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Vol. 35, No. 3 September 2006 Journal of the International Planetarium Society "The Ice Maidens" (Pleiades) with Karambil (Aldebaran in Hyades) in aboriginal style The Planetarian (ISN 0090-3213) is published quarterly by the International Planetarium Society. ©2006, International Planetarium Society, Inc., all rights reserved. Opinions expres- September 2006 Vol. 35, No.3 sed by authors are personal opinions and are not necessarily the opinions of the International Planetarium Society, its officers, or agents. Acceptance of advertise- ments, announcements, or other material does not imply endorsement by the International Executive Editor Planetarium Society, its officers or agents. The Editor welcomes items for consideration for publica- Sharon Shanks tion. Please consult "Guidelines for Contributors" at http://www.ips-planetarium.org/planetarian/ Ward Beecher Planetarium guidelines.html. The Editor reserves the right to edit any manuscript to suit this publication’s needs. Youngstown State University One University Plaza Youngstown, Ohio 44555 USA Articles (1) 330-941-3619 Daytime phone 6 Skylore from Planet Earth: A Labor of Love (1) 330-941-3121 Fax for Education . Dayle L. Brown [email protected] 11 CosmicSky: A Portable Holistic Experience . .Francisco Diego and Gil Russell Advertising Coordinator 14 Planetariums in France . .Jean-Michel Faidit Chuck Bueter 18 Honey, I Shrunk the Solar System 15893 Ashville Lane IPS/Eugenides Script Contest Second Place . .Bob Bonadurer Granger, Indiana 46530 USA 48 President’s Report for IPS 2006 . .Martin George (1) 574-271-3150 [email protected] http://www.ips-planetarium.org/planetarian/ ratesheet.htm Columns 4 In Front of the Console . .Sharon Shanks Membership 29 Forum: How Can the IPS Increase Membership? . Steve Tidey Individual: $50 one year; $90 two years 36 Mobile News . Susan Reynolds Button Institutional: $200 first year; $100 annual renewal 41 Reviews . April S. Whitt Library Subscriptions: $36 one year 45 General Counsel: Trademarks . Christopher S. Reed Direct membership requests and changes of 49 President’s Message . Martin George address to the Treasurer/Membership Chairman 52 Digital Frontiers . Ed Lantz Back Issues of the Planetarian 55 International News . Lars Broman 61 What’s New . .John Schroer IPS Back Publications Repository 63 Gibbous Gazette . James Hughes maintained by the Treasurer/Membership Chairman; contact information is on next page 69 Last Light . April S. Whitt Index A cumulative index of major articles that have Index of Advertisers appeared in the Planetarian from the first issue allsky.de .................................................................................................................................62 through the current issue is available online at Astro-Tec Mfg., Inc. ...........................................................................................................47 http://www.ips-planetarium.org/planetarian/ Calgary Science Centre .....................................................................................................13 planetarian_index.pdf Clark Planetarium ................................................................................................................10 Detroit Science Center .....................................................................................................53 Final Deadlines Evans & Sutherland ........................................................................... outside back cover March: January 21 GOTO INC ............................................................................................................................67 June: April 21 Konica Minolta Planetarium Co. Ltd. ............................................................................22 September: July 21 Learning Technologies, Inc. .............................................................................................44 December: October 21 R.S.A. Cosmos ........................................................................................ inside back cover Scott Electric .......................................................................................................................60 International Planetarium Society home page: SEOS ........................................................................................................................................ 5 www.ips-planetarium.org Sky-Skan, Inc. ........................................................................................ 33, centerfold, 40 Planetarian journal home page: Spitz, Inc. ...............................................................................................................................17 http://www.ips-planetarium.org/planetarian Zeiss, Inc. ................................................................................................ inside front cover Guidelines for Contributors and Advertisers: http://www.ips-planetarium.org/planetarian/guide- lines.html Associate Editors Cover: Dayle Brown retired from the world of teaching and rediscovered art. She combines these two loves— Digital Frontiers Gibbous Gazette Mobile News Reviews plus her passion for astronomy—in beautiful and Ed Lantz James Hughes Network April S. Whitt Susan Button engaging books for children. In this Aboriginal-style Forum International News What's New painting she captures their mythological views of the Steve Tidey Lars Broman NASA Space News John A. Schroer Pleiades and Hyades star clusters. See the article that Anita Sohus General Counsel Last Light begins on page 6. Image courtesy of Dayle Brown. Christopher Reed April S. Whitt September 2006 Planetarian 1 I. P. S. Officers President (1) 315-432-4523 (fax) Thomas Jefferson High School Martin George [email protected] for Science and Technology Launceston Planetarium 6560 Braddock Road Queen Victoria Museum Past President Alexandria, Virginia 22312 USA Wellington Street Jon W. Elvert, Director (1) 703-750-8380 Launceston, Tasmania 7250 Australia Irene W. Pennington Planetarium (1) 703-750-5010 fax 61 3 63233777 Louisiana Art & Science Museum [email protected] 61 3 63233776 fax 100 South River Road [email protected] Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802 USA Treasurer and Membership Chair (1) 225-344-5272 Shawn Laatsch President Elect (1) 225-214-4027 fax P.O. Box 1812 Susan Reynolds Button [email protected] Greenville, North Carolina 27835 USA Quarks to Clusters (1) 252-328-9365 office 8793 Horseshoe Lane Executive Secretary (1) 252-328-9371 fax Chittenango, New York 13037 USA Lee Ann Hennig [email protected] (1) 315-687-5371 Planetarium I. P. S. Affiliate Representatives Association of Dutch Speaking Canadian Association of Science Japan Planetarium Society Russian Planetariums Association Planetariums Centres Shoichi Itoh Zinaida P. Sitkova Chris Janssen John Dickenson, Managing Director Planetarium Ur Nizhny Novgorod Planetarium Director, Europlanetarium Pacific Space Centre Suginami Science Education Center Pokhvalinskii S’Yezd 5-A Planetariumweg 19 H.R. MacMillan Planetarium 3-3-13 Shimizu, Suginami-ku Nizhny Novgorod, 603 600 Russia 3600 Genk Belgium 1100 Chestnut Street Tokyo 167-0033 Japan (7) 831 2 30 51 51 +32 89 30 79 90 Vancouver, British Columbia V6J 3J9 (81) 3 3396 4391 (7) 831 2 30 51 66 fax +32 89 30 79 91 fax Canada (81) 3 3396 4393 fax [email protected] [email protected] (1) 604-738-7827 ext.234 [email protected] [email protected] www.europlanetarium.com (1) 604-736-5665 fax [email protected] [email protected] Southeastern Planetarium Associa- Association of French-Speaking Middle Atlantic Planetarium Society tion Planetariums Council of German Planetariums Patty Seaton John Hare Agnes Acker Gerd Thiele H. B. Owens Science Center Ash Enterprises Observatoire de Strasbourg Raumflugplanetarium Cottbus 9601 Greenbelt Road 3602 23rd Avenue West 11, rue de l'universite Lindenplatz 21 Lanham-Seabrook, Maryland 20706 Bradenton, Florida 34205 USA 67000 Strasbourg France D-03042 Cottbus USA (1) 941-746-3522 03 90 24 24 67 +49 (0) 355 713109 (1) 301-918-8750 (1) 941-750-9497 fax 03 90 24 24 17 fax +49 (0) 355 729 5822 fax (1) 301-918-8753 fax [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] http://www.maps-planetarium.org Southwestern Association of Plane- tariums Association of Mexican Planetariums European/Mediterranean Planetar- Nordic Planetarium Association Tony Butterfield Ignacio Castro Pinal ium Association Lars Broman Houston Museum of Natural Science Torres de Mixcoac, A6-702 Dennis Simopoulos Dalarna University One Hermann Circle C.P. 01490, México D.F. México Eugenides Planetarium SE 791 88 Falun Sweden Houston, Texas 77581 USA (52) (55) 55 24 51 50 Syngrou Avenue-Amfithea (46) 2310 177 (1) 713 639-4637 (52) (55) 55 24 01 40 Fax Athens Greece [email protected] (1) 713 639-4681 fax [email protected] (30) 1 941 1181 www.planetarium.se/npa [email protected] (30) 1 941 7372 fax Association of Spanish Planetariums [email protected] Pacific Planetarium Association Ukranian Planetariums Association Javier Armentia Gail Chaid, Director Lydmila Rybko Planetario de Pamplona Great Lakes Planetarium Association Independence Planetarium Kiev Republican Planetarium Sancho Ramirez, 2 Dave Weinrich 1776 Educational Park Drive 57/3 Velyka Vasyikivska Street E-31008 Pamplona Navarra Spain Minnesota State Univ. Moorhead San Jose, California 95133 USA 03150 Kiev Ukraine +34 948 260 004 1104 7th Avenue South (1) 408-928-9604 +380