The Wits Planetarium’s history dates back to 1956 when Johannesburg’s 70th-anniversary celebrations inspired a plan to buy and house a Zeiss projector. Since a new projector was unavailable in ...
This planetarium is known for its Zeiss Universarium IX projector, the most powerful planetarium instrument developed by Zeiss, capable of reproducing 9,100 stars. Opened in 1781 and featuring an ...