Vol. 39, No. 2 June 2010 Journal of the International Planetarium Society Taking the Stars to all of Uruguay Page 30 Articles June 2010 Vol. 39 No. 2 8 Save the Planetarium Sharon Shanks 9 Assessing Planetarium Programs for Content Executive Editor and Pedagogy Harold Geller, Wendy Frazier Sharon Shanks 12 Methods for Sharing Audio Among Ward Beecher Planetarium Youngstown State University Planetariums Leslie Gaston One University Plaza 20 Constellations for All: Studying Identification Youngstown, Ohio 44555 USA Techniques Jean Creighton, Sandra Martell +1 330-941-3619 26 Fulldome Content Development and Presentation [email protected] Tools Toshiyuki Takahei 30 The Universe in Your City: Uruguay’s 19 Capital Advertising Coordinator Dr. Dale Smith, Interim Coordinator Cities Program Daniel Scarpa, Antonio Mas (See Publications Committee on page 3) 33 Astronomy in India Suhas Naik-Satam, Piyush Pandey Membership 36 A Visit to India Martin George Individual: $65 one year; $100 two years 41 Under One Dome: Northern Stars Planetarium Institutional: $250 first year; $125 annual renewal John Meader Library Subscriptions: $45 one year; $80 two years All amounts in US currency Direct membership requests and changes of Columns address to the Treasurer/Membership Chairman 71 25 Years Ago. Thomas Wm. Hamilton 68 Book Reviews. April S. Whitt Back Issues of the Planetarian 72 Calendar of Events. .Loris Ramponi IPS Back Publications Repository 44 Educational Horizons . Jack L. Northrup maintained by the Treasurer/Membership Chair; 6 Letters to the Editor . contact information is on next page 4 In Front of the Console . .Sharon Shanks 47 IMERSA News. Judith Rubin Index 50 International News. Lars Broman A cumulative index of major articles that have 76 Last Light . April S. Whitt appeared in the Planetarian from the first issue 63 Mobile News. .Susan Reynolds Button through the current issue is available online at www.ips-planetarium.org/planetarian/planetarian_ 67 Planetarium Show Reviews. Steve Case index.pdf 43 President’s Message . Tom Mason 73 Waxing New. John Schroer Final Deadlines March: January 21 June: April 21 Index of Advertisers September: July 21 American Museum of Natural History . 23, 46 December: October 21 Antares FullDome. 11 Astro-Tec Mfg., Inc . 42 Audio Visual Imagineering . 29 Clark Planetarium . 53 Associate Editors Creasey Productions . 56 25 Years Ago Education Last Light Digitalis Education Solutions, Inc.. 45 Thomas Hamilton Jack Northrup April S. Whitt Dome 3D. 35 Book Reviews Forum The Elumenati . .17 April S. Whitt Yaroslav Mobile News Evans & Sutherland . outside back cover Gubchenko Susan Button Calendar Global Immersion. 5 Loris Ramponi General Planetarium Counsel Show Reviews GOTO INC . 59 Cartoons Christopher Reed Steve Case ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center . 75 Alexandre Cherman IMERSANews Waxing New Konica Minolta Planetarium Co. Ltd . .15 Judith Rubin John A. Schroer R.S.A. Cosmos . inside back cover Editor-at-Large Steve Tidey International Rudinec & Associates . 25 Lars Broman Sky-Skan, Inc . .37, centerfold, 40 Softmachine. 19, 61 Spitz, Inc. 32, 49, 65 White Tower Media. 54 International Planetarium Society home page: Zeiss, Inc. 66, inside front cover www.ips-planetarium.org Planetarian home page: On the Cover: Kappa Crucis Mobile Planetarium took the International Year of As- www.ips-planetarium.org/planetarian tronomy to the entire country of Uruguay, visiting each of the capital cities. Daniel Guidelines for Contributors and Advertisers: Scarpa conducts a planetarium session at one of the stops. Photos provided by Kappa www.ips-planetarium.org/planetarian/ Crucis; map outline from Wikipedia Commons. 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