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Planetarium Builder

Learn how Frank Kovac's passion for the stars drove him to build his own planetarium.

07/20/2014 | Rating TV-G

Wisconsin Life

Planetarium Builder

Clip: Season 2 Episode 3 | 4m 8sVideo has Closed Captions

Learn how Frank Kovac's passion for the stars drove him to build his own planetarium.

Frank Kovac loved to take groups outdoors to lead astronomy tours of the northwoods skies– but hated to have those tours thwarted by clouds. So Frank says he took the next logical step… he built his own planetarium. Frank now gives tours to more than 3000 people a year.

07/20/2014 | Rating TV-G

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