The FiberArc STARLAB Projector and MultiLens Starfield Cylinder.

Using a state-of-the-art miniature arc lamp and fiber optic technology, the new STARLAB FiberArc projector produces intense pinpoint star images never before seen in small projectors. It features bright, crisp, projections of constellations, the earth and other images with full color saturation. The FiberArc also includes adjustable quartz halogen gooseneck side lamps for reading and drawing ease inside the dome plus azimuth and meridian reference projectors for teaching more advanced concepts.

The MultiLens Starfield Cylinder made exclusively for the STARLAB, now includes an extraordinarily precise depiction of the Milky Way based on the beautiful and highly accurate all-sky panoramas created by Dr. Axel Mellinger. From July 1997 to April 2000 Mellinger used specialized tracking cameras and Kodak film to take 51 wide-angle photos of the northern and southern hemispheres. For further information please see:-
http://home.arcor-online.de/axel.mellinger/
These precise images have been carefully adapted to the cylindrical starfield projection creating a night sky so detailed, one can easily pick out features like the Coal Sack and the Milky Way center, as well as the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds and Andromeda Galaxy.
The MultiLens Starfield Cylinder also includes new custom-fabricated lenses. The 70 brightest stars are individually collimated and aligned with computer-designed, 2-element lenses producing the most accurate starfield of any small planetarium projector.

The STARLAB FiberArc Projector.
Features and Specifications.

1. FiberArc lens and fiber-optic housing: gimballed light source for projection
2. Projection on/off switch: turns the FiberArc lamp on and off.
3. Projection brightness knob: controls brightness of image projected on the dome.
4. Three way switch for platform rotation: clockwise for the northern hemisphere, counterclockwise for the southern hemisphere and off.
5. Platform speed control: controls the speed of the daily motion.
6. Switch for independent vs. dual side lamp operation: controls on/off and sets preference for independent vs dual controls.
7. Four gooseneck side lamp knobs: control the brightness of the gooseneck side lamps.
8. Meridian/Cardinal Points Projectors on/off switch
9. Meridian Projector knob: controls brightness of the Meridian Projector
10. Cardinal Points Projector knob: controls brightness of the Cardinal Points Projector
11. Cardinal Points Projector: produces images of the directional points N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
12. Meridian Projector: produces a scale from northern horizon to zenith to southern horizon with degrees of declination marked in 5º intervals.
13. Four, removable, fully-adjustable gooseneck side lamps: each has a 5-watt bulb in the head. Useful for illuminating the dome, the entry tube, the control panels on the projector and for low-light reading.