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THE PLANETARIAN Journal of the International Planetariuln Society Vol THE PLANETARIAN Journal of the International Planetariuln Society Vol. 21, No.3, September 1992 Articles 9 School-Year Astrophotography Project .......... Robert Victor & Jenny Pon 11 Red Sky at Night ............................................................. Joe Tucciarone 15 What Kinds of Objects Does the Solar System Contain ... Siu Chapman 18 Keeping Control in the Theater .......................................... Roger Keen 20 Planetarium in Integrated Classroom Instruction ................................... Carolyn Fehrenback & T. Bruce Daniel 22 Bring the Space Shutde to Your Planetarium ..................... James Brown 25 Lessons from a Total Eclipse ................................................. ,Ken Miller Features 28 Forum: Getting the Word Out .................................. Richard H. Shores 34 Mobile News Network ...................................................... Sue Reynolds 39 Planetechnica: Slip-Sliding in the Planetarium ....... Richard McColman 44 Computer Corner: Bulletin Board Directory ............... Charles Hemann 50 Sound Advice .................................................... ~ .............. Jeffrey Bowen 51 Kodalith Korner ................................................................ Georgia Neff 53 Regional Roundup ..................... ~ ...................................... Steven Mitch 58 Jane's Corner .................................................................... Jane Hastings The New SKYMASTER ZKP3 T he new. modem planetarium from Carl leiss Jena. specially created for small domes of 6 to 11 meters In diameter. brings entertainment to educatIOn. And It doesn'l com­ promise the Integrity of the learning expenence. MASTERING THE LAWS OF THE UNIVERSE In schools. univerSities and navigational training. users can explore precise. true-to­ nature celestial phenomena. The Images are so vivid thaI observers qUickly master the laws of the skies: hence Its name ... SKYMASTER. 1992 DEBUT There are about 100 $KYMASTl R systems already installed around the world. This year. the versatile $KYMASH:R lKP 3 makes Its debut. For planetarium users. the SKYMASI(R lKP 3 means brighter stars with superior definition. It has enhanced didactic applications and It incorporates the latest in electronics and sophisticated computer controls. The compact instrument simulates diurnal. annual and polar altitude motions which are driven automatically and are continuously controllable. forward and back~ ward. Audio-system special effects and ancillary equipment can be easily integrated Into the SKVM.I\STER ZKP 3. BROUGHT TO YOU BY CARL ZEISS JENA Carl Zeiss Jena now produces and markets all Zeiss planetarium products. For plane­ tarium users. the company represents the world's most expenenced and advanced planetarium scientists and technological experts. working together to make your next planetarium proteCtor the finest available. FOR MORE INFORMAnON Seiler Instrument Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH ABOUT THE Dislributor of Zeiss Planetaria ZEISS Postfach 125 SKYMASTER ZKP 3 , 170 E. Kirkham Avenue Tatzendpromenade 1a SI. Louis, MO 63119 PLEASE CALL OR FAX OUR 0-6900Jena New Orleans Sales Ollice 49-3641 -588·2575 PLANETARIUM SPEClAUSTS. (800}726.8805 Fax 49·3641 ·588·2023 Fax (504) 764-7665 Germany Telex 58 74 52 The Planetarian (ISN 0090-3213) is ..... ,.u'u"'."............. "" .. f-"' .... Iu Society. ©1992, International Planetarium ........ ,~.""t·u e authors are Y'u>l"<t:nn!ll1 o'pU1liorlS Interrlational Planetarium _ ..... ~.01'" 3 announcements, or other Planetarium Society, its officers or publica tion. The Editor reserves the suit this publication's needs. Editor TREASURER and MEMBERSHIP CHAIRMAN John Mosley Keith .............. "' ......... Fleischmann Planetarium Nevada 89557-0010 702-784-4812 213-664-1181 office phone 702-784-4822 fax 213-663-4323 office fax 818-708-7314 home fax CompuServe 74156,473 Internet: [email protected] ADVERTISING _~."",JI.·I\.LPJI.,.L "OClO' ... Scott Niskach Hanes Planetarium Editors Nature Science Center Jon U. Bell Museum Drive Opening the Dome NC 27105 919-767-6730 Jeffrey H. Bowen Sound Advice Alan Davenport MEMBERSHIP Scriptorium Individual Membership: one G. Hastings Institutional Membership: $150 first Jane's Comer Charles Hemann Computer Corner I. P. S. INFORMATION SERVICE Laura L. To receive word of new OOSlU,on op(~nl]l\gs Book Reviews field, send up to six selt-a(:1dJ~eS!5ed stamr)ffl en'lTel~[)D€~s Donald Richard McColman Planetechnica Rochester, New York 14603 Jim Manning What's New Steve Mitch BACKISSUESOFTHEPLANETAR~ Regional Roundup Beginning with Vol. 14, No.4, individual copies are $6.00 each. All previous issues are $1.00 each Georgia Neff Charlene Dukes, IPS Back Publications Repository Kodalith Komer Strasenburgh Planetarium Donna Pierce P.O. Box 1480 Gib bous Gazette Rochester, New York 14603 Sue Reynolds Mobile News Network The Planetanan is designed at the Griffith Observatory. Printing by Victory Printing and Graphics, Van Nuys, California. Richard Shores Forum No.3, September 1992 The Planetarian 1. P. S. OFFICERS President Treasurer Awards Committee Chair John Pogue Keith Johnson Phyllis Pitluga 1410 Paris Drive Fleischmann Planetarium The Adler Planetarium Grand Prairie, Texas 75050 USA University of Nevada 1300 S. Lake Shore Drive 214-264-4731 Reno, Nevada 89557-0010 USA Chicago, Illinois 60605 USA 702-784-4812 312-322-0319 President-Elect William Gutsch 1994 Conference Chairman Hayden Planetarium Michael Hutton American Museum B.CC Planetarium Central Park West at 81st St. Brevard Community College Please notify the Editor of of IPS New York, NY 10024 USA 1519 Clearlake Road officers or affiliate representatives. 212-769-5900 Cocoa, Florida 32926 USA 212-769-5233 fax Historian/Photo-Archivist Past-President John Hare Terence Murtagh Bishop Planetarium IPS Permanent Mailing Address: 500 Chesham House 20110th Street West 150 Regent Street Bradenton, Florida 33505 USA International Planetarium Society London WIR2, England 813-746-4132 C/O Hansen Planetarium Executive Secretary Elections Committee Chairman 15 South State Street Katherine Becker Thomas Stec Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 USA 5103 Burt Street Central Bucks East High School Omaha, Nebraska 68132 USA Holicong and Anderson Roads 402-556-0082 Buckingham, Pennsylvania 18912 USA 402-280-2140 fax 215-794-7481 1. P. S. AFFILIATE REPRESENTATWES Association of French-Speaking Planetariums Great Plains Planetarium Association (GPPA) Planetarium Association of Canada (PAC) (APLF) Bruce Daniel Ian D. Cameron Agnes Acker Pittsburg State University Lockhart Planetarium Planetarium Strasbourg Pittsburg Kansas 66762 500 Dysart Road Universite Louis Pasteur 316-231-7000 Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2 Canada Rue de L'Observatoire 204-474-9785 6700 Strasbourg, France Italian Planetaria's Friends Association 204-261-0021 fax 88 3612 51 (AADP) [email protected] Loris Ramponi Association of Mexican Planetariums c/o Civici Musei de Scienze Rocky Mountain Planetarium Association (AMPAC) Via Ozanam4 (RMPA) Ignacio Castro Pinal 25128 Brescia, Italy James Manning Museo Technologico CF.E. Taylor Planetarium Apartado Postal 18-816 Middle Atlantic Planetarium Society (MAPS) Museum of the Rockies CP 11870 Mexico City, D.F. Mexico Steven Mitch Bozeman Montana 59717 USA 277-5779 Benedum Natural Science Center 406-994-6874 Oglebay Park 406-994-2682 fax British Association of Planetariums (BAP) Wheeling, West Virginia 26003 Undine Concannon 304-242-3000 Southeastern Planetarium Association (SEPA) London Planetarium 304-242-7800 fax Robert Tate Marlybone Road Harper Planetarium London, England Nordic Planetarium Association (NPA) 3399 Collier Drive, N.W. United Kingdom NW1 5LR Lars Broman Atlanta, Georgia 30331 USA Broman Planetarium 404-691-8767 E uropean/Mediterranean Planetarium Fjaderharvsg 87 Association (EMPA) 5-42466 Goteborg-Angered, Sweden Southwestern Association of Planetariums Dennis Simopoulos +46-2310 177 (phone) (SWAP) Eugenides Planetarium +46-2310137 (fax) Donna Pierce Syngrou Avenue--Amfithea Highland Park Ind. School District Athens, Greece Pacific Planetarium Association (PPA) 4220 Emerson 94-111-81 Lonny Baker Dallas, Texas 75205 USA Morrison Planetarium 214-526-4800 Great Lakes Planetarium Association (GLP A) California Academy of Sciences Dayle Brown, Pegasus Productions Golden Gate Park 713 Cushing San Francisco, California 94118 USA South Bend, Indiana 46616 USA 415-750-7325 219-282-1885 4 ~etJte]nlJler 1992 persistence of Yision LASER FANTASY INTERNATIONAL 1721 132ND AVE NE BELLEVUE, WA 98005-2224 USA [206) 881-5356 fax [206) 883-7169 JOURNEY INTO THE THRILLING DIMENSION OF Sensational Full Dome 3-D Experience • Utilizing Lasers & New Chroma Depth Technology Far the first time in a darned theeter images "POP" aff the screen and are suspended in mid-eir! Audio Visual Imagineering. Inc. 7953 Twist Lane • Springfield. VA 22153 For further information contact Joanne McCullough at [703J 569-7646 Fax [703J 569-97BO because of my interest in the visual elements. I am not to admit that I have an ea~[CalWn r.c>11"":'n.c>r'_ tive. have school for ha ve a Masters I am on a doctorate in a college of education. Some of the language I use, like goals and objectives, is educational. I admit that at out? one I was against light shows and any non-tradition­ A second cmnponl~nt al use of the planetarium theater. As I've gained ence and a little perspective, my acceptance of the use of the planetarium has widened to one that is goal-driven and performance-based. In particular, authors like Frame
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