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Vol. 40, No. 4 December 2011 Journal of the International Planetarium Society Chinese Art in the Sky: A Journey into the Unknown Page 14 Articles December 2011 Vol. 40 No. 4 8 Eise Eisinga: He reched for the starry heavens and gave the world a planetarium Executive Editor heavens and gave the world a planetarium Sharon Shanks Chris Janssen Ward Beecher Planetarium 14 Chinese Art in the Sky: A Journey into the Unknown Youngstown State University Mark J. Percey Mark J. Percy One University Plaza 18 What else can it be but LIPS? Karrie BerglunBerglungd Youngstown, Ohio 44555 USA 22 A payment in planetariums Alex Cherman +1 330-941-3619 22 A payment in planetariums Alex Cherman [email protected] 24 How we do it: Simple scheduling Adam Thanz 28 Under one Dome: Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium Advertising Coordinator Mark Rigby Dr. Dale Smith, Interim Coordinator 3036 IntegratingA Park for the reading Dark with the planetarium (See Publications Committee on page 3) 56 American planetarian in Italy also finds hisJohn roots C. Scala Joseph E. Ciotti Membership 38 A Park for the Dark Individual: $65 one year; $100 two years 58 American planetarian in Italy also finds his roots Institutional: $250 first year; $125 annual renewal Joseph E. Ciotti Library Subscriptions: $45 one year; $80 two years Columns All amounts in US currency 60 Book Reviews ...................................April S. Whitt Direct membership requests and changes of 65 Calendar of Events ..............................Loris Ramponi address to the Treasurer/Membership Chairman 35 Educational Horizons .........................Columns Jack L. Northrup 462 InBook Front Reviews of the ................................... Console ..........................SharonApril S. Shanks Whitt Back Issues of the Planetarian 3867 IMERSACalendar News of Events ..................................... ..............................LorisJudith Ramponi Rubin IPS Back Publications Repository 4337 InternationalEducational Horizons News ............................... ......................... Jack Lars L. Northrup Broman maintained by the Treasurer/Membership Chair; 4 In Front of the Console ..........................Sharon Shanks contact information is on next page 66 Last Light ......................................April S. 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