Welcome to Digitalis.
We are the leading provider of digital planetarium systems for
the portable and small fixed dome market.
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.
- 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 systems are the best selling small dome digital planetarium
systems in the world. With the first model introduced in late
2003, we have users spread across the globe.
See our products page for detailed information about our products.
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What's New
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Announcing Nightshade astronomy simulation software!
(Press Release)
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We are introducing a new high resolution, low cost
model, the Digitarium Delta.
(Press Release)
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We have upgraded our Digitarium software and hardware platform
for even greater flexibility.
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We now offer an elevator mount option
for fixed dome Digitarium Gamma and Epsilon models to
work around an existing starball.
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See a high resolution Digitarium system demonstrated at:
National Association of Independent Schools, February 25-26, San Francisco.
Other opportunities
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All Digitarium systems now include
a one-year individual membership in the
International Planetarium Society.
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All system purchases include
Two Small Pieces of Glass,
a fulldome video that chronicles the history of the telescope
from the time of Galileo and its profound impact upon the science of astronomy.
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Our exclusive Digitalis Community website allows customers
to easily share content, scripts,
education resources, or just communicate with other Digitarium educators
around the world.
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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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