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Online PDF: ISSN 233333-9063 Vol. 47, No. 4 December 2018 Journal of the International Planetarium Society Audience choice and live presenters: lessons learned Page 24 Reach for the stars... and beyond. ZEISS powerdome IV // INSPIRATION MADE BY ZEISS True Hybrid with brilliant stars and perfect renderings from a single source ZEISS powerdome IV brings many new features to your star theater: an integrated planetarium for earthbound and extraterrestrial astronomy with seamless transitions between optical and digital star fields (True Hybrid) | The universe from Earth via the solar system and Milky Way galaxy to the very edge of the observable space | Stereo projection | 8k performance | 10 bit color depth for smooth gradients | HEVC codec for efficient video renderings free of artifacts | All constellation figures, individually and in groups without any mutual overlapping | Telescope function for deep-sky imagery applying Astronomy Visualization Metadata | Complete image set of all Messier objects | Customizable polar lights, comets with gas and dust tails, and shooting stars with a great variety of parameters for location, brightness, colors and appearance | Simulation of day and night with dusk and dawn coloring of sky and panorama images | Customizable weather effects such as clouds, rain, fog, snow, rainbow, halos, air and light pollution effects | Digital rights management to secure your productions | Remote service for quick help, and much more from the only company serving planetariums for nearly a century. www.zeiss.com/planetariums zeiss-ad_pdIV_letter_x3.indd 1 23.04.2018 10:24:10 Executive Editor Sharon Shanks 484 Canterbury Ln Boardman, Ohio 44512 USA +1 330-783-9341 [email protected] December 2018 Webmaster Alan Gould Vol 47 No 4 Lawrence Hall of Science Planetarium University of California Articles Berkeley CA 94720-5200 USA [email protected] 8 Guest Editorial: The planetarium’s important Advertising Coordinator Dale Smith social mission Ohira Takayuki (See Publications Committee on page 3) 12 Minutes of the 2018 IPS Council Meeting Martin George Membership 2022 Conference Bids Individual: $65 one year; $100 two years 16 Welcome to Space City, Houston! Carolyn Sumners Institutional: $250 first year; $125 annual renewal Library Subscriptions: $50 one year; $90 two years All amounts in US currency 20 Bringing the sky to the world, Saint Petersburg Direct membership requests and changes of address to the Treasurer/Membership Chairman Natalia Bulgakova Printed Back Issues of Planetarian IPS Back Publications Repository 24 Space Tours Live! Audience choice for a live maintained by the Treasurer/Membership Chair planetarium show Ka Chun Yu, Naomi Pequette, (See contact information on next page) Samantha Sands, Dan Neafus, Greg Mancari Final Deadlines 32 One Sky: Connecting indigenous star stories March: January 21 June: April 21 Jean Creighton, Margaret Noodin September: July 21 40 Seeing in the dark: Debunking myths about how we see December: October 21 in planetariums Philip Groce Associate Editors 44 Fulldome content on demand: Streaming to domes Book Reviews April S. Whitt Calendar Loris Ramponi in the internet age Carolyn Collins Petersen Cartoons Alexandre Cherman 48 Finding family and Galileo’s footsteps in Italy Classroom education Jack Northrup Data to Dome Mark SubbaRao Kevin Milani Education Committee Jeanne Bishop 52 Fly Me to the Moon returns in fulldome, just in time Humor April S. Whitt Ron Walker for Apollo 11 anniversary Judith Rubin Immersive Media Carolyn Collins Petersen 76 Even after 500 years, scholars are still making International News Lars Petersen Live interactive programs Karrie Berglund Galilean discoveries Kevin Milani Mobile news Susan Reynolds Button 88 How we do it: A better monitor filter Mark S. Reed Planetarium design/operations Tim Barry Sound advice Jeff Bowen 94 Tributes: Clayton Hopper Years ago Ron Walker On the Cover: Columns Index of Advertisers While attending the 2018 LIPS in Seattle, Book Reviews ................................................. 84 American Museum of Natural History ........7 Washington, Mark Webb captured this image Calendar .......................................................... 95 Astro-Tec Manufacturing.............................35 of the Pacific Science Center fountains and A Different Point of View .......................... 92 Audio Visual Imagineering ...........................37 arches with the Space Needle in the back- From the Classdome .................................... 58 BIG & Digital..................................................... 19 ground. The lights take on the appearance of IMERSA Matters ............................................. 56 Bays Mountain Productions ........................ 87 alien moons and the decorative arches give In Front of the Console ..................................4 California Academy of Sciences ............... 55 the scene an other-worldly look. See more International News ....................................... 66 ChromaCove .................................................... 14 about the symposium on page 78. Image used Last Light......................................................... 96 Clark Planetarium ........................................... 77 with permission. LIP Service ....................................................... 78 Digitalis Education Solutions ....................... 11 Mobile News ................................................... 82 Evans & Sutherland ........... 23, 69, 71, 73, 75 International Planetarium Society home page: Partycles .......................................................... 59 Fulldome Festival Brno ................................. 15 www.ips-planetarium.org President’s Message........................................6 Fulldome Pro.................................................... 43 Seeking What Works ................................... 62 GOTO Inc. ......................................................... 61 Planetarian home page: Waxing New ................................................... 94 Metaspace.........................................................39 www.ips-planetarium.org/?page=plntrn NSC Creative ................................................... 27 RSACosmos .........................Inside back cover Sciss ......................................................................5 Softmachine ..................................................... 51 Spitz, Inc. .................................... 31, Back cover www.facebook.com/InternationalPlanetariumSociety Spitz Creative Media ......................29, 47, 65 twitter.com/IPS_Planetarium You Can Do Astronomy ............................... 38 ZEISS .....................................Inside front cover Vol 47 No 4 - December 2018 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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