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Vol. 43, No. 3 September 2014 Journal of the International Planetarium Society The Beijing Planetarium Host of IPS 2014 Articles September 2014 Vol. 43 No. 3 IPS Special Section 10 Candidates for IPS officers Executive Editor 12 Awards at Beijing 2014 Manos Kitsonas Sharon Shanks 14 Taking IPS to 202 and Beyond Jon Elvert Ward Beecher Planetarium Youngstown State University Scenes from Beijing: 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 66 One University Plaza Youngstown, Ohio 44555 USA 18 Sharing the wonder of stars on shoestrings and wax Ron Walker +1 330-941-3619 20 You need one at your house Gary Likert [email protected] 21 The Holy Grail for the planetarium collector Webmaster 22 Help celebrate space internationally October 4-10 Haritina Mogosanu Alan Gould 24 Calicut Planetarium: A story of triumph over trials Holt Planetarium V.S. Ramachandran, Jayant Gangopadhyay Lawrence Hall of Science 30 Get Organized Adam Thanz University of California 43 Under One Dome: Super Science Investigators Corry Driscoll Berkeley, California 94720-5200 USA 77 Jack Dunn: a new life after 43 years at Mueller Planetarium +1 510-643-5082 Troy Fedderson +1 510-642-1055 fax 78 Tributes: BJ Harper, Bill Luzader, John Schroer [email protected] Advertising Coordinator Dr. Dale Smith Columns (See Publications Committee on page 3) 74 Book Reviews. April S. Whitt Membership 79 Calendar of Events. .Loris Ramponi Individual: $65 one year; $100 two years 28 Data to Dome. Mark SubbaRao Institutional: $250 first year; $125 annual renewal 46 Digital Fulldome & Immersive Media News Library Subscriptions: $50 one year; $90 two years 44 From the Classdome . Jack L. Northrup All amounts in US currency 4 In Front of the Console . Sharon Shanks Direct membership requests and changes of 50 International News. Lars Broman address to the Treasurer/Membership Chairman 80 Last Light. April S. Whitt Printed Back Issues of the Planetarian 68 Mobile News. Susan Reynolds Button IPS Back Publications Repository 48 Partycles. Alex Cherman maintained by the Treasurer/Membership Chair; 6 President’s Message . Thomas W. Kraupe contact information is on next page 32 Seeking What Works. Jeanne Bishop Final Deadlines 72 Sound Advice. Jeff Bowen 76 Waxing New. Sharon Shanks March: January 21 June: April 21 September: July 21 December: October 21 Index of Advertisers Astro-Tec. 47 Audio Visual Imagineering . 35 Associate Editors California Academy of Sciences. 45 Clark Planetarium/Hansen Dome . 27 Book Reviews Data to Dome International April S. Whitt Mark SubbaRoa Lars Broman Digitalis Education Solutions, Inc.. 49 Evans & Sutherland . 53, 65, outside back cover Calendar Classroom Last Light Loris Ramponi Education April S. Whitt GOTO INC . 71 Jack Northrup Konica Minolta Planetarium Co. Ltd . .51 Cartoons Mobile News Alexandre Education Susan Button Metaspace . 59 Cherman Committee News Jeanne Bishop Sound Advice Mirage3d. 5, 55, 63 Jeff Bowen NSC creative . 31 R.S.A. Cosmos . inside back cover SCISS. 73 Sky-Skan, Inc . 39-42 Softmachine. .61 Spitz, Inc. 23, 75 Spitz Creative Media. 33, 37, 57, 67 On the Cover: Artistic interpreta- You Can Do Astronomy. 38 tion of the Beijing Planetarium by Zeiss, Inc. inside front cover Jim Sweitzer. News, reports, and photographs from IPS 2014 appear throughout this issue. International Planetarium Society home page: www.ips-planetarium.org Planetarian home page: www.ips-planetarium.org/?page=plntrn September 2014 Planetarian 1 Affiliate Representatives Association of Brazilian British Association Italian Association Russian Planetariums Planetariums of Planetaria of Planetaria Association Officers Alexandre Cherman Dr. Jenny Shipway Loris Ramponi Zinaida P. Sitkova Planetário do Rio de Janeiro Head of Planetarium National Archive of Planetaria Nizhny Novgorod President R. Vice-Governador Winchester Science Centre c/o Centro Studi e Ricerche Planetarium Thomas W. Kraupe Rubens Berardo, 100 Telegraph Way, off Serafino Zani Revolutsionnja Street 20 Planetarium Hamburg Rio de Janeiro RJ Alresford Road via Bosca 24, C.P. 104 603002 Nizhny Otto-Wels-Str.1 Brazil 22451-070 Winchester, Hampshire I 25066 Lumezzane Novgorod, Russia (formerly Hindenburgstr.1b) +55 (21) 2274-0046 ext. 264 SO21 1HZ, United Kingdom (Brescia) Italy +7 831 246-78-80 D-22303 Hamburg +55 (21) 2529-2149 fax +44 1 962 891916 +39 30 872 164 +7 831 246-77-89 fax Deutschland alexandre.cherman@ +44 1 962 86369 +39 30 872 545 fax [email protected] +49 0 (40) 428 86 52-21 planetario.rio.rj.gov.br JennyShipway@ [email protected] www.apr.planetariums.ru +49 0 (40) 428 86 52-99 fax planetarios.org.br winchestersciencecentre.com [email protected] +49 0 (40) 4279 24-850 e-fax www.planetariodorio. www.winchestersciencecentre.org www.planetari.org Society of the German- +49 0 (40) 172-40 86 133 cell com.br www.planetarium.org.uk Speaking Planetariums thomas.kraupe@ Japan Christian Theis planetarium-hamburg.de Association of Canadian Association Planetarium Society Planetarium Mannheim Dutch-Speaking of Science Centres Kaoru Kimura Wilhelm-Varnholt-Allee 1 Past-President Planetariums/PLANed Ian C. McLennan Japan Science Foundation D-68165 Mannheim #404 - 1275 Haro Street Kitanomaru Park, Chiyoda-ku Dave Weinrich Andre Milis Germany Vancouver, British Columbia Tokyo, 102-0091 Japan Retired - Planetarium Planetarium, Royal +49 621 419 4220 (phone); V6E 1G1 Canada [email protected] Minnesota State Observatory of Belgium +49 621 412 411 (fax); +1 604-681-4790 www.shin-pla.info University-Moorhead Boechoutlaan 10 ct@planetarium- phone + fax 1104 7th Avenue South 1020 Brussels, Belgium mannheim.de [email protected] Middle Atlantic Moorhead +324747030 www.gdp-planetarium.org [email protected] Planetarium Minnesota 56563 USA +324783026 fax www.ianmclennan.com Society Southeastern +1 218-477-2969 [email protected] Patty Seaton Planetarium +1 218-477-5864 fax Association of French- Chinese Planetarium H.B. Owens Science Center Association [email protected] Speaking Planetariums Society 9601 Greenbelt Road John Hare President-Elect Marc Moutin Jin Zhu Lanham-Seabrook, Ash Enterprises Cité de l’espace Beijing Planetarium Maryland 20706 USA 3602 23rd Avenue West Avenue Jean Gonord No. 138 Xizhimenwait Street +1 301-918 8750 Bradenton, Florida BP 25855 Beijing, 1000044 +1 301-918 8753 fax 34205 USA Executive Secretary 31506 Toulouse Cedex 5 P.R. China [email protected] +1 941-746-3522 Lee Ann Hennig +33 (0)5 62 71 56 03 +86 10-5158-3311 [email protected] Planetarium, Thomas +33 (0)5 62 71 56 29 fax +86 10-5158-3312 fax Nordic Planetarium www.sepadomes.org Jefferson High School [email protected] [email protected] Association for Science and Technology www.cite-espace.com Jaap Vreeling Southwestern 6560 Braddock Road www.aplf-planetariums.org European/ Nova informatie centrum Association of Alexandria, Virginia 22312 USA Mediterranean Science Park 904 Planetariums +1 703-750-8380 Association of Mexican Planetarium 1098 XH Amsterdam Rachel Thompson +1 703-750-5010 fax Planetariums Association Tel: +31 0 20 525 7480 Portable Universe Manager [email protected] Ignacio Castro Pinal Manos Kitsonas fax: +31 0 20 525 7484 & Presenter Ave. San Bernabe, 23 , Casa 7 Eugenides Planetarium [email protected] Perot Museum of Nature Treasurer and San Jerónimo Lídice, 387 Syngrou Avenue www.astronomie.nl and Science Membership Chair , C.P. 10200 17564 P. Faliro 2201 North Field Street México City, D.F. México Athens, Greece Pacific Planetarium Dallas, Texas 75202 USA Shawn Laatsch +52 (55) 5500 0562 +30 210 946 9674 Association +1 214-756-5830 +31 50 363 9347 +52 (55) 5500 0583 fax +30 210 941 7372 fax sites.csn.edu/ rachel.thompson@ [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] planetarium/PPA perotmuseum.org Transitioning to new address. www.swapskies.org Association of Spanish Great Lakes Planetarium Rocky Mountain Check payments of Planetariums Association Planetarium membership fees: Javier Armentia Jeanne Bishop Association Mail to Planetario de Pamplona Westlake Schools Mike George Lee Ann Hennig Sancho Ramirez, 2 Planetarium 600 East Washington Street IPS Executive Secretary E-31008 Pamplona Parkside Intermediate School Phoenix, Arizona 85004 USA 7714 Lookout Court Navarra Spain 24525 Hilliard Road +1 602-716-2079 Alexandria, Virginia 22306 +34 948 260 004 Westlake, Ohio 44145 USA +1 602-716-2099 fax USA +34 948 260 056 +1 440-899-3075 x2058 [email protected] +34 948 261 919 fax +1 440-835-5572 fax Membership fees also can be [email protected] jeanneebishop@ paid online on the IPS website. gestion@pamplonetario. wowway.com infonego-cio.com www.glpaweb.org Advertising invoices: Mail to Australasian Planetarium Great Plains Planetarium Dale Smith Society Association Advertising Coordinator Warik Lawrance Jack Dunn 104 Overman Hall Melbourne Planetarium Ralph Mueller Planetarium Physics &Astronomy Department Scienceworks/Museum University of Nebraska-Lincoln Bowling Green State University Victoria 210 Morrill Hall Bowling Green, Ohio 43403 USA 2 Booker Street Lincoln, Nebraska Spotswood (Melbourne) 68588-0375 USA Victoria +1 402-472-2641 3015 Australia +1 402-475-8899 fax +61 3 9392 4503 [email protected] +61 3 9391 0100 fax www.spacelaser.com/gppa wlawrance@museum. vic.gov.au www.aps-planetarium.org 2 Planetarian September 2014 Standing Committees IPS Permanent Awards Committee Weronika Sliwa, Planetarium Finance Committee Manos Kitsonas Director President, Past President, Presi- Mailing Address Eugenides Planetarium Maciej Ligowski, Program dent Elect, Treasurer, Secretary 387 Syngrou Avenue Coordinator International Planetarium Society 17564 P. Faliro Copernicus Science Centre Membership Committee Athens, Greece Wybrzeże Kościuszkowskie Shawn Laatsch, Chair c/o Lee Ann Henning +30 210 946 9674 20, 00-390 Warsaw, Poland Transitioning to new address. Executive Secretary +30 210 941 7372 fax [email protected] +31 50 363 9347 [email protected] +48 22 596 4275 [email protected] 7714 Lookout Court +48 22 596 4113 fax Alexandria, Virginia 22306 Conference Committee Publications Committee USA Thomas W.