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We are the leading provider of digital planetarium systems for
the portable and fixed dome markets. Experience one of our systems in person, and you will see why!
Our innovations are grounded upon a unique blend of technical expertise and real-world astronomy education experience.
Our goal is to offer the most cost effective, easy to use, and practical astronomy education tools.
Our breakthrough Digitarium® Alpha planetarium projector, introduced in 2003,
was the first truly affordable digital planetarium system. The
newer Digitarium® models
continue in this mold,
offering what we believe are the best values on the market for astronomy education in a
small or medium sized dome.
The flexibility of digital projection enables educators to
cover a much broader and deeper range of topics, a vast improvement over portable analog (pinhole) projectors.
Think of the difference between using a slide projector and a computer.
Our Digitarium systems stand apart from other digital planetarium systems in a number of critical areas:
- Best usability:
The easiest interface to learn and use is our unique handheld, backlit remote
control. Intuitive icons label each button.
With no separate control computer required, educators are liberated from complex software interfaces,
aren't tethered to the projector, don't need to block audience sight lines,
and need only a fraction of the setup time. Spend more
time focused on your students rather than your system. See what educators have to say about our systems.
- Lowest training costs: Due to its excellent usability, no special operator training is required other than
reading how to set up and put away the system. Our free lesson plans can get you started teaching right away.
- Fast setup/takedown time: With our portable system, from the moment you open the transit case until
the sky is projected on the dome takes only a couple of minutes. Takedown requires about
the same amount of time. Watch how easy it is to set up.
- Quality:
Our top quality proprietary Digitarium fisheye projection lenses rival or surpass any other in the industry for minimal chromatic aberration (color separation), superb focus,
high throughput, and excellent contrast. Our lenses are designed and made in the United States to exacting standards. Likewise, we design, develop, and support
all our products from the U.S., with assistance from our team of dedicated international distributors.
- Best value:
Even at affordable prices, we believe our products outperform competing products
on the most important criteria for practical astronomy education.
No other system comes close to matching our unique combination of usability,
features, projection quality, product support, and affordable pricing.
We invite you to compare competing products in person and
see this value for yourself.
- The market leader.
You don't have to take our word that we have the best portable planetarium
for astronomy educators.
Our Digitarium digital planetarium system brand is the best selling in the world.
With the first model introduced in late
2003, we now have more than 300 Digitarium users spread across the globe.
 Read case studies from some of our customers about their experiences
with Digitalis.
See our products page for detailed information about our products.
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What's New
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February 1, 2012:
The new highly affordable Digitarium Delta 2 model will begin shipping in March. Be sure to get your orders in soon as intial quantities are limited.
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December 12, 2011:
Digitalis is hard at work on a large revamp of Nightshade, the simulation software that we lead development on and use in all Digitarium systems.
New preview screenshots have been posted showing how the work on Earth's atmosphere and a terrain engine (topography and high resolution satellite imagery) is progressing.
Learn more about Nightshade.
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See a high resolution Digitarium system at:
National Science Teachers Association, March 29-April 1, Indianapolis, Indiana.
Other opportunities
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November 1, 2011: Digitarium planetarium systems and Digitalis domes now come standard with a three year limited warranty with an
extended five year warranty option available. We design our systems to last, and this is just one of the many ways we stand behind our products.
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August, 2011:
The Live Interactive Planetarium Symposium,
hosted by Digitalis was a great success. Stay tuned for more details and future directions.
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July, 2011:
Introducing the exclusive Digitalis LED light pointer, a professional kid-friendly (no LASER)
pointer solution for planetaria.
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July, 2011:
Our Universal Console control interface now supports basic control of select cove lighting systems.
The Universal Console is a web-application control interface for Digitarium systems that supports controlling your Digitarium from an iPad or computer.
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March 15, 2011:
Two new models have been added to the best selling Digitarium product line, the Digitarium Kappa and Digitarium Zeta models.
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Did you know you can spread your payments out over multiple
budget years with our lease to own program?
Contact us for details. US customers only,
with credit approval.
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