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Room of Night Sky
How optical fibers were attached?

Room of Night Sky is a uniqye exhibit which has 2,400 optical fibers attached to the 6.8 diameter dome.

Though the stars made of fibers cannnot move, you can see the night sky of every season.

The photo shown left indicates how the optical fibers were attached to the dome.


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Last Update@17 March,2005
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