StarDomes – Personal Planetariums
September 12, 2005 | In: Artwork, Furniture, Space Travel
Unfortunately, not many folks live way out in the boonies like I do, so they miss out on having access to awe-inspiring star-filled skies on a regular basis. Luckily, there’s a US-based company called Numinus that can help with their unique StarDomes.
StarDomes are durable molded fiberglass domes that are light weight, require no assembly and are easy to install. The true constellations are mapped out against a hand painted airbrushed sky with billowy clouds all around the horizon to create a magical sky full of twinkling stars on your ceiling. A cove light lines the perimeter of dome and can be dimmed via remote control to provide cool sunrise and sunset effects.
Numinus offers two models, a 4ft round and 6×9ft oval. The 4ft round comes with a standard view of the northern sky with 18 constellations. Custom star fields are also available. No clues on the StarDomes web site in regards to pricing but there are a lot of great photos and some streaming video. Apparently these StarDomes were featured on a recent episode of ABC’s Extreme Makeover Home Edition seen in North America.
[via OhGizmo]
2 Responses to StarDomes – Personal Planetariums
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September 27th, 2005 at 7:48 pm
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