Vol. 43, No. 1 March 2014 Journal of the International Planetarium Society If Betelgeuse were our sun… The moment of inspiration when he decides to fl y to Mars one day. This is the moment we work for. // PLANETARIUMS MADE BY CARL ZEISS Inspirations for visitors of the refurbished Laupheim Planetarium, a powerdome ® Sky Theater comprising the latest SKYMASTER ZKP 4 and VELVET Duo hybrid system. www.zeiss.de/planetariums in US/Canada contact Laura Misajet: [email protected] Inspiration_engl_Planetarian2013.indd 1 21.01.2013 12:15:40 March 2014 Vol. 43 No. 1 Articles Executive Editor 10 2014: A big year for Earth Science NASA Sharon Shanks 18 A small planetarium’s experience with fulldome production Ward Beecher Planetarium Curt Spivey Youngstown State University 22 Dude. It’s a planetarian’s excellent adventure Steve Tidey One University Plaza 26 Part II: Tracing paths of history: Rudolf Straubel, Walter Bauersfeld, Youngstown, Ohio 44555 USA and the projection planetarium Peter Volz +1 330-941-3619 48 Sky-Skan’s Steve Savage sounds off on pushing the envelope [email protected] under the dome Judith Rubin 70 Take a galactic journey with Gaia Webmaster 74 Pete Connors Alan Gould 74 Jerry Mansfield Holt Planetarium Lawrence Hall of Science University of California Columns Berkeley, California 94720-5200 USA 66 Book Reviews ..........................................April S. Whitt +1 510-643-5082 75 Calendar of Events ......................................Loris Ramponi +1 510-642-1055 fax 41 Data to Dome .........................................Mark SubbaRao [email protected] 44 Digital Fulldome & Immersive Media News ..................Judith Rubin 42 Educational Horizons ................................. Jack L. Northrup Advertising Coordinator 4 In Front of the Console .................................Sharon Shanks Dr. Dale Smith 52 International News. Lars Broman (See Publications Committee on page 3) 76 Last Light ..............................................April S. Whitt 62 Mobile News ...................................Susan Reynolds Button Membership 36 Partycles ...............................................Alex Cherman 6 President’s Message . Thomas W. Kraupe Individual: $65 one year; $100 two years 65 Sound Advice .............................................Jeff Bowen Institutional: $250 first year; $125 annual renewal 72 Waxing New ...........................................Sharon Shanks Library Subscriptions: $50 one year; $90 two years All amounts in US currency Direct membership requests and changes of address to the Treasurer/Membership Chairman Printed Back Issues of the Planetarian IPS Back Publications Repository maintained by the Treasurer/Membership Chair; contact information is on next page Final Deadlines Index of Advertisers March: January 21 Astro-Tec ........................................................51 June: April 21 Audio Visual Imagineering ........................................47 September: July 21 California Academy of Sciences ....................................17 December: October 21 Clark Planetarium/Hansen Dome ..................................29 Digitalis Education Solutions, Inc.. .35 Evans & Sutherland ........................ 21, 55, outside back cover Google Lunar XPRIZE .............................................. 8 Associate Editors GOTO INC ......................................................73 Konica Minolta Planetarium Co. Ltd ...............................69 Book Reviews Data to Dome Last Light Mirage3d ...................................................5, 63, 71 April S. Whitt Mark SubbaRoa April S. Whitt NSC creative .................................................... 33 Calendar Education Mobile News R.S.A. Cosmos ..................................... inside back cover Loris Ramponi Jack Northrup Susan Button Sky-Skan, Inc .................................................37-40 Cartoons Fulldome News Sound Advice Spitz, Inc. ....................................................57, 67 Alexandre Judith Rubin Jeff Bowen Spitz Creative Media .....................................9, 25, 31, 43 Cherman International You Can Do Astronomy ...........................................34 Lars Broman Zeiss, Inc ..........................................inside front cover On the Cover: International Planetarium Society home page: In TELUS Spark’s live show Our Milky Way, audienc- www.ips-planetarium.org es see what the sky would look like from downtown Calgary if the sun were a red giant star. Courtesy of Planetarian home page: TELUS Spark. 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