PLANETARIAN Journal of the International Planetarium Society Vol. 28, No .. 3, September 1999
Articles 5 Reflections on Planetarium Design/Operation. Ian McLennan 8 Interactive Programs at Science Place ...... John Cotton 9 IPS 2000 Conference ...... Pierre Lacombe
Features 12 Book Reviews ...... April S. Whitt 16 International News ...... Lars Broman 25 Planetechnica: Impact Ejecta Effect ...... Richard McColman 27 Gibbous Gazette ...... Christine Shupla 30 Mobile News Network ...... Sue Reynolds Button 36 Forum: Best and Worst ...... Steve Tidey 39 What's New ...... ~ ...... Jim Manning 45 President's Message ...... Dale Smith 54 Jane's Corner ...... Jane Hastings North America Welcomes a Brilliant NelN Character in Star ShOlNs: Zeiss Fiber Optics
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4 Planetarian • comfortable and established plalnetaI"iUJrn I operators of the day. I I The building became an intriguing project from the architectural perspective ... worked with at least a hundred architects p over the years, and this was the most collaborative, co-discovery between a professional staff and architects have ever experienced. It was not one of big super international architectural houses but a modest, local firm, Waasdorp, North~ rup and Kaelber, and I would be remiss not singling out the late Carl Kaelber, the epitome of an architect who was of parking his ego at the door, and en~~aging [email protected] in a process of mutual teaching (and learn ing) from each other. It was a DflDtC)UIldl joyful experience, and I can only tell you that every architect in the world would ben [The following is an edited transcription of Community in Brussels. The benefactor efit greatly from observing even one remarks made to a workshop on all-dome looked me straight in the eye and said, in collaboration between that office and video systems sponsored by Sky-Skan, Inc. effect, "I don't want to deal with Brussels. If selves. Carl's idea was to discover, with on February 19, 1999.] you need $40 million, you tell me." us, what it was we might accomplish I could, in fact, use 40 million dollars, but cially from the visitor's pOint of view) - Almost everything that has been present my on-the-spot attempt to justify such an rather than being focused on an ed here today has had some resonance with investment didn't go very far. architectural statement, expression, or mon me, including being reminded of a recent I want to share a few historical thoughts, ument. The more I deal with architects, the trip to Switzerland, where I was invited to and by way of context, the day started some more fully I appreciate the enlightened and participate in a Board meeting of the Eu what strangely for me today - with Steve generous approach taken by the aeslgnerS genides Foundation of Athens. Most of you Savage showing a picture of yours truly responsible for this most successful (and know Dennis Simopoulos, director of the some thirty years younger. That's a bad start beautiful!) building. planetarium in Athens. Dennis had informed to any day. In any event, it did bring back I also wanted to mention me I did not need to prepare for that meet many memories .... John Paris was one of the about the wonderful galactic form the ing - I was simply there to answer technical co-founders of Sky-Skan, Inc., and the techni building that evolved out of the Strasen and programmatic questions that might cal director/ wizard of the Strasenburgh burgh planning process ... I remember with come up. I wondered about this ... it was, Planetarium in those heady days. John and I great fondness the moment when that after all costing a lot to have me there, and hired Steve when he was 15 years old - obvi spontaneously appeared - yes, believe or the thought of just sitting waiting for the ously before effective child labour laws. not, on the back of an envelope! We were at odd question was, well, odd. But, I did follow Steve was a bright light in the business then, lunch, doodling over spatial and functional instructions, and showed up unprepared for and continues to be to this day - having sig relationships - and presto, the galactiC anything except trying to anticipate what nificant influence in the planetarium, and magically appeared at a precise moment - the most difficult question might be. In the several related disciplines. just between dessert and coffee, as I recalL It palatial boardroom of the Nestle Chateau on the shore of Lake Geneva, board members ... put the visitor at the centre - at the very heart - of the plan (bankers, socialites, elite academics and wealthy businessmen) all arrived at the ning perspective. If you start with what the visitor is going to see, appOinted hour. I was seated at the head of hear, and experience at a deep, emotional level, and what that visi the table. This was the first unsettling clue. tor will take away, that gives you a better starting place than Then, the benefactor of the Foundation arrived. Everyone stood while he assumed what it is you merely want to "do" in the new space. his seat, whereupon he singled me out for greeting, and said, "Mr. McLennan, please The Strasenburgh Planetarium, as many of was not a superficial attempt to emulate a start your presentation." you know, became a very influential project classic, astronomical form, but a response to That was an interesting moment. The in many respects, and I wanted to explore a the technical and programmatic needs we memory of the ensuing nanoseconds, min couple of reasons why it became so notable. had mutually identified as a natural part of utes and hours is a blur now, but somehow, For instance, the cove around the entire the discovery and planning process. we got through it, and the Board finally gave periphery of the projection dome was the The one thing we put into our delibera its approval for a $20 million new planetari first time a substantial, 360 degree cove had tions at that time, and the thing I still try to um. been introduced in a planetarium, although do in my consultative collaborations There was another interesting moment it seemed to us merely a common sense planetariums, science centres and w hen I talked with the same benefactor, thing to do. We had designed more than 500 exposition pavilions, is to put the visitor at telling him it was possible to parlay his foun projectors and special effects to be located the centre - at the very heart - of the dation's $20 million donation into a $40 mil around the projection cove - in itself a mat ning perspective. If you start with what the lion project by applying to the European ter of some astonishment to most of the
Vol. Planetarian visitor is going to see, hear, and at with imbedded speakers (inspired the a deep, emotional level, and what that visi Australian Pavilion at Montreal's EXPO 67) - tor will take away, that gives you a better and speakers underneath the seats for the starting place than what it is you merely sound effect of crickets! There were three heavens, untainted want to "do" in the new space. zones of sound - (a) atmospheric, low-level am intrigued that here, There were many innovations that went sounds like frogs, crickets and background a lot of time into the project... not least of which were the traffic noises, (b) intimate narration coming spirited, sometimes difficult negotiations from speakers next to your ears, and (c) with Zeiss, the eventual, successful supplier sound effects and cosmic music - emanat of the main planetarium instrument. Some ing from the grand vault of the projection of the innovations we negotiated seem dome. Although there were some practical quaint by today's standards of technology problems, I still believe this was an elegant revealed via and multi-media, however, they were signifi sounds cape aD1Drc~aclh. other attempts like Electric cant at the time, and provided a break to that time, the Zeiss machine was Rider, not to mention IMAX, OMNIMAX, through in terms of projection sophisti uncritically revered by many planetarium Iwerks, and several other rAni-,orr.n'"1;'·""'U cation. Drlof(~ssioJnals as the ultimate astronomy We were not above playing hard ball machine - and I could never out I The lowered Sm'ln(T-lme (including international cold-war politics) in have never been wowed any piece of dome was another first for RClcDles·ter terms of gaining bargaining power with the technology ... which I choose to look upon an exrreIIH:l v various equipment manufacturers. It helped simply as a tool, or as part of a larger commu an now in that there was an East German (Jena), as well nication strategy. When you are trying to almost universal acceptance of this ,- .. ____ .. ,-_ ... as West German Zeiss company, and since convey a big idea, concept, or point of view, Up to that time, visitors looked up some of the new Canadian planetariums had technology is a means of delivery, and apparent, well - whereas, leaned towards Zeiss lena because of their should not be confused with the message an effect raked floor) eagerness to accept unusual, customized itself. For that, and many related IJUJl~V,J'VIJ'H~ speCifications, we managed to secure US cal reasons, we went out of our way to mask CongreSSional approval to order from East and conceal the projection equipment. Germany - if we could establish technical One example of this philosophy was not superiority. That was one way of getting the understood by many people - and continues West German Zeiss company's attention! to be misunderstood today. We wanted to some V"'hU.~""U And it worked - to everyone's advantage, have the planetarium projector painted blue Astro-Tec), into ("rc>,o:>t-inrr including, I might say, the Western Zeiss - and most people thought we were less dome. The Company, which wound up with a signifi this for aesthetic, or cosmetic reasons. Far but we came as close as hum,mly cantly better (and more expensive) machine from it. We wanted to "wash" the inner pro that early stage. to market. jection dome with blue light and floating Now, as much as there appears If I remember correctly, we negotiated clouds - to simulate the day-time sky when been a great deal of eIIlptlasis over 120 improvements and customized fea visitors entered the planetarium theatre. in the tures to the main star projector - many of When the projector rose up into the theatre them small details, but significant in the on its silent, hydraulic hoist, we wanted to aggregate sense. Interestingly enough, we are virtually disappear, or at least be unobtru attention on currently engaged in a somewhat similar sive. In that context, the blue colour of creative and motivated (maybe less Machiavellian) exercise involv worked well. Rather than a dark, shad in the of the programs ing John Mosley (who is here from owy piece of machinery intruding itself into services. This involved oV~''-'~'';''A
Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles, where I the field of view, the pale blue Zeiss blended .lH_.;;;VICLUIClU.U, education and rCli"lir.n- am helping to define some of the broad plan into the overall lighting Our to get the ning issues in the revitalization of that ven erable and wonderful institution. The Strasenburgh was the world's first It makes absolutely no sense to me, computerized planetarium. We installed a millions of dollars on a sophisticated Digital Equipment Corporation PDP-8 com technical installation, then puter which occupied an enormous volume - probably three times greater than all the aspects - the very product institution equipment amassed in this room today - and son and rationale for such a facility in the first I muse about the fact that the Apple G-3 lap top I carry everywhere w'ith me now has intention of attention away from into the operatin.g UUU.KCl.;), hundreds of times the computing horsepow the room and its instrumentation, and er that the behemoth PDP-8 had But it was a upwards towards "the worked. noble experiment, and can only be fully The planetarium manufacturers never appreciated in terms of 1965 technology; it understood this point. They had so much was a daring and innovative contribution to invested in the mystique of the projector the field - including invention of program itself that the attempt to camouflage their where some of you were ~~"".l~H" ming codes on the spot! beloved machine met with every nuance today about the need for .,ri,,,,,,,~ .. ·~ n-rn''''''_ Other innovations included swivel seats from bemused resignation to outright hostil- tion funds and re-investment
6 Planetarian tion capabilities and end-product. It makes into place. to achieve on a much larger one (but absolutely no sense to me, that an institu I have made several half-hearted attempts lot smaller Later, Star tion can spend millions of dollars on a over the years to extricate myself from the other cinematic milestones came sophisticated capital campaign and ad- planetarium profession (including stints adding additional fuel to the argument the medium was outdated In Rochester, we made an In order to properly address such an issue, we have to move away go with recorded programmes - another from the concept that technology is the answer.... we must reach troversial at the time, beyond that limited scope, and think deeply about what we are try which I still feel was correct - TIME. I am often tm£Tel~eC1 ing to achieve, what changes we want to bring about, what differ ence we aspire to make ...
vanced technical installation, then skimp with science centres, world expos, and even is overdue for North American p13lne"tanlunls and penny-pinch on the production aspects the UN) but I keep coming back. The to abandon the recorded - the very product of the institution ... osten that interests me from an evolutionary NEVER compete with IMAX), and go sibly the reason and rationale for having of view is that the external environment (or in the case of Griffith, stay such a facility in the first place. It seems so keeps changing. There's been a lot of talk basics. This means down to earth and common sense, that one here today about IMAX and other large for- wonders how it could even be a serious ques tion, but it is. I have never understood why. I I have come full circle, and am convinced it only know that in Rochester, by arguing American planetariums to abandon the effectively for adequate underwriting of product, in addition to the 'toys,' we created back ... the basics. This means having highly something of value that was far greater than able, talented, enthusiastic presenters communicators con- the sum of its parts. nect with live audiences in the planetarium I am struck by many of the things I heard today, although I must say I am old enough ... the external environment has been altered - to have heard some of the same arguments ing we can do to change that. We must for about thirty years, and whilst I am not indeed embrace the change by doing the one thing that can tired of it by any means, and some of it is curiously refreshing, a lot of it can, or should the planetarium truly unique. be, reduced to the subject of "Mission" - What is it we are trying to accomplish? mat theatres. Such challenges are natural, senters and communicators connect What changes are we trying to bring about and whether we like them or not, live audiences in the 1J1dueldnUIll t-hp'::lt-r,p" in people's knowledge, awareness and appre inevitable, and we simply must the future. I know there are ciation of the night sky, and the larger more creatively, the better. This is nothjn£T Universe? new. Shortly after the Strasenburgh came on In order to properly address such an issue, stream (remember, this marvel of technolo we have to move away from the concept gy and creative innovation) the film 2001: A that technology is the answer. We have to Space Odyssey exploded on to the movie abandon the 'toys." Now, I do acknowledge screens and into the collective consciousness that the toys are important, and they're even of the entire civilized world. to that fun. I don't have a problem with that. But we pOint, for only a few blissful months, we had going back to the basics of a live
must reach beyond that limited scope, and the medium all to ourselves. It was wonder senter, we have the to r .... _1T'TTn._ think deeply about what we are trying to ful. Then, we had to make adjustments, and duce theatrics and other achieve, what changes we want to bring we did. that about, what difference we aspire to make - to On a more subtle level, the National Film society in general, to a particular audience, Board of Canada of Universe, a perhaps to a single child in one of our audi breathtakingly beautiful and haunting pro ences. Then, the technologies required to duction, seemed to capture on a and one we should not help us achieve the objectives will surely fall small, black and white screen we were trying We should meet it heaO!on"~ asm, pf()lessi1on,al By going back to the basics of a live presenter, we have the oppor external assistance. tunity to re-introduce professional theatrics and other techniques I will close these remarks you that investment in tot)-tll£Trn and performance styles that can assist us in reaching the public wen as modem tecnn:Ol()gy at a very high level of engagement - including fundamental and best of excellent story-telling. This is the real challenge, and one we should not shy away from. We should meet it headlong with enthusiasm, professional integrity, and perhaps, external assistance.
Vol. Planetarian rather badly, and the .,.,,,,hu+,,,.ar,,,, enough to prevent that. Also, the I ti styrene has a better surface • • much superior terminator. S I n n I 6. Handout charts. We produce a series of simple star throughout the year. Our Director, Hafey, makes them using the rr"~",,-,,h, .... and prints them on the laser copier then makes them the nunaredls.
We are definitely taking ::orh"" ...,t-.",-" Texas small size of our theater. Some of the we do will be difficult if not impol5sible Recently we have seen some discussions of 2. Flashlight pOinters. large dome. interactive programming in planetariums in These are projection pointers that I made There are two public programs where the Planetarian. Here at The Science Place from cheap flashlights and conical exten have used interactive methods - the Planetarium we have been doing programs sions that mount on the flashlights. The stellation Hunt" (a show) and in the Participatory Oriented Planetarium extensions are the lighted wands used for Gazing", which examined the Moon. The (POP) style and having some success doing it. directing traffic, etc. I remove the end cap show is offered year-round, while "Moon Our style of audience involvement uses a from a wand, jam in a lens, insert a piece of Gazing" ran January through of 1999. few facilities that we have built. All of these PVC pipe containing an arrow transparen The sky show goes like this. We hand out facilities share two properties - they are not cy (Kodalith) and assemble the whole star charts to everybody, then how expensive and they are very effective. We thing. We have twelve of them, each hav to use them. Next, if the audience looks would like to share ideas of our success with ing a unique number; the number is pro right, we distribute up to 12 flashlight the journal's readers. jected along with the arrow. We hand ers and explain how to use them. It is For background, our planetarium is a these out to up to 12 people in the audi one pOinter per family group. We then small one. The dome diameter is 7.3 meters ence. When to use them and who to give the program, which is 100% live. Once it is (24 feet). We have a Minolta MS-S projector them to are at the discretion of the presen dark, we turn on the Lap system and dating from 1972. All operation is manual as ter. get the audience looking at the star charts. there is no automation. Seating is circular We then get the people to locate a familiar benches with capacity of about 55 adults. 3. Lap Light system. star group, usually the Big Dipper, and to Here are the things that we built. I should This is a unique (we think) system of light point it out as soon as they have found it. note that they were built over a period of ing that allows visitors to read star charts When most of the pointers are in the about three years, rather than all at once. in the dark. Wherever you sit in the plane stellation, we turn on the outline ...... '"';~~ .... r'_ tarium, there is a shielded green LED that (if there is one for that group) to confirm 1. Constellation outline projectors. shines down into your lap. The light does that they have found it. Each pOinter has its This is the only add-on that required not go much above the belt line, and you own number, so if one seems to be lost we working on the MS-S. I made a design for do not see the LEDs directly because of the can say something like "Number 9, the projectors that was relatively inexpen shielding. There is just enough light to lost. Come over this way./I It can get pretty sive and easy to make. It has a full con read the star charts, but not enough to chaotic in the sky, but it's fun for everyone. denser lens system and uses a surplus cause material interference with the star In "Moon Gazing," we did two nalrticin 8 Planetarian to present the result of their work on to bulletin boards set up in I room, rather than a standard ference. Although new to IPS members formula has been used ' the scientific cOlmrnunity There will likely be neous oral sessions IPS Montreal. We have therefore scheduled cial poster sessions. In fact, aepe11dim2" number of posters, there is a chance posters will be throughout the duration of the Confe'rerlCe, We have added a session will take at the Planetarium de topiCS are: treal in order to to requests III "A planetarium for all: reaching the handi ,As part of the IPS 2000's scientific pro dors and suppliers as well as to capped"; A presentation on efforts from gram, we will invite several guest speakers to interest IPS members have shown for various members of our community inspire us in reflecting upon the role of plan type of event. This session, aimed at UQ'nr1,"'~" @) "How do children learn?": A presentation etaria on the eve of the Third Millennium. will take by an expert on the different stages of We will also present the great challenges fac 2000. learning among children, and how it ing astronomers over the next few years. The proposed visit to the Planetarium relates to our educational efforts under the The focus will therefore be on astronomy Montreal will be rescheduled to dome. Could be followed by a presenta and space exploration with our speakers night, replacing the visit to the Botanical tion of school activities developed invited to debate topicS such as: "Supernovae Garden. planetarians. and the Hubble constant," "Astronomy: A An area at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel status report," and "The glass giants: tele been specially set aside for the vendors We would like to approach these presenta scopes of the 21st Century." suppliers interested in presenting their tions as "meet the expert(s)" sessions. Here We will also set up panel discussions, spe to the participants of the IPS 2000 are some subjects we feel might be of inter cial oral presentations, and workshops for ference. An information pa]nplhl€~t est: the benefit of all the IPS participants. In this drawn up and is available from the 411 "The sound environment in the theater": respect, we thought certain topiCS were par Organizing Committee upon request. A consultant outlines the latest sound ticularly relevant. Here are some examples: technologies relevant to our needs, and Panel Discussions ponders what the trends will be for the 411 "What does it take to keep the dome future. A evaluation of the total open?" Several new facilities open to the reqluil:ed for all the activities "'H.,..Al1 .... '-I;~~ 41 "Full dome video": The pros and cons of public, others are closed for major renova the new technologies available to plane IPS 2000 Conference indicates that the tions and others still close their doors, pos taria. tration fees will be set at US$295 (tentative). sibly forever. What are the conditions nec These fees include free 41 "Portable planetarium sessions": LU''-'U.UJlIJ'';;:;:> essary to keep our facilities alive? of activities developed for these installa sion to all the conference sessions 411 "Is the Planetarium more than just its the tions. meals (1 breakfast, 4 lunches and 2 dinners ater?" The rCOM defines a museum as an We hope the themes and topics listed the 8 refreshmen~ institution that has many functions other above will inspire you and, as always, we breaks and the Conference materials. than just presenting shows and/or welcome and appreciate your comments which will be held on exhibits. By these standards, is a planetari and suggestions. night, will cost US$40. umamuseum? Poster Sessions The official registration fees for the It "Education vs. misconceptions in astrono Poster sessions made their debut at the ipants to the IPS 2000 Conference in Mon my." We have known for some time that 1998 IPS Conference in London, albeit on a treal will be confirmed in early Fall 1999. the general public, even its well-informed rather small scale. Participants were invited registration forms will be sent to you members, has widespread misconceptions November and will reflect this decision. about astronomy. Have our efforts to bet We will canvas vendors associated to ter educate the public changed this situa field of planetarium and encourage them to tion? Are we doing the right things? actively participate in the IPS 2000 ference as their contribution is essential to We think of these special presentations as its success. If our better 20 to 30 minute long reviews presented by than expected results, the entire p12lTIetarimll experts on topics of interest to a large group community will benefit. We need the of planetarians. These reviews will then be followed by more formal oral presentations by planetarians on related topics. Among the (Please see on page 26) Vol. 1999 Planetarian ANSWER: That's easy. Everybody asks about our theme song which is the classic 'Arabesque # l' by Claude performed by Tomita on the still available album (RCA) At what and the week can I see ISTAIR GAZER'l ANSWER: Most TV stations air 'STAR GAZER' just before nightly sign-off. However, due to 'STAR GAZER'S' enormous popularity a number of stations find the show's 5-minute format can fit any where during the broadcast day and air the show more fre quently. Local TV listings seldom include 5-minute shows, so it's best to cali the station for the broadcast schedule. If I can't ISTAIR GAZER' on hometown PBS how can I see it where I ANSWER: 'STAR GAZER' is provided of by WPBT, Miami to all PBS stations. If you can't find it, or call your local PBS station and ask if they will air it and remind them that it.is. avai lable of ...... ,=-.... Is it nejces,salry GAZER' for astrOlrlOinV ANSWER: No. In fact, many astronomy clubs, teachers, science museums and planetariums have been taping 'STAR GAZER' off the air and using it regularly as a way to reach their public. "... one of the few writers who can translate into Is there any way I can language without the <::rl,o,.,I"'O local PBS ",11'""·... ",,, ... 11 Dr. Nobel Laureate ANSWER: Yes. A month's worth of 'STAR GAZER' episodes are fed monthly to a satellite from which all PBS stations take it for their "... knows how to come down from local programming. Anyone. with a satellite dish is welcome to the tower and make """,t .."...",,...,...,,11 the satellite feed. Again, no permission is required. For satellite accessible. " feed dates and times call Monday through Friday (Eastern time) Lovi, Astronomer 305-854-4244. Ask for Ms. Harper or Mr. Dishong. American MUlseum/H,3VClen ..... '''''nn'·'''' .... I am a teacher plannlmJ! would like several 4STAR "... 1 never miss it. As someone vance, but. do not have access involved in science I'm enthralled Is any • can ISTAR GAZER'? with Jack Horkheimer's science fact. " John Nathan Turner, ANSWER: Any teacher anywhere around the world can obtain Executive 'Dr. Who' 'STAR GAZER' episodes in advance through their NASA e.O.R.E. Teachers' Resource Center. For details write:NASA e.O.R.E.; Lorain County Joint Vocational School; 15181 Route 58 South; Oberlin, OH. 44074. Or visit our website: www.jackstargazer.com happy too, I'm sure. The treatment is com There was a time when new co~;m()logical prehensive and authoritative, which re theories appeared at H"_hU"~A minded me again that some amateur with many years of astronomers today can be considered as between. But today, thanks in semi-profesSional in their knowledge and to the pioneering use of the abilities. Telescope, cosmology is a hot The reader is skillfully guided through continues to gather a head of observations of aurorae through history as This book is well timed, then, as far back as Roman times (we're informed presents a cOll1"Clre11erlsi\Te that a Roman emperor once dispatched a ern cosmological legion of soldiers to a distant city that was apri I. [email protected] believed to be on fire, but it was only an auroral display just above the horizon), the the author com- changing scientific methods for observing prehensive overview Read any good books lately? Need some the phenomena through the centuries, activ ern cosmological suggestions? This quarter's column lists ity on the solar surface (and inside the Sun) books about ancient history and the most which cause the solar wind, a highly detailed modem theories. Our thanks to the publish examination of the Earth's magnetosphere The back of the book says the mten(led ers who provided the books and these loyal (and that of other planets), plus many associ readership is "Astronomers, astrol:Jh'vsi,cis"ts readers who provided the reviews: Cheryl ated topiCS such as noctilucent clouds, and a Bauer, Francine Jackson, John Mosley, and perceived link between the brightness of the Steve Tidey.. eclipsed Moon and the solar cycle. (That was a new one on me). There's a constant theme running through The Aurora: Sun-Earth Inter the book: enough sightings of auroral dis actions (Second edition), Neil plays from mid-latitudes have been logged Bone, Wiley, 605 Third Avenue, over the years to kill the perception that New York, New York, 10158, aurorae are a strictly polar phenomena. 1996, ISBN 0-471-960-241,165 Regular mention is made of the Great astronomy graduate in the UK, pages, softcover, $32.95. Auroral Storm of March 13, 1989, which I research on infrared reflection recall observing from Florida. around young stellar Reviewed by Steve Tidey, Buffalo, New York, A little nit-pick is that sometimes the text at home with the cO~;m()lO,glCal USA. skims over elements of the subject, in a The book opens with an hurry to get to the next topic. census" of the bodies in our knoV\rlf>(1{ff> In most popular astronomy texts, aurora I was left with the overall impression of of the universe and their in the and their causes often get fairly short shrift. aurorae that although astronomers clearly logical scheme of The text The reader gets the usual rather superficial grasp many of the fundamentals of this fidently moves on discussions description of this fascinating and beautiful grand phenomena, they don't understand it radiation and phenomenon, a few nice pictures, and not to the extent that I had believed. And sec astronomers use to the many much else. If you've been frustrated by the ondly, the cause of these night lights are far look-back time, redshift, etc, lack of depth, this is the book for you. more complex than I had thought. Bang, fluctuations in the Aurora lend themselves ideally to the kind verse, hot and cold dark matter models, of topiC which can be covered in a short formation of a of ... enough sightings of auro planetarium show. There's enough research H""H'-"r;"~U' distance ladder, fluctuations in ral displays from mid-lati material in this one book alone to give you the cosmic microwave radia pretty much all you'll need for such a show. tion observed the COBE satellite, and last tudes have been logged over Treat it as your aurorae bible. ly space (as it were) is to "1-'~_'-U.H.H'ViJ." the years to kill the percep on the Universe's long-term fate. tion that aurorae are a All highly detailed and academic. The book probably tells most plane1:arians strictly polar phenomena. Towards The Edge Of The Uni more than they would want to know about verse: A Review of Modern Cos cosmology. I say that because sub Neil Bone has over 25 years of experience mology, Stuart Clark, Wiley, ject's technical nature precludes your observing aurorae, primarily from the 605 Third Avenue, New York, age public show from into "''''''''''''7h01'O British Isles, and he has been active in the New York, 10158, 1996, ISBN 0- near as much detail as this text covers. British Astronomical Association's Aurora 471-960-241,195 pages, softcov you feel you need to bone up on the detailed Section for many years. To say he knows his er, $39.95. background behind what appears stuff is to put it mildly. The text is aimed at in public programs, you won't be disaPlJoint- the experienced amateur astronomer, Reviewed by Steve Tidey, Buffalo, New York, ed with this effort. although there are enough technical dia USA. grams and terminology to keep professionals 12 Planetarian Vol. The New Solar Fourth For those who are familiar with ..... r<»",,,\,,<, with rivers and oceans into a Edition, edited by ]. Kelly Beat editions, you won't need to be convinced to hell." That seems ty, Carolyn Collins Petersen, pick up the new edition. We should all be on and Andrew Chaikin, Sky Pub the automatic mailing list. Though a few lishing Corporation, 49 Bay chapters remain relatively untouched, it is State Road, Cambridge, Massa apparent that all have been brought up-to chusetts, 1999, ISBN: 0-933346- date to include not only the latest findings, r",I-"+;'<7",I" smooth and uncratered nn,"'T~""""rI 86-7, $39.95. but also the latest take on these findings. lowlands - and surmises that the Most apparent are new individual chapters this was an so great that Review by Cheryl Bauer, National Air and on Mercury, Venus, comets, and the Galilean took out Earth's dinosaurs was Space Museum, Washington, DC, USA. moons. Many areas, such as chapters on the in This Martian hit was Moon, Mars, and planetary magnetospheres, that the was A must for any planetarian's bookshelf. have been doubled in length to include up est common definition of a How many times does tracking down a spe to-date information revealed by a decade of rock, able to sustain cific fact about, say Mars, involve picking research and exploration. It is breathtaking inhabitants. through numerous books just on that planet just how much we have learned about the After alone, or plowing through countless sources, solar system in these last ten years. including those wannabe Astronomy 101 In a field where discoveries and new theo textbooks that deal with everything from ries are quickly developing, it is not surpris book was mapping earth to quasars? Then the daunt ing that this popular book has reached it's an awful lot of book, and very ing task of fact checking, as no two astrono fourth edition. Just imagine what the fifth cussion, left. Hancock, after u'-,' .... ~.LJ ...r; my books seem to agree on anything I ever edition will include! horrible Martian past, had look up. TNSS provides a concise, authorita still to discuss, and tive summary of what is known, theorized, and derived from our planetary explo The Mars Mystery, Graham celestial motions - '--J~''-'-JlUH rations. Hancock, Crown Publishers, the solar ('''('TO'''''''' Inc., 201 East 50th Street, 22nd tic arm - causes a oenO,GlC How many times does track Floor, New York, New York, tary bodies, some ing down a specific fact 10023,1998, ISBN 0-609-60086-9, asteroids, that enter the inner area of $26.00. tem and create havoc with the bodies about, say, Mars involve pick He traces the of Earth ing through numerous books Review by Francine Jackson, LAHVU.);:.H civilization, to the just on that planet alone, or Rhode Island Planetarium, the purpose of many of plowi ng th roug h cou ntless Smithfield, Rhode Island, USA. structures (for eX2lmlJie, ~tcmenellge as reminders of previous sources, including those From reading the title, I thought this was wannabe astronomy 101 going to be a book about Mars. And it was. The textbooks that deal with For a while. The title made me believe that Hancock was prepared to rehash and discuss was everything from mapping the latest information on the nd discuss earth to quasars? region, courtesy Mars Global However, on opening the book, Part I is enti rmation on tled liThe Murdered Planet." There Ah'nin,,,clu For those unfamiliar with earlier editions, was going to be more to this book than the the text is a compilation of articles written old discussion of life. by renowned researchers, such as James Van Hancock does give a very Allen, Eugene Shoemaker, and Paul Spudis, the study of the infamous to name a few. It looks much like our college from the first discovery of the astronomy textbooks, filled with illustra Tobias Owen, to the in-depth work of Di tions, charts, and terrific images (thankfully Pietro and Molenaar, the of no quizzes at the end of each chapter, the region by Richard Hoagland, to the is though). TNSS includes chapters on the apparently unsatisfying photos courtesy of cussion exploration and origin of the solar system; the Mars Global Surveyor (which at one the composition and atmospheres of the sun pOint he confuses with Pathfinder). and planets, their rings, and moons; small this new image (and it is in this book) Han hits. He states that St(mehel:1g{~'S Heel and mid-sized worlds; comets; asteroids; and cock doesn't give up entirely on the signifi Sun, but meteorites. The book ends with an overview cance of the face, the town, and the pyramid; pOinter to the Taurid meteor shower, of life in our solar system and other plane in fact, he goes much further, trying not nant of one of our brushes tary systems. Additionally, there is a compre only to explain the apparent "evidence" of extinction. hensive "Planet, Satellite, and Small-body past life, but also to answer the question of This book, Characteristics" data chart, a glossary, a fur why life isn't on Mars at this time. ther reading list for each and the The book jacket, using a very familiar Don ever-useful index. Davis asteroid impact illustration, states, "An asteroid transformed Mars from a lush Vol. Planetarian Mars Mystery, however, Hancock attempts to tively easy to do and the concept Eclipses: 1986 - 2035. Information do a thorough job of describing our own quite well. For example, "The Heliocentric throughout, illustrations are future, and he does gives us a lot of ideas to Model" begins with five photos of Venus' improved, and tables and uvdat:ed. ponder. But whether this all points to our phases. The next section is a rough sketch of If you don't have the eventual demise needs more thought. the orbits of Earth and Venus, with the you will want to add this book Hancock doesn't believe we have much time request to place the phases at their appropri library. It is the best to think, but take your time in reading this ate positions on the orbit. Then, using the book on the market for the book, and decide for yourself. size changes of Venus, determine the differ ent distances between the two planets. Finally, compare the motion of Venus with Investigating Astronomy: Model respect to the retrograde motion of Mars. Building and Critical Thinking, There are 35 different activities in this by Bernard]. MaNamara, Chris book - way too many to both teach a lesson topher C. Burnham, Charles W. and attempt to demonstrate the concept Bridges, and Mary G. French, during a class period. However, because each from web site WCBIMcGraw-Hill, 2460 Keep section is self-contained and independent of .com/books. er Blvd., Dubuque, Iowa, 52001, the others, and requires little or no extra USA. ISBN 0-8151-4337-0. materials or astronomical instruments, Reviewed Griffith many could be given as homework assign tory, Los rUJl'-" L1LJ. California, USA Reviewed by Francine Jackson, University of ments. Rhode Island Planetarium, Bryant College, The spiral binding allows this manual to of us who grew up to Smithfield, Rhode Island, USA. lay flat, and its short length - barely 100 astronomers and plame'tar'ial1s pages - makes the book worth a second look by the wonderful artwork of Investigating Astronomy isn't your ordi to the instructor with no complementary stell. His realistic made space nary lab manual; in fact, it doesn't even rep lab class who wishes to have a separate set of and even Werner resent itself as a lab manual at all. Partially astronomy-related projects for the students. funded by the NSF, this book seems to repre Also, the fresh approach to the activities, and sent itself as more of a homework manual. the many HST images, make this manual Also, unlike the typical manual, it doesn't interesting even to the student who is at associate itself with any particular astrono in class to take up space. 1986), Bonestell's work lives on and is my text - it simply states the student "Will best of its kind. This The spiral binding allows this Totality: Eclipses of the Sun, 2nd edition, by Mark Littmann, Ken manual to lay flat, and its Willcox, and Fred short length - barely 100 Oxford University Press, ISBN ly an annotated Ch]rOllOllDglcal bltlHogralpny pages - makes the book 0-19-513179-7,1999, $18.95 paper worth a second look to the Reviewed by John Mosley, Griffith Observa am)eared in instructor with no comple tory, Los Angeles, California, USA are 741 numbered references, mentary lab class who wish The first edition of this popular book es to have a separate set of If you want to (1991; reviewed in the Planetarian in astronomy-related projects December 1992 by Chris McCall) was excel to for the students. lent. The second edition is even better. is your Totality is the total story of aU aspects solar eclipses in 268 pages: what apply the information received in lectures when and why they occur, how and readings to construct a more accurate model of the universe./I It is perhaps the best dozen added in a If you want The exercises range from the abstract track down a reference to written (" Astronomical Facts: How Do We Know?") eclipse book on the ma about Bonestell, this is your reference. to the concrete ("Keeping Things in Propor for the general reader. The book also contains a great biol.!2.TclPf1lY tion"). Other sections include "Mathematical Ron Miller and several appeJldllxes. Relations to Love" (the idea of inverse pro The book contains no illustrations portions), /I A More Rounded View of the react, and how to observe them. It is a com than a cover but it does Earth," "Viewing the Moon's Environment," plete guide, full of interesting stories, astro lot of information. With it, the and "Are All Stars Alike?" Most lessons begin nomical explanations, and practical tips. could spend years down J)one:stell with a small explanation of the problem, New to the expanded second edi Uon is material. U with the actual activity enclosed in a boxed descriptions and maps of all solar eclipses space. At the end of each lesson is a review of from 2000 to 2020, provided by Fred Espe relevant vocabulary. Each activity is rela- nak and based on his Fifty Year Canon ofSolar 14 Planetarian Vol. Shooting Star Conducted by: Barbara Baber Morgan Jones Planetarium 700N. Mockingbird St. Abilene, Texas 79603 The Committee on Astronomical Accuracy / Astrology Dr. Jeanne E. Bishop, Chair This review is for a toy called "The Shooting Star Space BalL" The space ball is a very simple and inexpensive way to introduce younger dents to meteors and meteorites. I purchased the Shooting Star Space Ball from Griffith Observatory Museum Gift Shop, (2800 E. nr,co,·"..,t-r..,.·u Road, Los Angeles, CA 90027, phone 323-664-1181). The space ball is priced at $1.25. Possibly these space balls come in boxes of several because there was no manufacture's name, only the number Z9-83S01 and made in China. The ball is made of soft rubber and has a made of silver and blue streamers. When you throw the ball the streamers stream out behind the ball similar to a meteor hitting the earth's atmosphere. Meteorites and meteors have captured the imagination of man throughout his long history on Earth, and our involvement with them is of very long standing. Fiery meteors or "shooting stars," the streaks of light that herald the arrival of extraterrestrial material in the Earth's atmo sphere, appear in the art and literature of all cultures. Our forebears regarded them as omens and treated the meteorites (literally "thunder stones") that proceeded from some of them as sacred objects. Why study meteors and meteorites? One answer is that meteorites are the oldest rocks we have, relics of that dim past when a swirl of inter stellar dust and gas gave birth to the sun and its family of planets and satellites, asteroids and comets. The great majority of meteorites formed before the Earth did They record the first steps in the history of the solar system, steps of which all direct evidence has been erased from the Earth, the moon, and very probably the other planets as well. A second answer is that meteorites come from space, an environment which humans have visited many times in the last twenty years and in which we shall travel often in the future. Meteorites carry a record of that environment that can help us plan for human Oc(:u]:)ation space. By studying meteorites we can use them as a "poor man's space probe." This type of toy can be useful for elementary students when they are introduced to the concept of meteors, meteor showers and meteorites. Younger children can throw the small mbber ball against a wall and the tail will stream out behind the space ball. This would be a fun, hands on type activity that would interest students in grades one through five. This activity will need teacher guidance. The ball is about the size of quarter and weighs very little. If the space ball is thrown at another person very hard it will cause very little damage. It is much too small light to hurt anyone unless it hit someone in the eye. The space ball would be a great activity for classroom teachers or for classes in the planetarium. Students can also observe the space ball demonstrated out of doors. The only drawbacks for this toy are: 1) that heavy use will wear out the tail of the meteor since it is attached to the rubber ball uuV' ...... u small hole in the top and 2) the danger of a student being hit in the eye. Use of the space ball will reqUire constant monitoring. In conclusion, the space ball is fun to use and small children enjoy seeing it stream through the air. The space ball is priced very and a teacher can purchase several for classroom use. I am not sure that Griffith Observatory Gift Shop would have an unlimited space balls. But the "Shooting Star Space Ball" is awesome! Included is an activity that can be used in the classroom to investigate what happens when a meteoroid hits a solid surface like that of the Moon or Earth. 1. Tell the students that they will use a pan of flour and the meteor ball or small rocks to investigate meteor craters. The flour will represent the surface of the Moon and the ball and rocks will be the meteoroids. 2. Demonstrate the technique: Place newspapers and a pan of flour on the floor. Sprinkle a light coating of instant chocolate milk on the surface of the flour to create a contrast that will help make more visible. Hold the meteor ball or a small rock at about shoulder level. Tell the that they are to drop, not throw, their ball or rock onto the flour. After they drop their meteoroid they observe what happens to the flour. Ask several students to make predictions. Have the students write their observations. Vol. 28, No.3, :Se[)terllbc~r 1999 Planetarian the pleasure to welcome Susan for t the International of Small and I Portable Planetariums. The fifth issue of the French HlCI}o;aL.H.!C Planetariums is now available. contents: astronomy paper, cata- of all the shows proposed in French planetaria, European pages \'-"I-''-''-H-''' tariums in this ex(:h,m~~e of abstracts with the Planetarian (following a discussion with Dale Smith and John Mosley during the last IPS meeting). Those who are interested by this H1<;t}o;e'L,>Jl"_, please contact Strasbourg Planetarium, fax +33388212045. The great business this summer in France it! is the total eclipse of sun, the first since 1961, and the latest total before 2081. plane tariums have developed new original shows: Soleil Nair in 1999, eclipse totale de Solei! at Villeneuve Le Temps d'une The editing of this column is done at La Villette Planetarium, La Lune et in my little summer cottage at the Swedish de Soleil at Palais de la Decouverte West Coast - nearest major city is Oslo, Planetarium, and tal of Norway. The sun shines from a clear Reims, sky, which is good, since I run my Among the new planetariums, a new top from solar panels on my roof. The sun etarium at La at the time of shines almost the clock around and the this is rather pale even in the middle of the night. transformation with a new nr.--.iortfY" Last night I could see the three stars Zeiss. Various projects are in orbit, '-J~~'--'--H--'U outlining the Summer Triangle plus Arc Mcmtlpeillier, decided for the year 2000, turus, Spica, and, visible just over the southern horizon, Antares. In a few weeks time, I plan however to enjoy a really dark urns in the middle of the day, when W Acker, Manager of the Planetarium de Stras- Jl4V'J.J.u.UJ.,I, Plametariwn: Life 1",', i-A1"+'" n" This year, for the first time, an IPS stagnates in the London Planetarium, with President Dale Smith gave us the team still for some money the honor to be at this We had also sornethirlg related to Bristol, have adapted their Starlab to house a of the Zeiss "' ....r.iarrr'.,. host of different interactive presentations plametariurn equipment, and InC:IUlGmlg biology, light, sound, and ancient assig:rled to other work at mythology, as well as the usual astronomical Museum. RIP lVH:Lauglllln! fare. They set up Explorer Dome as an inde you can write to Ben Brown at a new group is in'/es,tigating pendent science outreach service in 1998 and Dome, Mailbox 42, 14 Clifton Down Road, of UUUUJlU" are in demand for the summer sea Bristol BS8 4BF, UK. Telephone +44 117 914 son of science festivals and special 1526. shows. When the Bristol Exploratory closes A thought from Mizen Planetarium: Bob this summer in preparation for a new science Mizar suggests that any planetarium can end combe and his team are cOIlti11uing center, Dome hopes to fill the gap a show with the full glory of thousands of ning work for IPS2000. for schools in the South West of England. stars, possibly with the Milky and the the of a Who can fail to enjoy getting down on their current This is the Millennium hands and knees to explore the entrance Dome we really need to bequeath to the peo The four western Canadian H ...... A\,''-" tunnel of a giant silver dome, which appears ple of the 21st century, by light one morning in their school hall? pollution in every possible way. When the Explorer Dome would be interested to structure at Greenwich is a faded memory, hear from anyone involved in similar work the stars will still be Will our distant around the world and can be contacted via descendants see them? their web page. While you're there, check out the results of a grueling photo-shoot to achieve an internal shot of the dome and a show in action. Surely many of you have lous Millennium Show, It would appear that Toronto's HH_~U.U.hU been there before - trying to capture the pro Science Centre, opens in lin Planetarium is now permanently closed, jected images without losing the captivated month, and later in the year in and that the space will be converted to alter expressions of your audience. And how do Edmonton, and Winnipeg. nate uses. Director Tom Clarke is in process you rate your astronomical knowledge? SHOW KITS AVAILABLE FROM THE 20 minutes / 108 slides / @ Slides interactive exploration of the sky! 1 st graders, this is an ideal first show for Your presenter conducts this program blending Distribution, Davis Planetarium I\I\,-,""I,-."ri Science Center prerecorded segments. Street Baltimore, Maryland 21230 lifE BEYOND EARTH 31 minutes / 368 slides / $350 Consider the possibility of life elsewhere in our galaxy and throughout the universe. DESTINATION: OUR fUTURE IN SPACE 38 minutes / 321 slides / Journey into the future from a space station out to the stars. Indicate preferred noise reduction: Dolby B, Dolby WORLDS OF WONDER 25 minutes / 314 slides / $350 Investigate some of the exciting discoveries made about the worlds in our Solar PARTNER SHIP EARTH 25 minutes / 250 slides / $350 Ii Vol. Planetarian of German Planetaria and paper presentations, the participants graduated from ISU at the end of were able to view the sun (and a sunspot!) semester. He had been at The Council of German Planetaria (RDP) through the 14-inch Celestron in Augus tarium for three years as a show 1'...... '''''pn"l-':>1' held its spring meeting on 18 April 1999 as tana's Carl Gamble Observatory. They were and computer system programmer. part of the 23rd Conference of the Working also treated to a visit to The Fryxell Geology Planetarium, in cooperation with Group of German Speaking Planetaria (ADP) Museum at the college. The museum was educator teachers from cnerrnSl:ry in Schneeberg 18-19 April. filled with spectacular fossils of dinosaurs, and biology, received $2000 to fund five- Parallel to the RDP-meeting, which is by complete crinoid specimens, numerous fossil session event called Science. invitation of members only, and which plants, even a saber-toothed cat skull and event allows families to participate includes the larger facilities with at least one samples of woolly mammoth hair. The on activities in astronomy, chem- full-time employee, the group of "Kleinplan museum also has a large display of rocks and istry, geology and biology. It is part of a etarier" (smaller domes) met at the cultural minerals. Everyone had a wonderful time er ISU program called Consider the Children: A center Goldne Sonne. and thanks are due to the host Mel Peterson. Campus Reflection on Childhood & Adoles Prof. Johannes V. Feitzinger, Director of The Adler Planetarium & Astronomy cence. Zeiss Planetarium Bochum was elected as the Museum in Chicago recently ran its 1000th The X-tra Terrestrial Files was prE~SelntE~d new Chairman/Speaker (Sprecher) of RDP show in its new StarRider Theater since during the summer at the Lakeview Museum and former Chairman Prof. Dieter B. Herr opening the Sky Pavilion addition on 8 Planetarium. The first annual mann will now act as Vice Chairman (Stell January. Adler's first show, Tourney to Infinity, 5K Walk/Run was attended vertretender Sprecher) of RDP. was the international debut of the StarRider participants. The winner of the The ADP-conference focussed mainly on system built by Evans & Sutherland and has 635,000,000 km course (from to new video- and audio technology and proved a popular attraction. The next Star Mars and back) had a time of 16 minutes, 20 exchanged information about the respective Rider show begins 1 October with a journey seconds. The Interplanetary Bicycle Ride was planning for the solar eclipse on 11 August. to Mars, and includes audience interactivity held on 24 and 25 July. To name a few contributions: Hans-Peter such as selecting a suitable site for a perma The William M. Staerkel Planetarium at Schneider presented the AVI Omniscan sys nent Mars settlement and choosing building Parkland College in Champaign tem for the German market. Augsburg and designs. Meanwhile, the Adler's original Sky Thursday matinees on 17 June that contin Laupheim Planetarium showed new devel Theater is being refurbished and will reopen ued through 5 August. On Friday and Satur opments in custom designed automation on 1 October with a brand new show, Millen day evenings, they presented and editing systems plus several examples of nium Mysteries. This show will be available shows. The summer light shows included a in-house produced computer animations. for sale in kit form to other planetaria in U2 show and Led Zeppelin's fourth album. Thomas Kraupe gave a short glimpse at up October along with other recent sky shows. The Staerkel Planetarium, along with six coming full-dome video projection systems Adler will host a Grand Reopening of the other county museums, will host the Illinois and the challenge of providing good con original 1930 building, also on 1 October. It Association of Museums conference in tent. In addition, the IPS Past President will feature two new stores, the Gateway to September. showed examples from the IPS Media service the Universe introductory exhibit gallery, Indiana: SpeCial Thanks are due to (Hubble, JPL slides) and presented a preview and a reinstallation of The Universe in Your and Barbara Williams, Gregg's mother Ann, of the upcoming IPS-ESA Video collection, Hands exhibit. More exhibits will be installed and the entire crew of the Merrill ville which will soon be available on Laser/DV on the Lower Level of the building over the Community Planetarium for a terrific 1 disk and/or VHS-tape. next few years. Finally, the Adler's Doane State meeting. Thanks also to Bowen Pro The next ADP-Conference (and spring Observatory, housing a O,5-meter reflector, ductions and Spitz for helping to make this meeting ofRDP) will be held 7-8 May 2000 at has recently reopened following replace meeting possible. Thanks also to Mer Bochum Planetarium. ment of the telescope's computer control rillville Community Schools. For many, the system. Everyone is looking forward to using meeting began on the evening of 30 Great lakes Planetarium Associa the telescope on a regular basis again. with a bus trip to the new Adler Planetarium tion The Cernan Earth and Space Center of and Astronomy Museum on the '-'u ..... ~ 18 Planetarian Vol. Planetarium worked with Ron Kaitchuck at Tom Hocking did a demo at the state meet summer /summer-frame.html>. Ball State this summer on two workshops: ing of their new AstroFX tapeless video play MichligaJtl: The Kalamazoo Exploring the Planets in the Classroom, and er. ium & Museum presented Hansen's Planetarium Operations. The Astronomy The Muncie Community Schools Plane Horizon during the summer, as well a Club at MHS is currently painting a mural tarium was the recipient of a generous dona pIe of in-house The outside the entrance of the Planetarium. The tion of planetarium chairs from the Adler College Planetarium & Learning club went to Chicago on 22 May to visit Planetarium Renovation Project. The plane Bay City presented Cowboy Astronomer as Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum, tarium will be painted and new carpet put their summer show. Their annual and other Lakefront museums. Turner and down before the chairs are installed. Astron fund-raiser included dinner, a show, the MHS Planetarium will host our spring omy students are participating in the Tele then the best view in town of the 2000 meeting. scope in Education Project sponsored by the fireworks display from the observation Wayne High School's astronomy class is Mount Wilson Foundation. They are using form on the rooftop of the plJlnetariu:rn. being expanded from one semester to two. the 24-inch telescope to remotely image The Chaffee Planetarium in Grand Amera Platt has been working towards this objects via the Internet. Peggy Motes is the ran a locally-produced program on weattler. for sometime and the school administration Planetarium Director. entitled Our Restless Planet, through has now adopted the change. Platt is Director Finally, Ronald Kaitchuck of Ball State mer as well as two children's shows. of the school's Planetarium in Fort Wayne. University offered another five-day Summer also working on a fund-raiser to fund Bowen Productions recently welcomed Program in Planetarium Operations 12-16 July. tarium improvements that include up IPS Fellow Tom Hocking aboard as a Project This is a hands-on course in a newly remod grade to 2. The Shiras Planetarium in Manager for Planetarium and Space Theater eled computer-controlled planetarium with Marquette recently ran Contact, the Applications. Tom is a 20-year veteran of the a 30-foot dome and a Spitz A3P. For more for extraterrestrial life, Starbound on planetarium field and will be a great fit with information about future workshops, con astronomers study stars, and Cosmos, a salute Bowen organization. Bowen's latest Plan tact Dr. Kaitchuck at +1 765 285 8871, by e to Carl Sagan. etarium Show Mystery of the Missing Seasons mail at Many of you, in planetariums worldwide, it is to incorporate a programs. Because its cost-effectiveness, the exciting multicultural in conjunction with a o school outreach ~ training programs @ multicultural "' ...... -J.'-'u..... 'V ~ workshops '-'V'-'-'.<"U. events Vol. Planetarian ~"- •• _r<'n" 24 April at Shawnee State Univer excellent door prizes, including some sity's Clark Planetarium. Host Bruce Brazell Mercury Capsule plastic banks. demonstrated the new Digistar II projector Elsewhere around the north, Stevens Point MAPS just and a wide range of panorama, all-sky, and recently installed its new "baby", a Spitz conference in Lancaster, video effects in the 66-seat planetarium, 1024. And way up in Hibbing, Minnesota, Hosted the North Museum Ohio's newest and southernmost. The new they presented the 70mm film Whales and tarium, the conference featured nUlm,ercms facility is located in historic Portsmouth on the planetarium show Summer Sky. Down in workshops, demonstrations, pl,mE~tarillm the banks of the Ohio River, and the meeting Des Moines, Iowa, the Sargent Space Center programs, as well as some great schedule allowed time for a walk on the presented Planet Patrol from Sudekum. And Dr. Michael Seeds, Jim nearby levee and a look at the floodwall at the Minneapolis Planetarium, a crazy cat James Kaler, Dr. Dana Backman, Murals, 2000 feet of artwork depicting the floated in the stars with the showing of the Connors. The event was off history of the area. Thanks to Brazell for a Indianapolis production of Garfield: A Cat for ly discussion Recent well-run meeting filled with good demos, All Seasons. Immersive Video good food, good papers, and good conversa Kevin Scott and tion. Italian A variety of contributed papers shared ation many ideas. Jeanne Bishop showed some Three different initiatives interest Italian new products including a Kodak Mini Slide planetaria next October: First the annual Day viewer and an innovative planisphere against light pollution, that will be held in designed by Dr. Milton Heifetz that shows Italy on 9 October, an event that also in precession (available from LTI). Bishop also volves planetaria in connection with obser described a variety of Inuit sky ideas influ vatories, amateur astronomer associations for enced by their extreme northern latitude and "star parks". tarium (Franklin Institute, (nearly 70°). Paper plates made their rounds The XIV Annual Conference of Italian and to Dave C:olnenhlafE=r again as Chuck Bueter demonstrated his Planetaria's Friends Association will be held 20 years of volunteer work at the North design for using paper plates to illustrate star on 10 October in San Giovanni in Persiceto, a Museum Planetarium (Lancaster, trails. Rick Pirko showed a wide range of cre small village near the city of Bologna, where vania). The MAPS' honor, ative slide techniques using Kodalith film a public observatory and a 9 meter diameter tinguished Service Award, is a recog and Doug Fowler (also of Youngstown) made planetarium with an Italian projector model nition for service and dedication a passionate plea for preserving dark skies are open to the public and the schools. to the planetarium field The 1999 and evoked skywatching as a wilderness A week in Italy for an American planetarium of the MAPS Distinguished Service Award experience. Betty Wasiluk described the operator will be the last week in October. This were Tom Stec and Pete Connors. Hands-on Universe materials available from has been organized each year since 1995 by Many of planetarians, LJ'-''-'_H.< .. Lawrence/Berkeley 20 Planetarian Vol. SPITZ, INC. P.o. Box 198, Route 1 Chadds Ford, PA 19317 USA Tel 610.459,5200 Fax 610.459.3830 www.spitzinc.com ,,,,o-.nr,,,n,n in 2000! similar that programs can be easi ly exchanged. Available programs include Association four educational programs and three multi This year's NP A Conference is hosted by media programs for the general The Viking Sky, Denmark in and Lil,lesturr/O Timo Rahunen and takes place 4-5 Septem ber at Sarkanniemi in Tampere, Finland. Watches Stars - all in Danish, of course. Since Several planetarians from non-Nordic coun 1 is shown Summer stars, and several tries are expected to participate in the event, n~w programs are on their way. A small which includes a membership meeting, SCIence Center, Teknoteket, with some twen ty exhibits has been added. More in ?aper sessions, and a workshop about digital lmage processing, 3D-animations and digital formation can be found at video, as well as a Saturday evening smoke .au.dk/orion>. sauna in Hangaslahti. A report from the con News from Falun Science Center. FVC is ference will be given in the next Planetarian. presently planning a for Europe unique sum News from Orion Denmark: mertime establishment, the science park The planetarium is situated in the southern Teknoland to be created at the National Ski part of ]ylland Outland) within short dis Stadium at Lugnet in Falun. Here, children, tance from the towns Kolding, Haderslev, youngsters, and grownups should be able to Ribe, and Esbjerg. Lars Petersen is its director. experiment with science and technology in It belongs to the Science Faculty of Arhus large scale, using not only their hands but since fall 1997, and is similar to their whole bodies. Teknoland - first summer the Steno Museum Planetarium in Arhus will include several astronomical hands-on with a Zeiss ZKP3 projector under an 11 m exhibits as well as a large tent with two dome. 1998, a cove light system was Starlabs. A permanent planetarium is a wish installed. The two planetariums now have so in the long-term plan. The work to establish A BROCHURE AND SHOW SAMPLE CASSETTES. Planetarian Vol. for info on and how to order existing vol Phoenix! the total available umes). ipated that it will not exceed $50 US. The Astronomical Society of the Pacific is Russian targeting an early 2000 release date. introducing a new section of its web site The yearly RPA Conference took place in ations are presently to devoted to astronomy education (K-12 & col show available IPS for Yaroslavl' in November 1998. It was connect lege level). Take a look at the site and consid ed with the 50-year jubilee of Yaroslavl' \-V.l"'"'' issues er listing it: Vol. Planetarian across the dome to the opposite The projector is composed of a motorized, clear-glass globe, open on one end, with a 40- to-lOO-watt clear lamp suspended near the center. In most applications, the ejecta cloud projector would be mounted at one end of the star machine's latitude axis. For larger domes, the globe is a lS0mm (6-inch) clear ceiling-fan-lamp globe. For smaller plane taria, the ejecta cloud projector can be down sized In these situations, you can substitute the ceiling-fan globe for a small globe-shaped diameter glass Beta fish-bowl (sold in pet shops, and designed to isolate a male "Siamese Fighting Fish" from other members of the species). The lamp can also be downsized in this application to a suitable low-voltage minia ture lamp. Comet/asteroid collisions and the dino As with the Jupiter clouds projector, the saur extinctions are popular fare in plane globe is attached to the 1 RPM motor via a taria and on TV science programs these days. modified circular drawer-pull knob- specifi Visualizing such events can be challenging cally, one which has a slightly concave face in the dome, but in this installment we'll (Figure 2). The knob's screw-hole can be introduce an impact ejecta cloud effect drilled-out to the appropriate motor-shaft which is impressive and relatively easy to size on a drill-press and side-drilled and build. tapped for a set screw. Just make sure to use a A brute-force projector, this design (Figure good cutting oil when machining this part 1) is similar in general construction to the as it usuall y is made of a fairly soft metal Jupiter Clouds effect, described in both the alloy. September 1994 issue of the Planetarian ("In This "hub" is then attached to the the Clouds of a Gas Giant", p. 36), and in the exactly opposite the globe's open end, using 1996 revision of the IPS Special Effects Source either epoxy glue or a machine screw. If you book (p. 44). The main difference betwee~ opt for the screw attachment (Figure 3), drill this projector and the Jupiter clouds effect ~s the knob only part-way through for the that the ejecta cloud appears out of the hon motor shaft, and then drill and tap the re- zan on one side of the dome, and sweeps that it calls for a set stan-'3.n(]-Sl[OD For this, use microswitch and mounted You can make a small-diameter disk sheet) or similar with a circle cutter. Next, file a notch into the of the disk at and bore a center-hole the same size small hub of the Hl\"'UU!"U knob. The cam is then ep'OXlea the knob the backside of its tor, You can occ:aSlOnlau clear bulb into the to Figure 1 effects of your work on a wall or Drc)ie(:ticm Vol. Planetarian and that this arrangement tion the filament at, or of the To create a projector's motion, microswitch to ride you around the motor microswitch should be attached to bracket and f-'V,J~Ljl~~H.. U neoprene & steel fender washers ger switch can either be a HHAU''''',"U back at the console, or a set of rn,n-tt'Ai ... """_ contacts. To Figure 3 Figure 4 screen - experimenting to get the best visual Once all the globe-painting is done, it's time result as you apply the paint. (On the subject to build the rest of the projector. until the cam-notch comes of lamps, try to choose one with a relatively As with the Jupiter clouds projector, both reopens the cam switch - small filament. Avoid lamps with zigzagging the motor and the lamp socket are mounted motor. filaments, as these will create artificial-look upright - facing each other - on metal brack If ing patterns in your projected ejecta cloud. ets, which in turn, are attached to a black As with other brute force projectors, the fila painted plywood baseboard. Just make sure ment size and shape will have a lot of impact that the separation between the motor and upon the character of the projected image, so socket are appropriate to accommodate the take a little while to experiment, especially as you paint the globe.) You'll likely need to apply several coats of stained··glass paint to get adequate color-density. A I Note that the light only projects through I I half of the globe. The other half is painted Power with a removable or door at opaque black. (When projecting in the dome, Source ,----, Micro socket end of the to ~~~U'L~'~ the black-half starts out on the top, meaning '----...~-cr_ _ J Switch rer)la(:enlerlt. Both of these ItO <"·_Tn,..,,,, that nothing is visible initially. But as the I 'f (at can be make from thin, globe rotates, the transparent colored areas aluminum or slowly displace the black half, revealing the make sure both are colored black to "ejecta cloud" which wipes across the dome.) mize lll!nt--ooun.ce. The black half should be toward the oppo With the projector mounted site side of the globe from the notch filed machine, have a great into the Plexiglas cam. In addition, black which to visualize the result paint a semicircular area around the knob in flash a the transparent-colored half. This will match strobe to the ejecta cloud, the open end of the globe (which will later have a great effect se(-Im~n(;e be masked outboard of the lamp socket to FigureS that dinosaur extinction show! U eliminate direct lamp-to-dome light spill). (2000, continued from page 9) ongoing, we can inform the members that a the IPS 2000 Conference an standard room should cost approximately successful event. port of the private sector and we are relying US$95-100 per night, single or double occu on the IPS members to promote to all ven pancy. dors and suppliers how they benefit from of Since the bulk of the IPS 2000 Conference Do not to mark down the a successful IPS 2000 Conference. will take place at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel, July 9-13, 2000 in your substantial rebates have been offered for the gettable conference in Montreal. use of the meeting rooms, provided that the require any further information lot of rooms reserved for IPS members is A limited number of rooms has been questions, do not hesitate to r{lT1T:'''~T' used By reserving a room at the Queen Eliza reserved at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Local Committee. beth Hotel, you will help the Local Organiz MontreaL While negotiations with the Au ing Committee and your colleagues in mak- Queen Elizabeth Hotel management are still Montreal! 26 Planetarian Vol. how privileged I have been to work with all development and of Salt the highly talented planetarians who are my colleagues in IPS and its Affiliate organi Our zations. They have taken me seriously in my to the family and friends of efforts to network portable planetarians and Williams, Director of the UALR encourage a level of excellence in education (Little Rock, Arkansas), who lost his and in the fun that can be experienced in battle with cancer at about 7:00 p.m. these mini domes! Part of the reason I got the urday June 5, 1999. His say that award was because of the work I am able to John had a gift that allowed him write do as a committee chair and associate editor some of the best in the Planetarium for IPS." biz. Charles Hemann of the U ALR to SEPA President Fleenor (Direc- tarium said, "Our profession has lost a great tor, Bishop Planetarium, Bradenton, Florida) educator, writer, and planetarian." and wife Stephanie whose new son to Michaels (Director of Thomas Fleenor arrived on March 18, 1999. vale Schools Planetarium in Buffalo, New to Buinis (Assistant Director, Rari- York), whose father passed away ,.ar·",r>1-h, tan Valley Planetarium, Somerville New to the friends and of Jersey) and his wife Janice, who were married who passed away last April. Mr. Carr served on April 24th with several MAPS members in fax as a director of the Charles attendance. tarium in Boston for more than 20 years. [email protected] to Bowen Productions, which won both an international Telly Award and an Emmy on Move for 1999. The award is for their video produc Many of you are very busy right about tion "Exploring the Planet Pizza" in which a Scott Malnagir:lg Produ- now, with school back in session and confer- computer generated space probe explores cer of the Manitoba Planetarium in ences to go to. husband Martin the surface of an imaginary "newly discov peg, Manitoba, Canada. and I had a baby boy last May (a couple of ered" planet. Bowen Productions was select Robin left the weeks early) - his name is Leif Arden Shupla ed to produce the program for the National Science Museum in Massa and I look forward to showing him off to Children's Outreach Program of the national chusetts where she's been the Director of the some of you this October at our DesertSkies headquarters of Farm Bureau Incorporated Seymour Planetarium. She's now the Plane conference. As last year's multi-regional con based on their experience in producing visu tarium Director at Bassett Planetarium ference host David Falk said, we really go al materials and programs for the space thea (Amherst College, Massachusetts). Robin that extra distance to get people to come to ter and educational communities. Bowen reports that she "also went wild and our conference. Productions staff member pro a Starlab and is on the road rlT... T_"HY'.C> vided the extensive 3-D compositing work North Star Education./I for the program, and Jeff Bowen served as Patrick DiJusto is no longer at the Andrus to Marie RAdbo (Astronomer, Chalmers script consultant, director for the project, Planetarium as its pr,odluoer/te<:hl1.ic:ial1.. University of Technology, Sweden) for re and composer for the original music score. still writes and lectures on astronomy ceiving the Rosen-prize, the most prestigious served as the sound effects design the need for dark skies, and continues there is in Sweden concerning popular er. ing computer animations of astronomi cal/space events. izing and research communication. Marie to Richard McColman (Assistant Produ has been a planetarian for almost 20 years, cer/Educator, Morehead Planetarium, Jan Wallace (Planetarium Director, starting with a Starlab in the early 80s and Hill, North Carolina) for SEP A' s Andrews School Andrews Texas) and husband Mark are "retir later working at the Cosmonova in Stock 1999 Paul W. Campbell Fellowship Award. holm. She has also been popularizing science The award is given to planetarians who ing" next year to their farm in central Texas to continue raiSing sheep .... Don't worry; in many other ways: presenting public talks, exemplify the qualities of integrity, friend many of us will continue to see them at con writing articles and ten books, recording pro ship, service, knowledge, and vision. grams for Swedish broadcasting etc. Previous winners are Jane (Director, ferences; they plan to be totally involved to Susan Reynolds (Planetarium Instruc Planetarium at the Edge of the Universe, with the Texas conference in 2000. Mark is tor, Starlab Planetarium, Syracuse, New Richmond, Virginia), Jim Hooks (Plane retiring in January and Jan is in Mike is the new Dome 1\/1.,...., ':>,rTO" York), who received the Anne Morrow Lind tarium Director, Robeson Planetarium, bergh Aerospace Educator Award for 1998. Lumberton, North Carolina), and Jack (read: planetarium director) at the new COS I Cheryl Bauer (Director of the Albert Einstein Fletcher (Director, Arnim D. Hummel science museum in Columbus, Ohio, open Planetarium, National Air and Space Mu Planetarium, Richmond, Kentucky). ing November 6. seum) presented Susan with the Education to the staff of Hansen Planetarium, which Schroer from Cincinnati, Ohio, is the award at the Women in Aerospace 13th An was selected as a winner of the 1998 Down Science Educator/Planetarium Educator at nual Awards ceremony, held at the Rayburn town Achievement Award, for their "Where the Schenectady Museum in New York. House Office Building in Washington, D.c. in the Universe is Carmen Sandiego?/1 Star Michael G. Neece, former Planetarium Susan was nominated by the Syracuse Ocean Show/promotional campaign. The Down Manager of the Southworth Planetarium Sensor/Radar Division of Lockheed Martin town Achievement Awards are presented the of Southern Maine is and Mike Flood (her Supervisor at the OCM annually by the Downtown Alliance, in re Director of Education at the Christa Mc BOCES Math-Science- Technology Center). cognition of companies/individuals who Auliffe Planetarium in Concord, New Susan reported that the award "emphasized have made Significant contributions to the Hampshire. Dave is now at Glendora Vol. Planetarian minutes east of Pasadena, CA) where he has a to Japan this summer on a Fulbright Teacher SEP A President tenure track job on the faculty at Citrus Exchange for three weeks. College. Mark and Collins Petersen were headed to see the eclipse in Germany last Know August and hoping for clear weather. Here's hoping that all those who were in a position The Bishop Museum Center for Space to see the eclipse had great skies! Education is now distributing "The Explor Sky-Skan will be distributing the Einstein ers," according to Director Ken Miller. The Planetarium (Air & Space Museum, Washing show is available at no cost to requesting U.S. ton D.C.) show "Sky Quest," which was pro planetaria as part of an ongoing education duced by Loch Ness. Keep your ears open for partnership with NASA. Shipping from further information. Hawaii began in May and will continue as Several planetariums were selected as a long as supplies last. "Links2Go Key Resource" under the "Plane Stephanie Patterson (Stardome Planetar tarium" category for website awards! Con ium at the Auckland Observatory, New grats to Tom Callen (Astronomer/Program work, such as panoramas, will be contraci:ed Zealand) says that they have a new planetari Producer, Cosmonova Omnitheater, Natur um laser show for rent. The sound track with regiOnal planetarium historiska Riksmuseet, Sweden) and the includes music from alternative rock artists other members of the IPS Web Publications such as The Beasty Boys, The Cardigans, Sub-Committee as well as to the Adler Plane Lenny Kravitz, Kom, Cake, and many others. tarium, the Northern Lights Planetarium, the is GLPA and SEPA are planning a joint meet Abrams Planetarium and the Hansen Plane International, a li""h"';:~~ ing in 2001 at the Arnim D. Hummel Plan etarium, Eastern Kentucky University at tarium. company based in Sarasota, Florida The McMath Planetarium at Cranbrook member). Distribution of the star show Richmond. That's sure to be a huge confer Institute of Science has just completed a ren begin in the 2000. ence! ovation of the 43 year old facility. Director Chris Reed reports that CSR Speaking of SEPA conferences, some Bass hosted a Michigan planetarium ...... JlU" of Vol ume 1 of the Oasis funny goings-on occurred during last June's meeting there this past spring. According to Library: conference. (Of course, that's not unusual.) Lisa Daly (Director, Upton Middle School music for use in shows and as vre-snow One SEP A member was forced to stand on a Planetarium, St.Joseph, Michigan), the instal ing and exit music. chair, wear a hat that read "WeenieManJ/ and lation of a Digistar II system assures Back in the late '80s, the dance with salt and pepper shakers in his Michigan's place as the most Digistar hands by the staff at a local Hooters in front Planetarium of the enhanced state in the, well, universe! Other produced and sold K-3 level show of a few dozen SEPA members. The Kennedy Michigan planetaria that are "Digitalized" Little Star That Could./I Space Center knew what to expect from the are: Kalamazoo's Universe Theater & Plane ducer, says that in an effort to planetarians, and took away anything that tarium; Grand Rapids' Chaffee Planetarium; needs of those still interested, could make a spark during part of their tour East Lansing's Abrams Planetarium, and Bay decided to make it available of the rockets. City's Delta College Planetarium & ~'-'ALU.UU; for a limited time (until December .... '...... U.I.;;),U.'uu (Director of Westlake Center. Schools Planetarium; Westlake Ohio) went "Astroquark" courtesy Dr. George Reed 28 Planetarian Vol. NEW! 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Roland Ries, the Etienne's shows" Fernandez, of Strasbourg and the President of the tarium Saint-Etienne, France Urban Community of Strasbourg welcomed 1999 Brought to you by and of interest to: us and spoke of Strasbourg's long history of '99" Jean-Yves Marchal, Powerful Interactive Planetarium astronomy. He stressed the importance of Carine Bastian, Planetarium of Jll.U"lJVLU;';, the location of Strasbourg along the path of France the solar eclipse and encouraged us to utilize "Eclipse in Didier Mathieu, it as a wonderful opportunity to teach and Belle Etoile France help people to put things into perspective. II "The exhibition of the French Dale Smith, President of IPS, presented greet ",~,"'U,i-H'· Gerard Oudenot, Palais ings from IPS and spoke in French with the couverte Paris, France desire to demonstrate his commitment to L\..llU"C,) in the Ardennes" Marc encourage communication between col Scientific Centre France leagues in many nations. Madame Acker, "Presentation of the Coordination president of the Association of French Speak '99 and the events around ing Planetariums, offiCially opened the meet solar of 11.08.991/ Jean-Yves Mar- ing and further explained the community's chal, Carine Bastian, Planetarium support of the planetarium and the role of France the Strasbourg planetarium and its connec Mobile Planetariums Note the Name Alteration Above:: tion to the Louis Pasteur University. She en Some of you met Tom Button at the IPS couraged us to reach our audience and tariums" Susan '98 Conference. We are very happy and them to experience the Planetarium, USA pleased to announce that we decided to should be dazzled to be able to see unlimited for nnrj-OIhl" f.H~HJ.'_LU~UU.LUu marry this summer. As I write this column, horizons. After these Openlmg talks we were visions of my wedding and all that must yet even more impressed by how pn~sti.gi()Us be accomplished before the big party com was for us to meet at the Council of mences invade my brain! Family members This set the tone for attention and coopera- and friends will be arriving from all comers tion at the level. Teacher Education, of the USA in mid-August. By the time you Papers were varied and interest- /lD!'~0~~A!~+;'''A0 of small (and itinerant) read this, the happy event will have provid (efforts are being made to publish them etariums: a case to examine" Loris ed an opportunity for great fun, much in the near future). Assocoazione Amici dei L>h,.,-,coi-",·.. i ture taking, and material for mem A list follows: ories. We look forward to a lifetime of won Planetarium" derful adventures my nould, Scientific Centre name is the person remains the course in Autumn '99" same and you can still contact me thI'OU:gh Duval, of Marseille, France the same addresses! ... Commission 2: "Planetariums 99-the mag France azine of APLF association" Jean-Michel Faidit, Planetarium M(mt:peUiE~r, France Commission 3: "Purchase at best "The Observatories of Helios" I<:,.,rL"'",rn,a, Thanks to Agnes Acker, President of the postcards, posters, etc." Gilles Roussel, Ansel, Atelier d'Helios, France Association of French-Speaking Planetari Planetarium of Nantes, France "~l)h,lera, a new system; discover it!" Albert ums, an exceptional meeting took placed on @ Commission 4: "International relations Pla, Aula del Cosmos in Barcelona, May 12-14, 1999 in Strasbourg, France. Agnes and APLF 2000" Marc Moutin, Cite de "Development of the inflatable dome" graciously arranged for us to meet in the l'Espace of Toulouse, France tar'gazer Planetarium. Hartle- Salle de Paris at the European Council Build @> News of the Planetariums: Projects, realiza ing. This building, room, and the partiCi tions, and evolution "A place for in the pants were quite impressive. There were two "The planetarium of the Cite de of research centre" Florent Bailleul, days of simultaneous translation for French Toulouse: 18 months existence" Marc Ciel Ouvert in France and English and each participant was able to Moutin, Cite de l'Espace of Toulouse, "The New Jean-Michel Faidit, listen to introductions, announcements, and France Planetarium of MontpeUier, France papers and then make comments or ask "The Scientific Center of La Hague New TechrlOI(JgiI~ questions freely. We began our time together Cotentin" Albert Boehm, the Science with some moments of while Center of La Hague, France which grows up to the pf(}gI'es~;ed with plane1:arium of openilng remarks from Hans De ]onghe, the Representative of International Relations of France the General Council of Europe. He explained liThe and education in 3 dimen II "Star that the function of the Council is to pre- sions" Oliver Gadal, the Cite de l'Espace of 30 Planetarian Vol. France American Contest 1999: A WEEK IN THE NORTH OF ITALY: Each "The Solar Corona: a hot and electric envi year Serafino Zani Astronomical Observa ronment" Dr. Prof. Jean Heyvaerts, Prof. in ticipants. tory in collaboration astrophysics at the University of Stras with the IPS Mobile Planetarium Committee bourg and with the support of Technol- III Observatory/Planetarium of Strasbourg Inc., hosts an American Planetarium it "Welcoming speech of Director of the Operator who presents lessons in English Strasbourg Observatory/Astronomical with the itinerant planetarium ST ARLAB to Database Centre II Dr. Daniel Egret, Director high school students of English. Transpor of the Observatory/Astronomical Data tation from the United States is provided, base Centre, Strasbourg, France along with bed and some meals from .. "The Spitz Planetarium of Strasbourg: a Monday to Sunday. renovation programme of 3 years" Fran We are very pleased to announce that the cois Schnell, Planetari-um Strasbourg, winner this year is April Whitt. April is well France. know to a multitude of people as a dedicated During this meeting space was also made and talented planetarian and astronomer. available for portable planetarium demon April's impressive script, resume, and exten strations which were held concurrently with sive experience as a planetarium educator papers dealing with high technology topiCS. made her the strongest candidate for the pro Albert Pia (Spain) presented the Sphaera gram. We know she will have a great time dome and his unique projectors. He uses a and represent well the community of Starlab GOTO EX3 as the star projector and uses a educators. We look forward to reading a home-made image projector and slide projec report of her adventure. tor. Albert has made some improvements to If you live in the USA, work with Starlab, his image projector by motorizing it. For and would like more details about how to more info about these projectors, see this col apply for this special experience in umn in the September 1998 issue of the write or call me at the above address. Planetarian. Ray Worthy (England) demon strated a new dome he has created. Ray is Minutes a PIPS '''.'''''''T ..... ,... using a new fabric that is lighter in weight and does not require two layers. I demon A Powerful Interactive Planetarium strated the Starlab and some of the latest tems (PIPS) meeting was held at the be DUJrCnlaSE~a developments from Learning Technologies Roberson Museum and Science Center on 12 Standards: Steve is on Inc. and in my programming. We met sever June 1999. The International Planetarium lesson in the and More al familiar and many new mobile and small Society's (IPS) Portable Planetarium with the National Research Center (NRC) planetarium users and made our way around Committee members encourage this kind of standards. Each LII the language barriers to share our excite get-together of people who work with small ment and some special techniques and expe groups of students and primarily use riences with each other. patory techniques. Our members are We were also able to tour, by boat, the various models of mobile or small stancmalry "Petite France" section of Strasbourg where planetaria in their work. Some portable I/> Robin asked to discuss Starlab te(:nrl0102:V we had dinner. The post tour included a etarium users run their own business; others She loves Starlab and LTI and wants to en guided tour of the Strasbourg Cathedral, a travel with the mobile planetarium as an courage them to visit to a typical Alsatian town (Oberman, a outreach program from a Science Center or a Native American visit to a vineyard, lunch at Barr (a wine large stationary dome location. Some of our on their She feels grower's estate), and a visit at a medieval members work in small stationary domes. and show more detail. Susan monestery. People are encouraged to attend this type con- All in all it was a productive and highly of meeting and share expertise and/or prob rI""H"i,r"T or someone to draw enjoyable conference. Our deepest thanks go lems to help prevent "reinventing the feel would be more aPlJropriate to Mme Acker and her staff and to all our wheel." We usually get an attendance of 15- illustrations and submit these to friends, new and old, for making this confer 30 people. Many people who attend these LTI. LII is very ence such a success. meetings volunteer to demonstrate creative r'ul1,.,rlc,,-c Due to staff constraints One result of this meeting is that Jean ideas such as a unique lesson, methods of cult for them to new illustrations Michel Faidit has compiled an impressive teaching, or even how to build low-cost spe themsel ves and sometimes directory of all known European small and cial effects. There is no set agenda; we create support this outside work tinancia:H itinerant planetarium directors. We look for it when we begin the meeting. We design a Robin shared her beautiful new Ol{1'70 ... t-,,,_ ward to meeting again, perhaps this time in schedule for the day to accommodate every brochure and cards. one who has something to share. The host Slovakia in 2001 or 2003. We will survey fi> She that business JU-lLU"Hl'UH directors to determine the final location and facility gains some new friends and gets lots her location may become a pr()bJlenl. date. Please let us know your preference. of good publicity through this meeting. keting becomes crucial. Discussion Invitations are mailed out by Learning ed the advice; she Technologies, Inc. and snacks as well as ket to: breakfast foods are provided by them too. All Vol. No.3, Planetarian 4& Public and Private Schools: it is most effec 0lI Susan also discussed the use of a PASS, • Lindarae has a web page worth tive to market to the PTOs rather than the Volume Two (pages 30-33) lesson "Measur for program and web-site ideas: principals. ing the Brightness of Stars" lesson. Susan It Libraries: charge a low price for a presenta explained that during trial runs at a mid tion ($100) to get exposure. dle school student's and teacher's, from ultimate attention device is to turn • Scout Troops: Charge about $150 to do a test classes, shared remarks and the lesson stars and turn up house and program that will enable scouts to get was revised. Basically, participants in the restate behavior expe<:ta It Teacher Centers and to give students the system of num students and specific CO]1SE~qulence~;-t()UjJ;h It Independent Schools' Association and bering, using 1 for the brightest stars and 6 love. (i.e. "If dangerous objects, other Conferences: give workshops and for the dimmest stars. Passing the pointer knives, are brought into the planetarlUIll ask LTI for a stipend to help defray costs around and coming to consensus worked by anyone in the class the entire class and market Starlab. well. Later students were able to try other be dismissed," "If one student is r!;C'""""".j-h,o Rebecca Elfant,l40 Riverside Drive, NYC, NY constellations on their own and order the by being disrespectful and cannot 10024 brightness of the stars by comparing them focused he/she will be sent out"). Ask • Aries materials: Rebecca worked on to the first constellation stars. Next stu teacher what his/her classroom "Module Three: Light and Color." She says dents examined the distances of some of used to command attention and it has good "boxes" that children love to the brightest stars and discussed some pos the same technique in the pl,m~~tariulm; work with. It is still not quite as good as sible reasons for their relative brightness. give the teacher a red flashlight to be Gems "Colors" but can be used in conjunc (Le. distance, size and temperature) as an aide for frightened students tion with it. way for the teacher to a student's • Rebecca told us of a good book about Miscellaneous inappropriate behavior and to errant student out the door. Galileo: Starry Messenger by Peter Sis. It is a • Put a Starlab repair patch on top of each ~hin book which is good for Grade 4. It magnet if they are too strong; this makes it Lindarae uses the story about should be read to children and has amaz easier to switch cylinders. ming your shadow home in the mc)rnling It to end her Kindergarten programs ing illustrations. is excellent for dis • Edutainment Industries: "Mad Science," cussing Copernicus and Ptolemy models. which has county based franchises, is dren wave at their shadow as the sun rises). Jim Reinhardt, Link Planetarium, Roberson showing interest in Starlab and has huge Museum and Science Center, 30 Front Street, marketing capabilities. This can impact HUlmm!ing Your Shadow Home Binghamton, NY 13905 Starlab users who run their own business When you get up in the 43 Jim gave us a tour of the Roberson Muse if this group invades their territory. The Indian children are told, it is zmfJnrtarzt um and the Link Planetarium; both have quality of their programs is questionable to wait until you get your shadow home. wonderful potential and Jim has some due to the fact that they hire people who you go to sleep at night, part of you - really creative ideas. Bureaucracy, why are do not have the necessary background So ow - takes off. The part that you've held we not surprised, hampers progress! keep quality up and hopefully your pro all day; the part that you won't let live. III Jim has a great web-site where he lists and gram will be most successful. you go to bed, your shadow says, "Now describes other web-sites for "Teaching • Spica is brighter than Arcturus. This can be chance. I will go out and explore the world you wouldn't let me touch all day./I And With the Internet": http://www.tier.net/ "dimmed" by using a post-it note to par starlite/ tially cover Spica ... or you can paint out goes. The shadow has the freedom to go 43 We were going to use his computer lab part of Spica with a water based marker on away as it wants to, but it has one tie: you but unfortunately we ran out of time. the outside of the cylinder,. a hum that only your shadow knows. can never disobey you. So when you get Susan Reynolds, OCM BOCES Planetarium, • Jim Reinhardt says, "Using extreme caution MST PO Box 4754, NY you can put a very small amount of Photo the morning, if you remember to 13221 flo in water, one drop to one cup of water, shadow will come back home. Even doesn't want to. So when you get up, you Graphic Organizers: and wipe down the outside of cylinders to • Susan has been working on some new pre clean them." go out, give your own little hum, and your shadow will say, "Oh ! I have to go home, /I and and post activities for students and teach • Another good book Beyond the Blue it will come home. And you are never ers who participate in the BOCES planetari Horizon by Krupp um outreach program. In New York State, A follow-up meeting with Ray Worthy: the day until you have taken time to Elementary students are mandated to Small stationary planetarium users may be song of your own shadow. learn to graphically organize thoughts and interested to know that he uses a bulb from Some people say, "] must have gotten up data. She would like to develop more of Welch Allyn, Skenateleas Falls, NY. to replace the wrong side of the bed-I think I'll go back these organizers. Any ideas you can share the older Spitz bulb for brighter and crisper and start over." They've forgotten to hum! with her would be appreciated. (See des stars. The bulb is Model No. 01213, two pin some people get up at seven and at ten o'clock criptions of these organizers in the June lens-less lamp in the sub-miniature halogen they're still saying, "Don't mind me, I'm not here." They've forgotten to hum! So there is 1999 Planetarian column) range. It has hard pins, is not lensed at the end and has a life of four thousand hours. Its land of wisdom in to get "Our Universal Address"-The Ladder voltage is (he thinks) 2.7Volts; it may be 2.6. all here every day. This is to the "Moon Phases"-Spectrum Line Some adjustments must be made, for details tribal children-not "when you "Tell Me What You Know About Stars contact Ray at: [email protected] in the morning you must do this!" -but (Planets, Moons etc.)"-Attribute .co.uk ing "Hum your song, so your heart and come together./I Web A follow-up meeting with Lindarae Bauer: Stars/Planets/Moons-Venn Diagram 32 Planetarian Vol. 41 Some of Lindarae's favorite books: Patterns data in your own country or send your want to be just a presenter. I want to in the Sky by Staal and The Stars and Silver results to the UK organizers? Science Guy who paJrachutes Reindeer by Belting; some good poems are: and uses the as a way "Star-Talk" by Robert Graves (A Book of kids involved in hands-on nature Poems by William Cole, The Viking Does the background radiation change dur Press 1969) and "The First Men on Mer ing an eclipse? Join a European co-operative cury" by Edwin Morgan (Spaceways: An experiment amongst working teachers and Anthology of Space Poetry. John Foster, senior students. The effect we are looking for Oxford Univ. Press 1986) may be very small so we need lots of help; all you need is a Geiger counter! This experiment can be done even if it is raining on the day!! In formation sheet by email from After returning from the Conference in Alan~ [email protected] or call France a new friend, Pirotte (sky57793 +44 (0)161-973 6796. work as well, but I suspect @skynet.be) wrote to tell me more about the although the cost is a little European Association for Astronomy is at Education (EAAE). He comments," The Radio Listening Experiment index.htm!. I've bought a few reconditioned homepage can be found at URL Vol. No.3, September 1999 Planetarian Marie RAdbo O. Assistant Professor of Astronomy at ful iron meteorite. So .r"... l'D 'If:SSITTa was the find that UALR and director of the UALR passed away Cronkite the rl,.,rA1CTD1"'U Saturday, June illness. Another search for a meteorite that fell in Central was born in D.C. on September 1933, 1980, produced not but also his formative years on the Horse Farm in Vermont, where his dad was a specialist in ani- He and his enjoyed many happy looking for the meteorite years with their 'I"\-:.,'o..-.·i-" on the farm. found a two meteorite. More lnro.,...I"\"'~ His sister, became a actress, appearing tantly, they found a deep love for each other and Applause with Lauren Bacall. John took great pride in his sis- were married. ter's achievements and was '-A...<'-"""'...... , ...... her to act in an John has continued his chase of called Between Two many hours of LouiSiana, John's love of the stars was captivated a visit to the York City. John loved the idea of teachilng in the planetarium in Shreveport ficult concepts of science in an 'Orlll-o ... ·!-')l'ni..-...T he accepted a fellowship at the he enjoyed talking with students and the of Texas at to pursue a Master's degree in wonders of the sky, and he c-n-/">r\I">TY'I,,{7 program, under the direction of Harlan lab where students could identification of the "."_o·,,rrn John was ""'-r."rc,r!.o,r! mother Welch. He is survived A.B. David fifteen years and considered that one of his major joys and achievements. research interest was in the area of meteori tics. That interest was when he at Richland '-''-'.U~J'o,,- Dallas, and was "I-'I-'.L'-J .... '-'..<..< ...... by a student who told him about a meteorite that he had cn."ii-t'Dr! on a hike in Central Texas. after one Bash. he and the group found a beauti- 34 Planetarian Vol. Shonandai Culture Center GSS-Helios The GSS-Helios (GSX) features 25,000 stars reproducing a sky seen from without stray stars twinkling through the image. Computer-assisted functions without replacing the lecturer. The list of special GOTO features goes on and on. ' The GI014si offers GOTO's exclusive automatic mechanism. No more shows lost to With the action with a console. Planetari um. TEL: Intl No. +81-423-62-5312 FAX: IntI No. +81-423-61-9571 EmaU: [email protected] GI014si back. This end result justifies our existence um director. I have been ird-"'l',,,j"'UTIJ,rl and rewards us for our efforts. and the newspapers The frustrating thing about a public have written article school planetarium is: It is usually the first newspaper, and can go on the thing that is cut when there is a budget tion whenever I want deficit. This happens because School Board information. and Administrators are usually clueless when I have met some of the best tealchers it comes to understanding our operation. They wonder why we need a planetarium, when one can go outside on a clear night tarians share about and see the real thing. (Remember my com everybody. This is a great group ment about northern Indiana?) of. They fail to realize that the planetarium: Well, these are of my - is the school district's greatest thinking would not trade the decision Hello. While ruminating over a cup of cof reasoning-practical application science lab. years ago. fee one day, I decided that the topic for this - addresses all sciences as well as other sub issue's Forum column should be: jects like, geography, history, etc. - is a multi-disciplinary, multi-age level What is the best about a theater. Martinsville UH.ua.Llct, the worst? It is our job to educate them. If we can get our Administrators, Boards, etc. to 'look up', And, as usual, I was favored with some fine then things will look up for us. responses from planetarians. Art Klinger is on Art Klinger The Best: the mound to throw the first pitch with his PHM Planetarium/Space Museum 1. Your is to look at and thoughts. Bittersweet Elementary School thing beautiful. 55860 Bittersweet Road 2. The wonderful moment of cOlm1=)relhe11- *** Mishawaka Indiama,46545 sion you see in a child's face (adult faces, too!) when they finally understand sornethirlg 1'he best things about a public school *** the first time. planetarian are: 3. The response of fellow - fabulous pay Best of being a planetarian: ans when you need information or -great hours a) freedom to choose material to present. The Worst: -reasonable teaching/work load b) the great creative challenge to relate 1. fail ure in the - tremendous support from administrators astronomical/space topiCS to a wide range of show. and school boards ages and ability groups. (I am a K-12 school 2. "How have you studied -:>"i-T'AI'~n·,,-J" big budget planetarium director). 3. 'No-show' celestial events, - a large support staff, i.e. techs, sound/ c) I must stay up with the changes in Leonid meteor shower. video personal, scriptwriter, illustrators, etc. astronomy to answer the questions that are - abundance of state-of-the-art gadgets surely going to be asked by the students. Okay, okay, had enough? If you haven't Even though it might be the sixth group of guessed by now, my tongue is clearly plant fourth graders, the questions will be varied ed in my cheek. and require some Seriously, I think the greatest thing about thinking. our job is two-fold. First, getting our audience d) it is nice to be "the source" for ,,~~~.~~~ *** to look up on a clear night. (A clear night is a information by the local radio, TV and news tall order for those living here in northern paper. (The big fish in a small pond effect.) the Indiana.) Second, getting them to appreciate, e) the students look forward to coming to this would be understand, and explain to others what they the planetarium! thank yous that kids and adults are seeing. If we can get our audience to do The down side: after a show. It is a great motivator. that we have accomplished our goals, and a) in a public school funding is a the love is an incredible also promoted our profession. problem. I operated for 17 of my 21 years A common frustration is We must always understand that for most with no budget. fact that not everyone thinks the 11n'uo.... "'" people the mysteries of the night sky are the b) the school is always looking for the per all that great - no matter what you do. same today as they were when humankind son with an "opening" in their schedule to tough fact to accept sometimes, and first looked up. Maybe more so now than in do something else. I am a "full time" plane lead to trying too hard to sell astronomy the past. If we can unravel some of that mys tarium director. This now translates as plane ruining a show. tery for our audience, then we can make the tarium director, auditorium director, com Bob JJVjlLa~J.Ul sky more accessible to them. puter lab policeman/supervisor, noon duty Minneapolis Planetarium While whiz-bang and state-of-the-art are expert, and Science Department Chairman. 300 Nicollet great things to enhance our shows, let's This latter "appOintment" let me find some Minllle,ipol.is MN, never lose sight of the basics. When our audi funding. ence has mastered the concepts, they'll get The good far and away outshines the bad. I *** hungry for more knowledge and then corne have been able to do things I would not have I am sure that everyone will have a differ been able to do had I not become a planetari- ent answer for these questions, so I can 36 Planetarian Vol. pass along my subjective response. I love said, "A space tomato". She ran out of the * * talking to people under the star-filled dome office yelling, "I don't want to be to and pointing out stars and planets. I love radiation!/I No one has to be reminded introducing them to the awe of the night If someone asked me for advice on a career the best part of this field is sky and showing them what they can see. I as a planetarian, I would tell them that they involved: a subject that '-H.UU1.'-H love bringing people of different ages and really, really need to love astronomy and adults find -space - and brrnging backgrounds together, sharing a moment people and have the dedication to provide a to the of alL Of under a common umbrella of fascination, unique learning experience to empower visi appreciation and inspiration. I love talking tors to want to know more. And of course, equi pmen t, and to people at the console, in the classroom you always need a sense of humor to make it motions of the heavens. and of course over the phone (sometimes work! heavens!) patiently reassuring them that we are not Noreen Grice Oh, and also there's rrc.";,h,rHT '-U'ln. Vol. No.3, Planetarian Planetarium Concert M ~n~l"Innt'\nn"!' A company dedicated to the Promotion of Concerts in Planetarians to expand their Special Activities ram. Now on tour in Europe "THE ULTIMAT1E PIANO EXPJERIJENCE 66 Direct Booking: P.C.M. Tel/Fax 00453314 70 05 See Tycho Brahe Planetarium Web-Site: http.llwww.astro.ku.dk/tycho.html click on" Program "0 then "Saerlige Activities" 38 Planetarian Vol. :>e[){ern04er 1999 This is well-done. The and are beautiful, the and videos and colorful, and the sound is reason considerin.g it must come out of a computer. While I might to sit in front of a television with a VCR if 1 were I--'HAUHAUl", to watch the entire 50-minute pro gram, the snippets works welL The information is good and var ied, and it's a nice way to get an overview of the Mars. It's available for personal or classroom use, retails for about $25 U.S. and that at wholesale. wholesales for about half of that. So ... the Moon has a chewy center after all. It can run on either PC or Mac pl'ltf()rrns. Or so surmises a group of planetary scientists In the minimum system rorl111-.."'_ who have deduced the presence of a small, ments for PC are IBM PC 486DX2/66 or possibly partly liquid iron core for Earth's er 100% compatible, 2X CD-ROM drive, 8mb companion from studies involving the orbit RAM, Windows 3.1 or ing Lunar Prospector and the reflectors left Windows '95, super VGA (640x480, min. 256 on the Moon by the Apollo astronauts - the color), Sound Blaster or SB PRO and 100% first left there 30 years ago as I write. compatible sound cards, mouse, and hard It seems fitting on this anniversary that the drive. Macintosh minimums are 2X CD-ROM legacy of those glorious long-ago missions drive, 4mb free RAM, 7 or should still be helping to tell us new including OS8, minimum 256-color monitor. This day as I write is also, of course, the has a second Mars 23rd anniversary of l's on ROM called "Pathfinder and the Best of Mars - a place where new are being Mars" which should be of learned in rapid succession with new inva to It's a sions of tiny intrepid mechanical visitors the best from Pathfinder and other from Earth. And I've just finished ogling the sources, including Viking and Hubble; there's new July image releases from Mars Global even a Mariner frame or two. of the Surveyor via the Internet - detailed images images are familiar, but some I don't recall which showcase the marvelous of before - and all are beautiful and landforms populating that planet. crisp, some qUite stunning. In addition, there There's plenty of Apollo-reminiscing and are 20 Pathfinder 3-D pictures (for which a Mars-ogling to be done these days, and this pair of red/blue glasses are and a column's first items can certainly promote series of short video clips, many of these pasttimes. the rover about on Martian surface. The CD-ROM also includes CD-ROMs on screen saver program. And best of all, it's all an I've recently run across some interactive pal:::kcure to use CD-ROMs from Finley-Holiday Films, Box the images for a purposes. 619, Whittier, California 90608 USA, tele This one retails for about $20 U.S. and phone 800-345-6707 or +1-562-945-3325, web wholesales for about half of that. The mini site: Vol. Planetarian hands. Whether your are or aren't, you'll .waterfordpress.com>. games, qUizzes, and activities want to have a pair or two of these gloves to I recently stumbled upon their North nature study, and a web site (address serve your hearing-impaired patrons, as well American catalog which includes a vast above) which houses a number of such as to serve other useful purposes. They come array of so-called "simplified reference cards" ities which educators can use for free and in two sizes: children's, and "one size fits for segments of (and sometimes places in) which are designed, to the bro most." The suggested retail price is $24 U.S., the natural world. These are accordion-fold chure, to complement K-12 science curricula. but according to the web site, there is a spe ed laminated cards which include charts, The pocket references retail for $5.95 U.S. cial introductory price of $17 plus $3 ship illustrations, and brief descriptions of a vari ($7.95 for Canada), and the field for ping. Inquire for information on quantity ety of topics. There is of course a pocket ref $17.95 ($24.95 Canadian), and the discounts. erence for the night sky from "North books for $6.95 ($9.95 Canadian). Wholesale The web site also indicates that a glow-in American" 1a titudes (thus, any North costs are about half these amounts for a min- the-dark poster with the ASL manual alpha Temperate latitude) for summer and winter, imum order of 20 units if you're of bet is also in the works. whose charts glow in the dark from flash stocking up for your gift I haven't light illumination. There is also a "Southern examined any directly, but I did tap into the Nature At A Glance Night Sky" version for southern hemisphere web site, and it includes several basic astron locations. The natural world is our business (at least omy quizzes among about two-score of In addition, you can find similar pocket activities and quizzes on a variety of nature that part that's up, and often a great deal of references for weather, geology, animal topics. The site also has a bunch of useful the rest of it), and so you may be interested tracks, wilderness survival, pond life, edible links to other sites, including the NASA in an extensive series of "Pocket Naturalist" plants, urban wildlife, and saltwater or fresh directory and astronomy education sites. guides to same from Waterford Press, Ltd., water fishes. There is a sizeable set on North Indulge! P.O. Box 4739, Blaine, Washington 98231 American birds, wildlife, trees and wildflow USA, telephone +1-360-332-7301 or 800-434- ers, and seashore life, plus field guides for 2555, fax +1-360-332-6084, e-mail: 40 Planetarian Vol. 28, No.3, .... .o,.... 1"0,n'lIt"1l011" 1999 about, I can usually go up to our museum used for keys or as zipper pulls or backpack dren's pocket book called "Let's store and find some new item or two to men hangers, says the package, next to little "fun Space," one of a series that explores the rain tion. In this 30th anniversary summer of facts" relating to the particular figure. There forest, sea animals, dinosaurs, and other Apollo, I came up with quite a few. are also space shuttle and Saturn V models in things. The little book covers a number of Space Voyagers. Action Products, 344 this series. These are fun; one of the little space facts in the guise of a story of a class Cypress Road, Ocalia, Florida 32672, tele Apollo action figures is posing on my com that travels into space with an astronaut. It's phone 800-473-1240 has an "Authentic puter top as I type, his trusty tektite along nicely illustrated, but plays a bit fast and Action Figure" collection of astronauts with side. loose with some facts; for example, the shut moveable and bendable arms and legs. The Beanie Astronaut. It had to happen even tle leaves Earth orbit to go to the moon and collection includes Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, tually: a beanie-baby-like version of an astro sun, gravity is "much weaker in space," and and space shuttle figures, all suited up and naut. It comes from K&M International, Inc., comets "melt." I realize it's for kids, but I ready to go, with parts of their suits identi 1955 Midway, Twinsburg, Ohio 44087 USA, might have taken greater care with the con fied on the back panel next to information telephone +1-509-879-3447. It's of roughly cepts just the same. The book comes with a relating to the particular space program. beanie baby size, made of soft white felt small space shuttle toy with wheels, and sells Each package is accompanied by a "Mysteri cloth with padded hands, helmet, and boots, for about $10 U.S., wholesaling for about half ous Space Rock!" which is identified on the and a tummy filled with - whatever bean of this. back as a tektite. Despite the sensational bags are filled with. It's a bit disconcerting at Books. A pair of oversize books for hook, the description on the back is an hon first in that it has only a black swatch where older readers comes from DK Publishing, Inc., est one in terms of current speculation on its face should be - but of course, the hel 1230 Heil Quaker Blvd., Lavergne, Tennessee the origin and nature of tektites. These items met's sun visor is down, right? 37186 USA, telephone 800-225-3362. One is retail for about $7 U.S., wholesale for about This beanie spaceman or spacewoman called "Big Bang" and the other is "Black $3. sells for about $5 U.S. with wholesale price In addition, there is a line of smaller "key around $2.30. It's quite cute and a must for clip" figures of the same sort (nothing bends) the collector of fuzzy space-related products. (Please see What's New on page 52) attached to a clip and chain; these can be Lets Explore Space. K&M also sells a chil- Vol. 28, No.3, September 1999 Planetarian 41 Full Color Laser Projectors with ADAT Playback IIt Apollo 8 who had looped around the Moon wonderful book Apollo whose text was I on Christmas eve seven months earlier and ten by Andrew Chaikin. In a recent talk the three astronauts of Apollo 10 who had the US National Archives, Bean evoked gone into orbit around the Moon in May human experience of going to the Moon and and lowered their LEM to within 9 miles (14 reflected on the significance of our Q"n,"'~'''Y km) of the lunar surface. ors as human beings-all these But this time would be different, for stars we see around us are inanimate, human feet would touch another world and erned by physical laws we can know, Dale W. Smith leave their footprints in the lunar dust. "You their future courses can be pnedictt:d--bl.11 cats take it easy on the lunar surface," quip are creative beings who can HHU;;.1UL BGSU Planetarium ped Mike Collins to Neil Armstrong and strive and achieve, whose futures cannot be Dept. of Physics & Buzz Aldrin as they entered the Eagle and predicted, who can go to the Moon and pulled away from the Columbia for the beyond, who can work to do our very best Astronomy descent. "See you later," replied Neil as the whatever we do and who can make a Bowling Green State two craft separated. Within a day, and one ence in our world and find satisfaction University giant leap later, they were re-united and that. Does that not also describe what we do bound for home. as planetarians, as we interpret the cosmos to Bowling Green, 43403 Incredibly, Armstrong and Aldrin had our visitors and reach out to touch our fel- USA been expected to sleep after landing and low humans who one one enter only then do their single moonwalk. Of world of our domes? 1-419-37 2-8666 voice course they could not sleep, just as Charles 1-419-372-9938 fax Lindbergh could not sleep the night before his 33-hour first solo flight across the [email protected] Atlantic Ocean. The moonmen commenced Four millennia ago another team of with their walk at once. We all know the rest achievers turned their attention to the of the story and its legacy, and we have told Moon. They tracked its and decades from footfall it countless times in our planetariums. and deciphered the pattern of how those ris Of all the images that we have shown, it's Exactly 30 years ago today (July 18), three ing and setting points the probably a safe bet that some of these first astronauts were cramped in the Apollo 11 horizon between northern and southern images of men on the moon will be among spacecraft en route to the Moon. You know limits. We can on their already that they had been launched two the pictures our successors will still be show motives and can make only orl,,~'~4-Arl days earlier on July 16 and would land tri ing in the year 2500. But in what context? At at their construction +""r,h ...,;., the beginning of this millennium, Viking umphantly two days later on July 20. But on see and touch their sailors stepped across the Atlantic, but pulled July 18, they were about midway between ing stones that back from the new continent they unknow the Earth and the Moon. No one could see Britain and Ireland. ingly had touched, and European and native their tiny spacecraft. Even the largest tele Stonehenge is the cathedral of these American civilizations spun separately scope on Earth could not resolve it against lithic rings from the third millennium BC through day and night for centuries more. At the dark sky. Except to each other, these and many of us were privileged to visit las~ three humans were invisible. The crackle of the beginning of this millennium, Pacific year as part of the IPS London conference. It navigators were populating islands in a the radio link was their only overt line to the caps a gentle rise in the rural ocean even bigger than they could imagine, rest of the human race, though as they rolled landscape of the Salisbury about two even as at the end of the millennium, infla along the invisible lines of gravity, they hours west-southwest from London. tion models of the big bang tell us the embodied the dreams of a planet reaching its rise is wedged in two British roads, one Universe is incredibly vaster than we had out to the universe from whence it came. of them a major two-lane and the ever imagined. And historians will note that If the astronauts had had a window facing other a busy local road that traffic to it was just before the end of this millennium in the forward direction, they would not the visitor centre. The local road passes with that we first sailed across space to the Moon. have seen the Moon. Instead, they would in a few yards (meters) of the heel stone but Will the context of those historic moon have had to look about 45° to the right. They lies a couple meters lower. While the road images shown in 2500 be that of a first foray were headed toward an empty point in noise and the sight of all the traffic were whose promise was never fulfilled or of the space, as has every lunar and planetary craft rather intrusive, I found of a air first steps in a space faring future you and I we have launched. But generations of astron plane overhead strangely congruent with can barely imagine? Let's strive to make it omers had been tracking and explaining the the ancient stones: both the and the Moon's motions, and the astronauts knew the latter one. massive stone henge represent the apex tech that they and the Moon would arrive at this Four months after the first moon landing, nology of their cultures. empty point in space at the same time. Apollo 12 set down a mere 600 feet (180 m) When you first see it from a distance They knew too that a veritable army of from where the unmanned lunar scout craft Stonehenge looks rather small on the land~ workers had lavished care on the craft they Surveyor III had landed 31 months earlier. scape and its imposing scale does not trusted their lives to, from the brilliant Astronaut Alan Bean walked over to the Sur become apparent until you are much closer. Saturn V launch vehicle, to the fire-tested veyor and retrieved its camera for study The famous sarsen circle is surrounded a capsule they rode in, to the lunar ascent back on Earth. much larger ditch which is engine which had no back-up. Bean is also a talented artist who has now from a distance. A visitor They were going where only six humans devoted himself to telling the Apollo story across the ditch and past the northwest side had gone before-the three astronauts of in his paintings, and last year he illustrated a of the sarsen circle (which is a circle Vol. 28, No.3, September 1999 Planetarian moon with their henges of stone? English Heritage is considering to restore the setting of Stonehenge to a more neolithic ambience. The plans call for sink ing the major highway into a mile-and-a-half (2 km) tunnel that will banish it from the visitor's sight and hearing, for '-'-'HA!JL'-C ___ ' removing the local road, and for relocati.n£ the busy Visitor Centre to a much greater distance from the site. Let us hope these plans become reality. The other great ring in Britain hides far ther to the north and west. It is the grand site of Callanish (Calanais in Gaelic), which crowns the Isle of Lewis in Scotland's remote Outer Hebrides. Though its new visitor cen tre far outstrips the one at Stonehenge, Callanish is isolated and this isolation pro tects it from the hordes of tourists that inun date Stonehenge. I suspect that no more than a few thousand people a year make the effort it takes to get there. My visit required-after TriIithons at Stonehenge reaching Inverness, Scotland-a bus ride, then a ferry trip, and then navigating a diameter away from the path), then takes stret~hed into about four. These same ropes 5-speed purple British rental car down the you back outside the ditch and around its that now kept me to the perimeter also kept left lanes of roads signposted only in Gaelic! circumference to the Heel Stone. A stout the circle free of other people, and the site The site is uncrowded and you are free (for rope blocks access to the stones themselves. exuded (or at least my mind imposed on it) a now, at least) to walk among the stones. The I visited Stonehenge twice last year, once more serene and primeval sense than it did stones form a ring that straddles a knobby with IPS as part of the conference tour and on the first encounter, and I could spend ridge set off by lochs on either side. The typi then again about a month later as a private more time trying to imagine our ancestors cal stone has a domino shape: several feet tourist. The IPS visit was on a dark, cloudy on site. Yes, our ancestors, for might not the tall, about a yard (meter) wide, and about a evening after the public hours had closed, builders have been planetarians in their days foot (1/3 meter) thick. So the site enjoys a and we were given the privilege of walking if such facilities had existed back then? Or if more human and less imposing scale than among the stones themselves. Crowded we had drawn the card of a neolithic life, Stonehenge does. It projects a much more 'though the site was with all of us milling might not we have been among those sky open feel from within and conveys a more around, it was by standing beside the stones watching engineers who reached out to the linear rather than circular sense. It occupies a and touching them with my hands that I more dramatic natural setting, and evokes could gain some feel for the magnitude of the engineering prowess required to con struct the site, and this sense grew as I spent more time inside the sarsen circle. The Heel Stone, as viewed from within the sarsen cir cle, seemed less conspicuous than all the tele photo pictures had led me to expect, but its top was about flush with the horizon. The surviving heel stone, by the way, is only half of an original pair of stones; the second stone (now gone) lay to the left, and the midsum mer sun rose between them, as viewed from the center of the sarsen circle. Lines of sight from each trilithon run through a single space between nearby stones in the sarsen cirde; these lines of sight point roughly to major and minor lunar standstills, but the openings are relatively wide-wider than implied by descriptions I had read-so the azimuth of the line of sight is not too nar rowly defined, and claims of high precision alignments to the standstills should be taken with caution. Later I returned on my own on a glorious The circle ofsarsen stones at Stonehenge. In the foreground is the ditch which surrounds the stone ly sunny afternoon, and a planned one hour circle. 46 Planetarian Vol. 28, No.3, September 1999 Orkney Islands north of the Scottish main land, only 4 of the original 12 standing stones remain today, and their surrounding ditch and bank are used as pasture by sheep. The sheep of course are quite oblivious to the historical nature of their grazing site. Nearby. the impressive ring of Brodgar sits by a lochside. Its sixty domino-shaped stones cluster in a circle 104 meters in diame ter and a bank the height of a person wraps like a collar around the circle's perimeter. Even in the remote Shetland Islands 60 miles (100 km) farther north, the landscape is marked by stones. Though no large rings were visible, several individual stones stand along the gravel side roads. From Shetland's northern tip at latitude 62°, a neolithic watcher could have seen a circumpolar full moon in December every 19 years when the moon was at its northernmost declination. And so can we today, any day, in our domes that can bridge the gaps of space and time. Callanish stones and ridge seen from west ofthe main ring. Though the neolithic builders were moti vated by factors far beyond the astronomy almost a stronger sense of primeval mystery. rock outcrop. Yet from atop this rock out that helps draw our interest to their legacy, A tall monolith marks the center of the ring crop, the June full moon can be seen to skim many British and Irish stone sites do contain and a chamber edged with cut stones just across a notch in the southern horizon astronomical alignments and they are pre stretches away from the monolith across to each nineteenth year when it is at its south dominantly to the Moon. Earlier claims of the east side of the ring. Arms of stones reach ern major standstill. Whatever intent the high-precision alignments to the lunar stand out east, west, and south from the ring, and a builders had, the dramatic setting of stills have generally been discounted now, great avenue defined by two long parallel Callanish provides an expansive view of the but many of these sites do encode lines of rows of stones opens out to the north. These landscape they drew their livelihood from, sight to the direction of the most southerly arms seem more nearly in line with the car an open view of the sky crossed by the jour and northerly moonsets; these are the limits dinal directions than with solar or lunar lim neys of their likely gods, and a rugged view it reaches every 19 years when the Moon is its. to the horizon where those journeys met the near standstill at its maximum declination. The northern, eastern, and western hori Earth. Go there if you ever can! There are more alignments to the southern zons are miles (kilometers) distant, but the Go too to the other Scottish Isles and find limi t than to the northern. These are now view to the south is blocked by an adjacent their neolithic sites. At Stenness in the understood to be low-precision alignments that could have been established by casual observation. Thus they would have served a symbolic and ritual role rather than being the end-product of a precise technical set of measurements in the modern sense. So, no, they were not moderns in the sense of seek ing technical precision, and it would be a mistake to clothe them in our world-view. But somehow I suspect that if they beamed across time into our planetariums and let the culture shock wear off, they might soon feel rather at home. Award-winning education in the planetarium IPS members are a diverse group of educa tors and we all contribute to the educational mission of our planetaria in distinctive ways. Many IPS members are part of a school system and teach both in the planetarium and in the regular classroom. In 1993 the Astronomical Society of the Pacific estab lished the Thomas]. Brennan Award to rec ognize excellence in the teaching of astrono Callan ish: central monolith, sunken chamber, and avenue ofstones to the north. my at the high school level in North Amer- Vol. 28, No.3, September 1999 Planetarian 47 The Mars Millennium Project (MMP) is an international program that challenges teams of students to design a village for 100 CLuu"fJL,-"ac,-,"-L Earthlings on Mars in the year 2030. The MMP web site (http://www.mars2030.net) offers detailed information and links to resources indud ing an extensive participation guide (http://www.mars2030.net/download.htm) which may be downloaded MMP is sponsored by NASA, the US Dept. of Education, the US National Education Association, and a host of supporting and cooperating organizations including IPS. IPS and the IPS is sponsoring a contest that will award prizes to its members whose teams design the Martian village with the best global co:mrnunit:y aspect. We encourage IPS members worldwide to participate in this contest. The contest chair is Dr. Jeanne Bishop. Prizes andJudging First Place Project: $700; Second Place Project: $300 Judging will be by a panel of IPS members, led by the contest chair. Judging will take place following the deadline of March 25, 2000. Prizes will be awarded at the IPS 2000 Conference in Montreal. Rules/Criteria 1. The project must be carried out at a planetarium under the direction of an IPS member or at another location(s) under the direction of an IPS planetarian. 2. The project must emphasize the in-depth participation of a group of pre-university students (any age). The work and learning of the stu dents will be the focus in judging. Senior citizens or other adult groups may partner with the students for a meaningful project. 3. The project that incorporates the best global (international) community design, other features being equal, will be the winner. 4. Creativity and evidence of amount of work will be criteria in judging. However.. the project may be carried out over a short or a period of time. The project may emphasize one, several, or many aspects of the colony, such as food needs, architecture, communication within and beyond the colony, a political system, an educational system, or a safety/medical system. 5. The project must be interdiSciplinary. History, technology, science, and the arts should be considered 6. Evidence of cooperation and interaction among students must be evident. 7. Scientific (and other) accuracy is important. For example, note that solar flares will make living and working at the Martian surface for a long time unfeasible. The relevant planetary data, physics, biology, and chemistry should be investigated. At grade levels, stu- dents should demonstrate more science understanding. 8. Only complete project submissions will be judged. The following information is needed: a. The name(s) of planetarian(s) directing the project with complete planetarium address, phone and (if have) e-mail. b. Schools(s) and grade level(s) or other designation of the involved group(s) of students and any other partnering groups. c. A list of names of all involved students and classroom teacher(s). d The range of dates over which the project was done and the average time invested most students in the group(s). e. A description of the role of the planetarian(s) in the project. f. A list of specific major resources used, including names of other helping adults. g. A (typed) written overview of the focus and the vision created by the student project, not to exceed 2000 words. If an evaluation of learning and enthusiasm was incorporated (such as student comments), include a description. Other materials also may submitted. h. Visuals that are logically organized: photographs, scanned prints, or slides. These should have neat label descriptions and be enough to show detail. Any number may be sent. Do not send computer discs or video or aural tapes. i. The location of the colony on Mars, identified by longitude and latitude and/or features. Notation on a photograph or map is recom mended j. The purpose of the establishment of this colony on Mars. Examples are: to extend human culture beyond Earth, to form a stel::mimr stone colony for continued human exploration of the Solar System, to find an alternative location for human life if and Earth becomes overpopulated or will not support life, and to find if humans can have a successful life outside the Earth. State purpos es, which may be multiple and should be established by the students at the beginning of the project and guide all activities. Deadline All complete application packets must be postmarked not later than March 25, 2000. (Mars is at the ascending node on this date.) Send packets to: Dr. Jeanne Bishop Westlake Schools Planetarium 24525 Hilliard Road Westlake, OH 44145 USA No applications may be sent bye-mail, e-mail attachments, or fax. If you submit an e-mail address, you will be notified of the safe arrival of your materials. Materials submitted become the property of the International Planetarium Society. All submissions have potential for post ing on an IPS web site. For further information In addition to the IPS web site, see: http://www.mars2030.netorcontactMMPat9000SunsetBoulevard.Suite 700, Los Angeles, California 90069-5807 USA, phone 1-310-274-8787 Extension 150, or FAX 1-310-274-1306. Free kits for all pre-university grade levels are offered the MMP organizers. 48 Planetarian Vol. in the IPS contest, w node and the Earth's orbit. Ouch, the first of Martians! IPS etary based telesc:olJles. the Outreach Office at NASA's scope Science Institute and the Outreach Office at NASA's Jet Lab, the IPS slide service has made the best of these images available to at a nominal cost. Since this service was inaugurated with Brennan Award winners at the 1999 ASP Conference in Toronto, Canada: HST in 1995 and with JPL in 1997, the actual IPS members Gary Sampson (1993), Elizabeth Wasiluk (1999), and Jeanne Bishop (1995). distribution has been handled by the ica. To us it should come as little surprise Well, how about a contest in which you al affiliates. As the volume of that many of the winners of this prestigious can show the IPS world just how good a vil grown, so too has the workload impo:~ed award have been planetarians: in fact, of the lage your students can create? And in which the dedicated media rprlr""''''n,t",~Huc>c of the seven winners to date, six have been plane you can win a cash prize? And in which you regionals, particularly in the United States tarians and five have been IPS members. This might be recognized as a winner at the IPS where the number of subscribers to the ser year's winner was again an IPS planetarian, 2000 conference in Montreal? vice is rather large. To ease this work Elizabeth Wasiluk of Hedgesville High So here it is-IPS is sponsoring a contest load and to make the service more effi School in West Virginia. Betty received her that will award prizes to the IPS members cient, IPS is now instituting a more award at the ASP conference held in Toronto whose teams design the Martian village with ized system of distribution, n"rT"r-lli in early July, and the photo shows her with that best incorporates the concept of a glob the United States. two other IPS Brennan winners who were at al community. Dr. Jeanne Bishop has A distinct ",i'".""t",lTC that the centralized the conference, Gary Sampson (1993) and to organize and chair this contest. The con system will Jeanne Bishop (1995). Past IPS Brennan win test rules are in the boxed inset. line of ners also include Larry Mascotti and Dan The MMP project organizers have created nurnberofgelneI·atl.o~ls Francetic. Each is a superb educator whose a detailed participation guide which can be image and the copy you receive. Both infectious enthusiasm inspires their students downloaded from the web address bers and our suppliers have emphasi;~ed and their colleagues. They and a host of the contest rules. You can also obtain a importance of quality in recent discussions, other dedicated, innovative planetarians are ed copy by contacting the US Dept. of and IPS will bring this to you bringing the best in astronomy education to Education at 1-877-433-7827 (phone), 1-301- through the new system. the next generation of students. 470-1244 (fax), or [email protected], or mailing to Mars Millennium Project, c/o US Mars Millennium contest for IPS Dept. of Education Publications Center, P.O. members Box 1398, Jessup, MD 20794 USA. IPS Project Coordinator Bill tluckinghalm See IPS web site for helpful hints and sugges has also compiled a set of helpful materials tions in designing your Martian village which supplement and extend those in the Martians-human Martians-of the year MMP Participation Guide. These materials 2999 will look back to the pioneering vil include a variety of project hints, sugges lages established on the red planet early in tions, and prompting questions. They may their millennium. NASA is challenging us to be found on the IPS web site design those first villages now-not just sci planetarium.org. If you do not have web continue service thlrotmh entific outposts, but real villages where peo access, you can obtain a printed copy of the iate. ple can live their lives. material by contacting Bill directly. (mail: In the Mars Millennium Project, teams of Flandrau Science Center, Univ. of Arizona, If you wish to subscribe, see the students-your students-are challenged to Tucson, Arizona 85721 USA; phone +1-520- scription form elsewhere in this message. de~ign a village on Mars for the year 2030. A 621-4515; fax +1-520-621-8451; email: buck The form is also available on the IPS web fresh start on a new planet and a chance to [email protected]) The first service will do it right-what more could you ask for? Finally, if you are planning to participate November 1. 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Beginning with the year 2000, Job roster now on the IPS web site further information and details. both JPL and HST images will be induded, The new IPS on-line job roster has begun! Please start now to attend! and possibly images from additional sources Our web site now contains a listing of plane life and spirit of any conference comes as well. tarium-related job openings. You can still each of the who assemble L~r,~L"~A' Thus, we expect that the direct service will find them one-by-one on dome-l as they As we share with each other papers, let us provide an expanded set of high-quali appear, but now you can find them all workshops, panel discussions, invited ty images. This service will be available to all together on the web site's Job Service page exhibits, demonstrations, and conversation, planetarians throughout the world, includ- (www-ips-planetarium.org/ips-jobs.html). we are all enriched and return home those who live in areas that are not yet We want to make this web listing as com and more than part of a regional affiliate. Materials will be prehensive as possible. To do this, we need we arrived. You are an part distributed to IPS members for only the cost the cooperation of all prospective employ See you in Montreal! of reproduction and shipping. ers. If your facility has a planetarium-related The first service period will run for an job opening, please let us know and we will IPS indefinite time until we have provided $39 post it. This service is free. The IPS officers and affiliate representa- worth of slides to subscribing IPS members. tives will in Then the second service period will begin. October 17 and 18 for the 1999 IPS This method will give us the flexibility to meeting. If you have issues you would handle a variable flux of images while keep the Council to consider, contact your ing the costs as economical as possible. affiliate or any of the officers. Bowen Productions will be providing and IPS serve you better. Of sponsoring the service in North America and all of us Artis Planetarium will help with the service e-mail it to [email protected], OR together to become better plalnetarlanls. in Europe. IPS is grateful to Jeff Bowen (of us know your ideas and ways in which you Bowen Productions) and Johan Gijsenbergs fax it to Strasenburgh Planetarium, attn. can volunteer to (of the Artis Planetarium) for their generous Steve Fentress, +1 (716) 271-5935, OR cooperation! We also thank Anita Sohus at JPL and mail it to IPS Job Info Service, RMSC We planetarians assemble in the .UA'-.... ""Ar.~ John Stoke at STScI and their co-workers for Strasenburgh Planetarium, 657 East Ave of regional affiliates as well as in the biennial their enthusiastic and continuing coopera nue, Rochester, NY 14607 USA (note tion and support for this service. IPS conference. In my March message, slightly modified address compared to a promised to attend as many of the We are also grateful to the media reps in few years ago), the US regionals who have handled the bur conferences as my circumstances allow, and the months have den of US distribution during the past four OR years. We know this has been a heavy load at me busy that "Planetarium Oneil (aka Northwest times and thank you for your dedicated ser phone it to Steve at Strasenburgh Plane vice. has carried me to of tarium, +1 (716) 271-4552, ext. 409 APLF (Association des Planetariums IPS video ..:"" ..-,,, ..... langue fran<;ais) in Strasbourg, France in May IPS MAPS (Mid-Atlantic Planetarium see web site for order form The 1999 edition of the IPS Directory of the in Lancaster, in We expect that the first IPS videodisk will World's Planetariums is in preparation. Since SEPA (Southeastern Planetarium be ready by October. It will be filled with a the publication of the 1998 edition last year, ation) in Jacksonville, Florida inJune variety of exciting video sequences released we have been busy verifying entries and col as well as by ESA, including launches, Cassini-Huygens lecting updates and fresh information. Our AAS (American Astronomical in clips, spacecraft animations, timelapse scenes current plans are to go to press in November Chicago, Illinois in of Earth and Sun, and more. Check the IPS and distribute copies before the end of the ASP (Astronomical web site for a collection of samples from the year. in Toronto, Ontario, Canada disk. The Directory is provided to all IPS mem and about as this issue arrives, I expect to As I write this in July, all the sequences bers at no additional cost as a benefit of be in the Nordic countries for the NPA (Nor have been selected and put in the right membership. dic Planetarium Association) in order. Thanks to past-president Thomas September. Other brief sojourns have landed Kr.aupe for accomplishing this major task. IPS 2000 in I\JlInnt"II"'.c.:::1I1 in Flagstaff, Arizona to make local arrange Our current schedule calls for finishing the ments for October's IPS Council rrH~er:lIlg master in August (after the eclipse!) and IPS will convene its fifteenth biennial conference when we meet in Montreal next be held at Lowell pressing the disks in September. If all stays on Montreal, Quebec to schedule, the disk should be for distri- July 9-13. Pierre Lacombe and his team are combe and his team -n-r"n>:>",n,(T bution October. pn~pann,g an as we converge 2000 conference. Please check the IPS web site for the latest at the dawn of a new millennium and cele I cannot here to describe information and an order form. brate the occasion by looking ahead. You and the excitement of conversations and Final prices could not be set at press time, but can find more information about the confer- contacts with and other Vol. Planetarian omy educators and enthusiasts at these Cambridge Bay at latitude 69° north high in and will twist across the in a strange way meetings. We are a healthy, vibrant, and ded the Canadian arctic. The midday thermome to my northern eyes. Yet it is the same icated profession! In future columns, I'll ter reading of TC (45°F) may have been read that shines in the arctic, its report in some more detail on IPS work that ing out "winter!" but the 24 hours of day in a different way. is flowing from these meetings. light proclaimed an arctic summer. Too bad Like us in this planetarium business. We it was cloudy at midnight and the gnomon give our shows in so many different ways, cast no shadow. but in a certain sense it is all the same 103" A week from now I'll be in another winter, the wonders of the cosmos-a cosmos I'm typing this message during a week at this time a real one, albeit warmer, while vis we see from our widespread homes on this home between traveling the latitude ex iting our colleague Tony Fairall in Cape planet called Earth that circles our common tremes of winter (yes, winter). town, South Africa at latitude 34° south. Here star called the Sun. Till next time * A week ago I stood beside a sundial in icy the Sun will shine for just 10 hours, not 24, (Inter:nal':io1Ull, continued from page 23) visited his facilities for possible upgrading of London. the Abilene Planetarium. Steve Balog (St. Local planetarians signed up and presented his new assistant Linda Kruse. Marks Planetarium) informed everyone of George Owen (Beaumont Planetarium) on his Linda Irby (Richland Cosmic Theatre and the new members of TAS attending sessions visit to the area the first week in June. Baber, Science Place 2) gave information on plane at St. Marks each month and hosting Pierce's Favour, and Pierce planned a week of tarium scheduling and the Texas Astro high school astronomy class for telescope ping till dropped" in Dallas the middle nomical Society's events at Richland. Jim viewing last April. Linda Irby was presented oOune, and everyone was to sub Rusk reported that Barbara Baber (Abilene her Fellow IPS plaque by John Cotton as she mit their registration for the Desert Skies I.S.D. Planetarium) and her supervisors had was unable to attend the IPS Conference in Conference in Phoenix in October. -{:.s: continued from page 41) begins to the big questions of cosmology, planting gardens to turning off when and most places in between. The planets, you're not using them. space program, stars, and prospects of The shirt sells for about $19 U.s. (about $9 Holes," both written by British science writ extraterrestrial life are just some of the stops wholesale). ers Heather Couper and Nigel Henbest, and along the way-all nicely illustrated. It's a Walk. If you're in the mood for illustrated by Luciano Corbella. Each is jam fun, Scientifically sound, educational but games, a new and fairly simple board game is packed with great illustrations and a cogent also recreational read, retailing for $9.99 U.S, "Space Walk/' from Ravensburger USA Inc., telling of the story of each-but at 45 pages, and &13.99 Canadian, wholesaling for about One Puzzle Lane, Newton, New HamTJshdre can be gotten through in good order. Very $5, with a holographic-effect cover. 03858 USA, telephone 800-886-1236. nice for your gift shop, and for referring peo Space Shirts. What do you wear when five players each get nine small space ple to when they ask about these topiCS. you're reading the above-mentioned book? ships which are arrayed on the board on They wholesale for about $9 dollars, and we Why, if you're a kid, a T-shirt from Wild planet spaces, and the take turns sell them for about $17 U.S. Things Snap-Ons, Inc., P.O. Box 490, Fairfax, sending them around the board. But there Out. Another clever volume to California 94978 USA. This company makes are black hole spaces, and if you land there, consider is "Spaced Out," subtitled" An T-shirts with snaps to which you snap on lit you lose your When lost Extreme Reader ... from Warps and Worm tle things that accompany the shirt-like lit of his or her ships, the game is over; the holes to Killer AsterOids," written by Bill tle plastic spaceships and alien creatures in er with the most ships (translated into Scheller from the editors of Planet Dexter, a the case of the astronomy shirt. The back points) remaining is the winner. satellite publisher for Penguin USA, 120 ground is a colorful rendition of the planets The game sells for about $20 U.S. ($10 Woodbine St., Bergenfield, New Jersey 07621 in space, with the stars beyond and a moon wholesale), is colorful, and is an easy game USA, providing books for young readers. limb in front that glow in the dark. It comes for kids to learn to play. Instructions are I like this book. It uses a funny, off-beat with an extra alien creature in case you lose offered in German, French, Italian, and style and very conversational, approachable one of the other snap-on figures. And you Dutch in addition to .uH,F,H,;>U. writing to address a wide variety of space can have your institutional logo added. In a concepts and topiCS - with the occasional list nice touch, the cardboard support that the shirt is wrapped around includes a list of "ten of Stars Wars facts, "urban space legends," In any language, have a great fall or things kids can do" to help preserve Earth's and top-twenty space flicks thrown in for and as always, what's new? good measure. You can go from where space natural resources, ranging from recycling to The Griffith anounces the Fourth Annual Boeing Writing Contest. First prize for a is $1,000. For contest and deadlines please see the Griffith Observer web site at or write to the Griffith Observatory, 2800 East Observatory Road, Los Angeles, CA 52 Planetarian Vol. A planetarium is a spectacle, an event, but above all a tool which provides amusement in the service of knowledge. 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He concluded, " ... the Academy has long since switched to a stock quartz-halogen bulb that does not require a special manufac I have been receiving some responses to a turing number and works just as well. [One topic in a previous column. In this column, I of the old] 'planetarium' bulbs was mounted described some gifts I have received through on a slice of pepperwood from the Acade the years that indicate the givers tried to my's pepperwood ranch. This [plaque] was think of something suitable for a planetarian presented to me at my going away party. (whatever that is). Planetarium professionals This unusual gift will always remind me of other than myself also have received 'special' the superb Morrison planetarium star projec gifts. For example: tor and the great people I worked with at the - Carole Helper, director of the planetari California Academy of Sciences." um in Macon, Georgia, USA, belongs to a Another recent column topiC that's bring quilting society in Macon. When a daughter, ing some response from planetarians is Kira Celeste, was born to Kris McCaU, direc "FAQs". FAQs are "Frequently Asked Ques tor of the Sudekum Planetarium in Nash tions" which come from planetarium audi ville, Tennessee USA, Carole made a S x S ences. You get the same questions so often, foot quilt featuring astronomical objects and sometimes you wish you had clever, careful objects that Kira loves. Kris had no idea it was ly-thought-out answers ready, ones which being done until it was presented to her! turn the question into a mini-Iesson./I the way, how's "Celeste" as a name for a Hastings, planetarian from the Mathematics planetarian's offspring?], and Science Center in Richmond, Virginia, - Doug Baldwin, planetarian from the Dis does. He collected FAQs from his interactions covery Place in Charlotte, North Carolina, with students, wrote them down, and under ment,NASA, USA, has a autographed photo of Neil Arm each, he wrote an answer. Then he gave sources. strong, and these 7 pages as a handout to teachers in an - Dave Hostetter, planetarian from Lafay astronomy workshop he was ette, Louisiana, USA has a robot chain Here's a sample from his document: (which he uses as a Christmas tree orna Q. "How many Moons can fit inside one ment). The robot has three recorded messa Earth?" "How many Plutos could fit ges, that it in random order: "Warn- the Earth?" Warning!", "Danger, Will Robinson", or A. "I'm going to let you calculate this "That does not compute". [From the long since it is fairly simple math. The formula for defunct TV show, Lost in Space.] calculating the volume of a (like the Ken Wilson, of the Science Museum of Moon, or Earth, or Pluto) is: Virginia, has also received such gifts, and the Volume:::: (4/3) x rc x r3. one he describes herein may be the most That is four thirds times rc (2.1413 is close unusual yet. When Ken left the Morrison enough) times r (the radius of the Planetarium in 1982, they threw a party for half the diameter) cubed. All you have to do him and presented him with a plaque. (Mor is look up the diameter of the Moon, or Pluto Center II rison is the California Academy of Science's then divide it by 2 to get its radius. Use the "Wait!", came voice from facility, located in Golden Gate Park in San formula to calculate the volume of the "If the old Center is closed and Francisco, California, USA). Moon. Then look up the diameter of the dren can't come, do you think Now, plaques are not such an unusual gift. Earth to get its radius, and calculate the vol be allowed to come to this one?" The home and work offices of most planetar ume of the Earth. Then it is simple to divide Mike answered, "I didn't say ians sport a plaque or two. It's what was on the volume of the Earth by the volume of closed. It didn't. We have a full '-''''A''-'''U''... the plaque that qualifies Ken's entry as the Moon or Pluto to calculate how many unique. Ken explains: "[Morrison's) projector moons or how many Plutos would fit inside is a one of a kind, built in the California the Earth if the Earth were hollow./I [The age not AcaOlemv of Science's instrument shop back of the group would determine if this answer in the 1950s. It still has one of the finest star is appropriate. For young groups it would be fields and moon projections that I've seen better just to tell the answer.] ':>"""'ITuTht:>,rt:> in the world. " Q: "What is the coldest temperature on ·"The Morrison instrument used two, Pluto?" 1000-watt incandescent bulbs, one for each A: "Pluto's estimated surface temperature 54 Planetarian Creating a new planetarium for the next century was easy. It only took the best of the world's most advanced multimedia technology. 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