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Journal of the International Planetarium Society Vol. 46, No. 2 June 2017 Counting Down to IPS 2018 Page 10 Online PDF: ISSN 23333-9063 Vol. 46, No. 2 June 2017 Journal of the International Planetarium Society Counting down to IPS 2018 Page 10 From the laptop to the dome: WorldWide Telescope for powerdome. How you can explore the Universe with students in an exciting way. // INSPIRATION MADE BY ZEISS WorldWide Telescope (WWT) was a research project developed by Microsoft for the visualization of astronomical data and released for further development by third parties. We at ZEISS have further developed WWT to enhance its practical use in planetarium operations. The powerdome version is optimized for our multi-channel projection systems. Using our free desktop version at home or at school students can navigate the Earth’s starry sky, fly through the solar system, explore the universe, create their own tours, and present their results directly in the planetarium dome. www.zeiss.com/planetariums Executive Editor Sharon Shanks 484 Canterbury Ln Boardman, Ohio 44512 USA +1 330-783-9341 [email protected] June 2017 Webmaster Alan Gould Vol. 46 No. 2 Lawrence Hall of Science Planetarium University of California Articles Berkeley CA 94720-5200 USA [email protected] 8 Update: Data to Dome and Data2Dome 9 Calling all mobile domes: Start preparing now for IDP Advertising Coordinator Dale Smith Susan Reynolds Button (See Publications Committee on page 3) 10 IPS2018 Conference: la cité de L’espace se prépare and Toulouse is waiting for you! Membership Marc Moutin, Véronique Hallard Individual: $65 one year; $100 two years Institutional: $250 first year; $125 annual renewal 14 Engaging adults in a 3D planetarium Andrew Glester Library Subscriptions: $50 one year; $90 two years 18 Pleiades National Planetarium Conference Anna Green All amounts in US currency 20 Moon Craters: A brief history of Selenography Direct membership requests and changes of address to the Treasurer/Membership Chairman Jean-Michel Faidit 77 Tributes: Georgy Grechko Printed Back Issues of Planetarian IPS Back Publications Repository maintained by the Treasurer/Membership Chair (See contact information on next page) Final Deadlines Columns March: January 21 Book Reviews ................................................. 68 June: April 21 Calendar .......................................................... 79 September: July 21 December: October 21 Data to Dome ................................................ 28 A Different Point of View .......................... 74 Associate Editors Fulldome Matters .......................................... 30 Book Reviews April S. Whitt From the Classdome .................................... 36 Calendar Loris Ramponi Cartoons Alexandre Cherman, Chuck Rau In Front of the Console ..................................4 Classroom Education Jack Northrup International News ....................................... 46 Data to Dome Mark SubbaRao Last Light.........................................................80 Different Point of View Ron Walker LIP Service ....................................................... 56 Education Committee Jeanne Bishop Fulldome Matters Carolyn Collins Petersen Mobile News ...................................................60 International Lars Petersen Partycles .......................................................... 64 Last Light April S. Whitt President’s Message........................................6 LIP Service Karrie Berglund Seeking What Works ................................... 42 Mobile News Susan Reynolds Button Sound Advice Jeff Bowen Sound Advice ................................................. 66 Waxing New ................................................... 76 Index of Advertisers On the Cover: Astro-Tec Manufacturing ............................. 71 Bays Mountain Productions ......................... 13 The beautiful Pic du Midi Observatory at night. California Academy of Sciences ..................7 The observatory is one of the post-conference ChromaCove ......................................................9 destinations for IPS 2018 in Toulouse, France. Clark Planetarium ........................................... 29 The Pic du Midi public facilities are being over- hauled, incorporating the installation of a plan- Digitalis Education Solutions ......................33 etarium (Europe’s highest, at 2,877m), which Evans & Sutherland ............. 5, 40-41, 45, 65 will have been open for only a few months by GOTO Inc. .........................................................35 the time of the conference. Photo © N. Mour- Konica Minolta Planetarium Co ................. 69 geois. Longway Planetarium ................................... 67 Metaspace........................................................ 55 NSC Creative ................................................... 27 Planetarium de Saint-Etienne ...................... 51 International Planetarium Society home page: RSACosmos ..................................... Back cover www.ips-planetarium.org Sciss .......................................Inside back cover Softmachine ................................. 19, 37, 53, 61 Planetarian home page: Spitz, Inc. ............................................ 25, 57, 63 www.ips-planetarium.org/?page=plntrn Spitz Creative Media ....................... 31, 39, 59 You Can Do Astronomy ................................73 Zeiss ......................................Inside front cover www.facebook.com/InternationalPlanetariumSociety twitter.com/IPS_Planetarium Vol 46 No 2 - June 2017 Planetarian 1 Aff iliate Representatives Association of Australasian Great Plains Rocky Mountain Off icers Brazilian Planetarium Planetarium Planetarium Planetariums Society Association Association ABP APS GPPA RMPA Jack L. 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