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Sphere, Sweet Sphere: Recycling to Make a New Planetarium Page 83 Online PDF: ISSN 23333-9063 Vol. 45, No. 3 September 2016 Journal of the International Planetarium Society Sphere, sweet sphere: Recycling to make a new planetarium Page 83 Domecasting_Ad_Q3.indd 1 7/20/2016 3:42:33 PM Executive Editor Sharon Shanks 484 Canterbury Ln Boardman, Ohio 44512 USA +1 330-783-9341 [email protected] September 2016 Webmaster Alan Gould Lawrence Hall of Science Planetarium Vol. 45 No. 3 University of California Berkeley CA 94720-5200 USA Articles [email protected] IPS Special Section Advertising Coordinator 8 Meet your candidates for office Dale Smith (See Publications Committee on page 3) 12 Honoring and recognizing the good works of Membership our members Manos Kitsonas Individual: $65 one year; $100 two years 14 Two new ways to get involved Institutional: $250 first year; $125 annual renewal Susan Reynolds Button Library Subscriptions: $50 one year; $90 two years All amounts in US currency 16 Vision2020 update and recommended action Direct membership requests and changes of Vision2020 Initiative Team address to the Treasurer/Membership Chairman Printed Back Issues of Planetarian 20 Factors influencing planetarium educator teaching IPS Back Publications Repository maintained by the Treasurer/Membership Chair methods at a science museum Beau Hartweg (See contact information on next page) 30 Characterizing fulldome planetarium projection systems Final Deadlines Lars Lindberg Christensen March: January 21 June: April 21 September: July 21 Eclipse Special Section: Get ready to chase the shadow in 2017 December: October 21 38 Short-term event, long-term results Ken Miller Associate Editors 42 A new generation to hook on eclipses Jay Ryan Book Reviews April S. Whitt 44 Just how rare are eclipses across the United States? Calendar Loris Ramponi Cartoons Alexandre Cherman, Chuck Rau Fred Espenak Data to Dome Mark SubbaRao Classroom Education Jack Northrup 47 If you geek it, they will come Jason Heaton Education Committee Jeanne Bishop 50 How “Not to Scale” T-shirts helped introduce students Fulldome Matters Carolyn Collins Petersen International Lars Petersen to the planetarium community Last Light April S. Whitt Scott Huggins LIP Service Karrie Berglund 55 We bring stars closer! Mobile News Susan Reynolds Button Sound Advice Jeff Bowen Pavel Nikiforov, Evgeniia Skaredneva 58 Encouraging the next generation of planetarians Columns Anna Green 90 Bard Spiral Chuck Rau 68 AFDI introduces next-generation fulldome standards 96 Book Reviews April S. Whitt Carolyn Collins Petersen 103 Calendar of Events Loris Ramponi 92 Planetarium domes in the era of VR/AR and other mixed 60 Data to Dome Mark SubbaRao reality experiences Julieta Aguilera 66 Fulldome Matters Carolyn Collins Petersen 69 From the Classdome Jack L. Northrup 102 Tributes: Antonin Rukl, Donald Lunetta Sr., 4 In Front of the Console Sharon Shanks Thomas Roy Clarke Jr. 80 International News Lars Petersen 104 Last Light April S. 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