Building a Better Planetarium for the World Stage

To recreate space, the Saint Petersburg Planetarium built a gyrosphere which would house the many projectors that would eventually create the location’s main attraction. Inside the gyrosphere are 40 SU922 projectors, which have a stunning 5,000 lumens brightness–allowing for a vivid projection in bright ambience, thus allowing the projection to be seen even with the lights on. This provided guests with the opportunity to take pictures with distant planets without having to use the flash to bleach out the projections or stand in total darkness to capture the spectacle.

With its 3000:1 high contrast ratio, the truest blacks and would accompany crystal clear images capturing every stunning detail of the stars and planets seen in the presentation. The SU922’s vertical lens shift ensured that the presentation is perfect, giving the planetarium curators the ability to shift projection angles ever so slightly to account for the curvature of the dome.

After installation completed in 2018, Saint Petersburg Planetarium curators were impressed with the whole presentation. The exceptional image quality of the SU922 projectors enhanced the presentation with its stellar image quality and high contrast blacks. The solar system installation was made greater by the ability to project in true to life colors in bright ambience. Once the planetarium opened its doors to the new exhibit, it became an immediate success, and those who worked in Saint Petersburg felt confident that with BenQ solutions it had achieved something magical and would quickly jettison the planetarium to the top of the world’s must see tourist attractions.