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Vol. 47, No. 2 June 2018 a New Star Appears in Europe Page 14 Journal Online PDF: ISSN 233333-9063 Vol. 47, No. 2 June 2018 Journal of the International Planetarium Society A New Star Appears in Europe Page 14 Reach for the stars... and beyond. ZEISS powerdome IV // INSPIRATION MADE BY ZEISS True Hybrid with brilliant stars and perfect renderings from a single source ZEISS powerdome IV brings many new features to your star theater: an integrated planetarium for earthbound and extraterrestrial astronomy with seamless transitions between optical and digital star fields (True Hybrid) | The universe from Earth via the solar system and Milky Way galaxy to the very edge of the observable space | Stereo projection | 8k performance | 10 bit color depth for smooth gradients | HEVC codec for efficient video renderings free of artifacts | All constellation figures, individually and in groups without any mutual overlapping | Telescope function for deep-sky imagery applying Astronomy Visualization Metadata | Complete image set of all Messier objects | Customizable polar lights, comets with gas and dust tails, and shooting stars with a great variety of parameters for location, brightness, colors and appearance | Simulation of day and night with dusk and dawn coloring of sky and panorama images | Customizable weather effects such as clouds, rain, fog, snow, rainbow, halos, air and light pollution effects | Digital rights management to secure your productions | Remote service for quick help, and much more from the only company serving planetariums for nearly a century. www.zeiss.com/planetariums zeiss-ad_pdIV_letter_x3.indd 1 23.04.2018 10:24:10 Executive Editor Sharon Shanks 484 Canterbury Ln Boardman, Ohio 44512 USA +1 330-783-9341 [email protected] June 2018 Webmaster Alan Gould Vol 47 No 2 Lawrence Hall of Science Planetarium University of California Articles Berkeley CA 94720-5200 USA [email protected] 8 Vision 2020 Update: Transitioning to the Future Jon Elvert Advertising Coordinator Dale Smith 9 Centennial of the Planetarium: We are looking (See Publications Committee on page 3) for your ideas! Björn Voss 10 Portable planetariums celebrate International Day Membership of Plantariums Susan Reynolds Button Individual: $65 one year; $100 two years Institutional: $250 first year; $125 annual renewal 12 The International Relations Committee announces Library Subscriptions: $50 one year; $90 two years “We have a winner!” Susan Reynolds Button All amounts in US currency 14 The ESO Supernova: A new star awakens in Munich Direct membership requests and changes of address to the Treasurer/Membership Chairman Carolyn Collins Petersen 22 From space to the stars: Ten years of arts and Printed Back Issues of Planetarian entertainment at The Vortex Dome-Los Angeles IPS Back Publications Repository Ed Lantz maintained by the Treasurer/Membership Chair (See contact information on next page) 30 Antoine Darquier and the discovery of the Ring Nebula Jean-Michel Faidit Final Deadlines 34 Visions of immersion 50 years in the past Jack Dunn March: January 21 38 15 years of keeping track of the world’s planetariums June: April 21 September: July 21 Daniel Audeon December: October 21 40 From Chicxulub to Tunguska Esteban Sanders 42 The Dome’s Next Generation Maciej Ligowski Associate Editors 52 One Sky, Many Languages Chrysta Ghent, Peter Licona Book Reviews April S. Whitt 58 How we do it: Power adapter for DSLR Camera Calendar Loris Ramponi Cartoons Alexandre Cherman, Chuck Rau Adam Thanz Classroom Education Jack Northrup 72 Tales from Dome Under: On His President’s Secret Service Data to Dome Mark SubbaRao Tom Callen Design+ Operations Tim Barry 90 Tributes: Stephen Hawking, Gloria Villalobos Different Point of View Ron Walker Education Committee Jeanne Bishop Fulldome Matters Carolyn Collins Petersen International Lars Petersen Last Light April S. Whitt Live Interactive Karrie Berglund Mobile News Susan Reynolds Button Sound Advice Jeff Bowen On the Cover: Columns Index of Advertisers Book Reviews ................................................. 82 American Museum of Natural History ..... 69 Calendar ........................................................... 91 Ash Enterprises ............................................... 59 The spectacular Star-roof at the ESO Super- A Different Point of View .......................... 86 Astro-Tec Manufacturing ............................ 45 nova Planetarium in Munich. Read more about this newest “star” in the planetarium world Fulldome Matters .......................................... 48 Audio Visual Imagineering .......................... 85 starting on page 14. ESO/P. Horálek From the Classdome .................................... 56 Bays Mountain Productions ........................ 44 In Front of the Console ..................................4 California Academy of Sciences ............... 77 International News .......................................60 ChromaCove ................................................... 54 Last Light......................................................... 92 Clark Planetarium ........................................... 89 LIP Service ....................................................... 74 Creative Planet ................................................ 71 Mobile News ................................................... 84 Digitalis Education Solutions ........................7 Outside Space ............................................... 78 Evans & Sutherland ........................... 5, 46-47 Partycles .......................................................... 57 Fulldome Pro..................................................... 51 President’s Message........................................6 GOTO Inc. ......................................................... 41 International Planetarium Society home page: Seeking What Works ................................... 52 Metaspace........................................................ 29 www.ips-planetarium.org Waxing New ................................................... 88 NSC Creative .................................................... 13 Ohira Tech ....................................................... 27 Planetarian home page: RSACosmos .....................................back cover www.ips-planetarium.org/?page=plntrn Sciss .......................................inside back cover Softmachine .................................................... 55 Spitz, Inc. .................................................... 37, 81 Spitz Creative Media ...................... 39, 63, 67 You Can Do Astronomy ............................... 80 www.facebook.com/InternationalPlanetariumSociety ZEISS .....................................inside front cover twitter.com/IPS_Planetarium Vol 47 No 2 - June 2018 Planetarian 1 Aff iliate Representatives Association of Australasian Great Plains Rocky Mountain Off icers Brazilian Planetarium Planetarium Planetarium Planetariums Society Association Association ABP APS GPPA RMPA Jack L. 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