Digitarium® Kappa 1 Portable Digital Planetarium System
This model has been discontinued.
Please see our current portable or fixed models.
Product Overview

The Digitarium® Kappa 1 Portable model is a digital planetarium system designed for use in portable domes.
This model is designed for those who want the highest resolution and best projection quality in a portable Digitarium system. The Kappa's high resolution is invaluable if you show fulldome video shows, immersive environments, or scientific visualizations. Starfields will also look better, especially with the high contrast and our high quality proprietary lens.
The Kappa 1 includes our high-resolution data sets of the Earth and solar system for spectacular planetary exploration with incredible detail.Specifications
Maximum Dome Diameter |
Around 52 feet/16m. Brightness
is the main
issue, since the larger the dome,
the larger the surface area the light from the projector must cover. |
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Pixel Diameter |
1600 |
Projected Resolution |
2.01 megapixels |
Field of view |
180 degrees, full sky. |
Pixels per degree of sky |
8.9 average |
Angle of Projection |
167 degrees |
Base Projector Brightness |
7650 lumens with non-fisheye lens (Provided for comparison purposes with other systems. Actual brightness with a fisheye lens is significantly less due to not projecting the whole video rectangle and differing lens properties.) |
Contrast Ratio |
Nominal projector contrast is up to 8,000:1. |
Lamp life |
Up to 2000 hours on high The projector has two lamps which can be used one at a time, or both together for the brightest projection. |
Control Unit |
Digitarium CU-1 |
User Interfaces Included |
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Internal Storage |
2000 GB expandable up to 8 TB or more. |
Power |
100-240 VAC, 10.4 A, 50-60Hz |
Regulatory |
FCC Class A, CE class A (RoHS compliant), UL or CSA listed components |
Dimensions |
System: 20 x 16.75 x 25 inches for storage (51 x 42.5 x 64 cm), 20 x 16.75 x 35 inches in use (51 x 42.5 x 89 cm) Transit case: 39 x 25 x 22 inches (99 x 64 x 56 cm) |
Weight |
System: 73 lbs. (33.2 kg) Transit case: 47.6 lbs. (21.6 kg) Total: 120.6 lbs. (54.8 kg) The transit case has built in wheels and extendable handle for easy transport on flat surfaces. |