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THE PLANETARIAN Journal of the International Planetarium Society Vol .. 18, No.1, March 1989 Articles 08 We're Regarded as Experts ............................................... Jeanne Bishop 11 Visions of the Universe ........................................................ Wayne Wyrick 14 Proximity: Stained Glass at Strasenburgh ................ Richard L. Hoover Features 19 Universe at Fingertips: Neptune/Pluto Bibliography ... Andrew Fraknoi 21 Computer Corner .................................................................. Keith Johnson 24 Book Reviews ..................................................... Carolyn Collins Petersen 26 Dr. Krocter ................................................................................... Norm Dean 27 Planetarium Usage for Secondary Students ............... Gerald L. Mallon 33 Script Section: 2061: Halley Rendezvous ...................... Jordan Marche and R. Erik Zimmermann 50 Focus on Education: A Modest Proposal .................... Mark S. Sonntag 52 Gibbous Gazette ............................................................... Donna C. Pierce 55 Secretary's Notepad ....................................................... Gerald L. Mallon 58 Regional Roundup .................................................................. Steven Mitch 66 Jane's Corner ................................................................... Jane G. Hastings The Planetarum (ISN 0090-3213) is published quarterly by the International Planetarium The Planetarian Society under the auspices of the Publications Committee. ©1989, International Plane tarium Society, Inc., all rights reserved. Opinions expressed by authors are n&:>l"l!;:fl'l"lJ:l1 Vol. 18, No.1 opinions and are not necessarily the position of the International Planetarium its officers, or agents. The Editor welcomes items for consideration for publication. March 1989 Editor reserves the right to edit any solicited or unsolicited manuscripts to suit the needs of this publication. Executive Editor PUBLICATIONS CHAIRPERSON Carolyn Collins Petersen John Mosley Loch Ness Productions Griffith Observatory P.O. Box 3023 2800 E. Observatory Rd. Boulder, Colorado 80307 Los Angeles, Calif. 90027 213-664-1181 TREASURER AND MEMBERSHIP CHAIRMAN CompuServe 74156,473 Mark C. Petersen Loch Ness Productions Associate Editors P. O. Box 3023 Lonny Baker Boulder, Colorado 80307 Forum ADVERTISING COORDINATOR Andrew Fraknoi Suzanne Gurton Wallace Fiske Planetarium Universe at YOUI' Fingertips University of Colorado Campus Box 408 Jane G. Hastings Boulder, Colorado 80309 Jane's Comer 303-492-5002 Keith Johnson MEMBERSHIP CATEGORIES Computer Comer Individual Membership: U.S. (3rd class bulk mail): $34 Gerald L. Mallon Other North America (lst class): $5 postage supplement Secondary Students Overseas Atlantic (lst class): $5 postage supplement Overseas Pacific (lst class): $8 postage supplement Jim Manning Institutional Membership: What's New $125 first year; $50 annual renewal Library Subscriptions: Jordan Marche II $24 with same postal supplement as above Script Section I. P. S. JOB INFORMATION SERVICE David Menke To receive word of new position openings in the planetarium Planetarium Lifeline field, send up to six self-addressed stamped envelopes to: Donald Hall, Director Steve Mitch Strasenburgh Planetarium Regional Roundup P.O. Box 1480 Rochester, New York 14603 Georgia Neff Kodalith Corner BACK ISSUES OF THE PLANETARIAN Beginning with Vol. 14, No.4, individual copies are $6.00 each. Carolyn Collins Petersen All previous issues are $1.00 each from: Book Reviews Charlene Dukes, IPS Back Publications Repository Strasenburgh Planetarium Donna Pierce P.O. Box 1480 Gibbous Gazette Rochester, New York 14603 Mark S. Sonntag The Planetarian is designed at the Griffith Observatory. Focus on Education Printing by Victory Printing and Graphics, Van Nuys, California. The Planetarian, Vol. 18, No. I, March 1989 3 President Treasurer & Membership Chairman Elections Committee Chairman Terence Murtagh Mark C. Petersen Thomas Stec The Planetarium Armagh Loch Ness Productions Central Bucks East High School College Hill, Armagh P.O. Box 3023 Holicong and Anderson Roads Northern Ireland, BT61 9DB, U. K. Boulder, Colorado 80307 USA Buckingham, Pennsylvania 18912 USA 0861-524-725 303-455-0611 215-794-7481 President-Elect 1990 Conference Chairman Awards Committee Chair John Pogue Lars Broman Phyllis Pitluga Grand Prairie ISD Planetarium The Furures' Museum The Adler Planetarium 301 Warrior Trail Galaxen Convention Center 1300 S. Lake Shore Drive Grand Prairie, Texas 75051, USA Jussi Bjorling's Road 25 Chicago, Illinois 60605 214-264-4731 x261 5-781 50 Borlange, Sweden 312-322-0319 +46-243 73427 Past-President Von Del Chamberlain 1992 Conference Chairman IPS Permanent Mailing Address: Hansen Planetarium Von Del Chamberlain 15 South State Street Hansen Planetarium Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 USA 15 South State Street International Planetarium .... n.,.., .... , .. ,,, 801-538-2104 Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 USA c/o Hansen Planetarium 801-538-2104 15 South State Street Executive Secretary Gerald Mallon, Ed.D. His torian/Ph oto-Archivis! Salt Lake Utah 84111 204 Haws Avenue John Hare Norristown, Pennsylvania 19401 USA Bishop Planetarium 215-631-9403 (office) 201 10th Street West Please notify the Editor of changes of IPS 215-277-8767 (home) Bradenton, Florida 33505 Officers or Affiliate Representatives. 813-746-4132 Association of Mexican Planetari- Great Plains Planetarium Associa- Planetarium Association of ums (AMP A C) tion (GPPA) Canada (PAC) Ignacio Castro Pinal Alinda Wengenroth Ian HA\_.'-"~'"'''''_H Museo Technologico C.P.E. Grout Museum of History & Science McLaughlin Planetarium Apartado Postal 18-816 503 South Street 100 Queens Park CP 11870 Mexico City, D.P. Waterloo, Iowa 50701 Toronto, Ontario M5S 2C6 Canada Mexico 319-234-6357 416-586-5736 277-5779 Middle Atlantic Planetarium Mountain Planetarium British Association of Planetari- Society (MAPS) Association (RMP A) ums (BAP) Thomas Stec Collins Petersen Terence Murtagh Central Bucks East High School Loch Ness Productions The Planetarium Armagh Holicong and Anderson Roads P. O. Box 3023 College Hill, Armagh Buckingham, Pennsylvania 18912 USA Boulder, Colorado 80307 USA Northern Ireland, U.K. BT61 9DB 215-794-7481 303-455-0611 0861-524-725 Nordic Planetarium Network Southeastern Planetarium European/Mediterranean Plane- (NPN) Association (SEP A) tarium Association (EMPA) Lars Broman Dave Hostetter Dennis Simopoulos Broman Planetarium Lafayette Nat. History Museum Eugenides Planetarium Pjallhavren 7 637 Girard Park Drive Syngrou A venue-Amfithea 5-424 49 Angered, Sweden Lafayette, Lousiana 70503 Athens, Greece +46-31 30 2837 (office) 318-261-8350 94-111-81 +46-23 101 77 (home) Southwestern Association of Great Lakes Planetarium Associa- Pacific Planetarium Association Planetariums (SWAP) tion (GLPA) (PPA) Donna Pierce Sheldon Schafer Larry Toy Highland Park Ind. School District Lakeview Museum Planetarium Chabot College Planetarium 4220 Emerson 1125 West Lake Avenue 25555 Hesperian Blvd. Dallas, Texas 75205 USA Peoria, Illinois 61614 Hayward, California 94545 USA 214-526-4800 4 Vol. 18, No.1, March 1989 IPS is ~-~~,",~ ... I this 1988 ...... n ........ h ......... "'h • ."... AAUUGGGHHHHH! Dear IPS members IPS Put'liC.cltiOllS belea~~uered Treasurer and HELP!!! informational requests for to ME!!! I just LV.lHV.lA'C the dang can't keep extra copies of it Planetarian, or any publication) in my base- ment!!! I'm at least one call every DAY, the same over and over!!! Requests for all IPS publications are handled by the extremely able Charlene Oukes, keeper of our Publica tions Repository (in Don Hall's at the Stra Tentative dates the conference are senburgh Planetarium, 657 East Avenue, Rochester, 1992. Be assured that this will be a confer- New York 14603. Checks for publications are made will not want to miss. it is payable to Directory start to think now about costs $25 for nOil-mlemlbel's, I thank you, ~n~~Wf'nn,p- machine the phone company you, people you to me whom I have to to Charlene anyway thank you, their phone cornp,lnv thanks you, her phone cornp,:mv thanks you ... Mark C. Petersen Membership Chairman An Letter To IPS Members: As IPS Publications Chair, it gives me pleasure to announce that a 1988 Special Publication is in progress, and should be in your mailboxes by the end of March, Laser Images . 0 ....... 0 ........................ 0 ............ 1989. This publication, George Reed's popular Naked i Astronomy, is in the process of being printed and Maryland mailed. Those of you who were 1988 members of IPS OMNI Films ............................................... will get this book free of charge as a privilege of mem Schneider bership. Other copies will be available after April 1, Seiler 1989, through the IPS Back Issues Repository. Those Sky-Skan, copies will be available at an as-yet-to-be determined charge (watch here for details). Star Theater V\,..lLU\..I...&.\.IAL':' ......................... The Pln:J1ptl'1nllrn Vol. 18, No.1, March 1989 shows in Kodalith Corner. Please contact her if From the have good material to share. She must rely on contributions to fill her column, and no .... 'U' .. n .. AIV ..... ~ .. 'U' .. Editor's Keyboard will eventually mean no column. If you have b/w art work to share, make a written note to yourself now to get in touch with her in the next few days. Good ity photocopies are generally acceptable. ":an"'0"1~' ~'? I I "J~ address is: Lakeview Museum Planetarium,