Vol. 49, No. 2 June 2020 Journal of the International Planetarium Society COVID-19: This changes everything Page 38 Soon there will be no reason to do without a brilliant starry sky. ZEISS ASTERION® The new star ball for hybrid planetariums. Compact, fast, energy effi cient, super bright stars. Aff ordable. For domes from 8 to 18 m (24 to 60 ft) in diameter. Seeing beyond Executive Editor Sharon Shanks 484 Canterbury Ln Boardman, Ohio 44512 USA +1 330-783-9341 [email protected] June 2020 Webmaster Alan Gould Lawrence Hall of Science Planetarium Vol 49 No 2 University of California Berkeley CA 94720-5200 USA [email protected] Articles Advertising Coordinator Dale Smith (See Publications Committee on page 3) 10 Letter to the Editor: There’s been a “see” change Membership in observing Jim Sweitzer Individual: $65 one year; $100 two years 12 Guest Editorial: Fulldome storytelling: Embracing the Institutional: $250 first year; $125 annual renewal Library Subscriptions: $50 one year; $90 two years Dome’s uniqueness Michael Daut All amounts in US currency Planetarium Research Direct membership requests and changes of address to the Treasurer/Membership Chairman 18 The Aesthetics of the Planetarium Experience. Research-Based Best Practices Part II: Music Ka Chun Yu Printed Back Issues of Planetarian IPS Back Publications Repository 30 Design considerations for a seasonal constellations maintained by the Treasurer/Membership Chair planetarium program: Comparison of embodied design (See contact information on next page) and computer visualizations Final Deadlines Heather Bradley, Julia Plummer, March: January 21 June: April 21 Christopher Palma, Margaret Teuber September: July 21 Special Section: COVID-19 December: October 21 38 COVID-19: This changes everything Sharon Shanks Associate Editors 44 How planetariums are affected Mark SubbaRao Book Reviews April S. Whitt Calendar Loris Ramponi 46 Putting idle computers to work Cartoons Alexandre Cherman 48 Keeping the community in touch Michael McConville Classroom Education Mark Percy and the Classdome Cadre 49 Ode to the Coronavirus: A Planetarian’s Lament Data to Dome Mark SubbaRao Patty Seaton Education Committee Jeanne Bishop Humor April S. Whitt 49 The hospitality suite goes virtual Mark Webb Ron Walker 50 A pandemic sparks a revolution Guilherme Marranghello Immersive Media Carolyn Collins Petersen International News Lars Petersen 52 The lighter side of a serious situation Steve Tidey Live Interactive Programs Karrie Berglund Mobile News Susan Reynolds Button Planetarium Design/Operations Tim Barry 54 A Week with the GDP winner will be welcomed in Sound Advice Jeff Bowen Berlin (when it is safe) Anna Green Southern Hemisphere Haritina Mogoșanu History/Years ago Tom Callen 56 Week in Italy Winner Susan Button Ron Walker 90 Tributes: Matthew Stein, Larry Krozel 91 Tributes: Oleg Vasilievich Verkhodanov On the Cover contents continue on next page Earth breaking free of the grip of COVID- 19 symbolizes the planetarium commu- Index of Advertisers nity, which is still bringing the stars to American Museum of Natural History ...... 15 world. 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Outside back cover Spitz, Inc. ................................................... 73, 89 Spitz Creative Media ................................7, 79 www.facebook.com/InternationalPlanetariumSociety You Can Do Astronomy ................................ 81 twitter.com/IPS_Planetarium ZEISS .....................................Inside front cover Vol 49 No 2 June 2020 Planetarian 1 Off icers June 2020 Vol 49 No 2 President Mark SubbaRao Adler Planetarium Columns 1300 South Lake Shore Drive Chicago, Illinois 60605 USA +1 312-294-0348 6 In Front of the Console: Embracing the mask [email protected] Sharon Shanks 8 President’s Message: How much the world has changed Mark SubbaRao 51 PARTYcles Alex Cherman Past President Shawn Laatsch 58 IMERSA Matters: Using the “down” time for serious Emera Astronomy Center 167 Rangeley Road planning Carolyn Collins Petersen Orono, Maine 04469 USA 60 Seeking What Works: Thanks for a wonderful tenure [email protected] as chair Jeanne Bishop 62 From the Classdome: Welcome to the ClassHome Mark Percy 66 International News Lars Petersen President Elect Kaoru Kimura 74 Tales from Dome Under: The Score: Tor 1, NASM 0 Japan Science Foundation/Science Museum Tom Callen 2-1 Kitanomaru-koen, Chiyoda-ku, 76 Sound Advice: When the music is live under the dome Tokyo, Japan 102-0091 +81 3-3212-8506 Jeff Bowen Fax: +81 3 3212 8443 78 41 South: Citizen Science: One way to keep your [email protected] audience engaged Haritina Mogoșanu 80 LIP Service: LIPS in the time of COVID-19 Karrie Berglund Executive Secretary 82 Mobile News: Keep the momentum when your dome Patty Seaton is closed Susan Reynolds Button Howard B. Owens Science Center 9601 Greenbelt Road 84 Book Reviews April Whitt Lanham, Maryland 20706 USA +1 301-906-5990 Light from the Void: Twenty Years of Discovery with [email protected] NASA’s Chandra X-Ray Observatory The Lost Constellations: A History of Obsolete, Extinct, or Forgotten Star Lore Treasurer 88 A Different Point of View: The music of leftover brats Ann Bragg Ron Walker Anderson Hancock Planetarium Marietta College 91 Calendar of Events Loris Ramponi 215 Fifth Street 92 Last Light: Musings from isolation April Whitt Marietta, Ohio 45750 USA +1 740-376-4589 [email protected] Director of Operations Jeannie Benjamins Managing Matters 411 Richmond Street East, Suite 200 Toronto, Ontario Canada M5A3S5 [email protected] 2 Planetarian Vol 49 No 2 June 2020 Aff iliate Representatives European/ Mediterranean Planetarium Rocky Mountain Planetarium Association Association RMPA EMP Michele Wistisen Manos Kitsonas Casper Planetarium Eugenides Planetarium 904 North Poplar Street 387 Syngrou Avenue Casper, Wyoming APA ABP PLANed APLF AMPAC ASP APS 17564 P. 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