scenes
in the James Dean film Rebel Without a Cause,
including the end. More recently it appeared in the
movies Bowfinger , Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle,
GoldenEye, The Rocketeer and The Terminator.
Several scenes in the Star Trek: Voyager two-part
episode "Future's End" took place at the
observatory and were filmed there. In the Grand
Theft Auto: San Andreas video game this landmark is
featured and is identical to the real life Griffith
Observatory. It is also apparently where MacGyver
in the pilot episode of the TV series "MacGyver"
lives. The observatory is a playable area in the
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines video game,
unfortunately being ruined by a werewolf and
destroyed by fire. A Lego model of this building is
on permanent exhibit at Legoland California in the
Southern California section of Miniland.
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