Built by Richard H. Emmons (1919-2005) in 1949

(17 copies)

- December 1949: KSUCB Planetarium (Kent State University Canton Branch, OH) until May 1950

- 1953: "Star Barn" North Canton, until 1963

In 1963, Dick Emmons closed the North Canton Planetarium when the Hoover-Price Planetarium opened.

He upgrades the Spitz A3P from 1700 stars with 1500 additional stars (and others customizations)

Late 70s and early 80s: 10 copies (with his son: Tom) Emmons TSA

This model was fully motorised and showed stars to about mag 5.

- 1971: KSU Salem (Kent State University Salem, OH)

- 1973: Coe College (IA)

- 1975: Kansas Junior College, (Coffeyville KS)

- 1975: University of Iowa (Cedar Rapids, IA)

- 1976: Iowa Lakes College (IA)

- 1979: Martin Luther College (MN)

- 1980: England

- 1980: Port Arthur (TX)

- 1983: Wilderness Center (Wilmot, OH)

 

Emmons then sold off his starball stock, unmounted starballs were sold to:

 

- 1993: Prof F. Graham, Kent State, East Liverpool, OH

- 1994: Steve Pielock, So. Deerfield, MA

- 1994: Tom Bemus, Jamestown, NY

- 1995: Gary Likert, Gallatin, TN

- 1996: Roy Gustafson, Orion, IL

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source: Gary Likert