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The Brevard Community College Planetarium and Observatory is an educational complex located inside the Brevard Community College. It features several facilities that are designed to aid in the study of astronomy and other related sciences.

Also known as the Astronaut Memorial Planetarium and Observatory, the Brevard Community College Planetarium and Observatory is actually quite an interesting site to visit. It has a 210-seater planetarium theatre which has a 70-foot overhead hemisphere where images are projected to in order to simulate the night sky. It is usually used to conduct educational programs to local schools and the visitors. They also have a public observatory equipped with a 610 mm Ritchie-Chretien reflector telescope. Aside from this, they also have a large screen movie theatre, an art gallery, and some exhibit halls that are also used for various educational purporses.
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