Visit to Hayden Planaterium -- The projector is gone?

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What happened to the projector?
As a kid I always liked going to the Hayden Planetarium. Stars were projected on the dome that a city kid could only dream of seeing.But that was a long time ago.I went there recently and the projector is gone. They now show movies projected on the dome with some special effects.Don't you think young children would be amazed to see what the stars look like from a rural observing site?. Bring back the projector!
 
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I visited the planetarium twice in the last 10 years . There were celebrity narrators, Leonard Nemoy and Neil de Grasse Tyson, narrating a movie projected onto a hemisphere. This could have been shown in a regular movie theater. They should show the night sky in all its glory.
 
I would guess that you could do a better job with a computer and some lasers now. I'm not sure the hardware is the problem with the content you saw.