Online PDF: ISSN 233333-9063 Vol. 47, No. 3 September 2018 Journal of the International Planetarium Society Reports from the 2018 Conference Begin on Page 6 Ad space (bleed) : 8.625×10.75 inch Trim : 8.375 x 10.5 inch Live area : 7.45×9.3nch Better Sky – Lower Cost GOTO INC is proud to introduce ORPHEUS, a totally new opto-mechanical planetarium projector for use in GOTO HYBRID Planetariums™. While some other planetarium companies suggest that an expensive 8K video projection system is “good enough” resolution to show a night sky, GOTO disagrees. The GOTO ORPHEUS projects stars so small that it would take the equivalent of a 70K video system to duplicate their size. And star size is just the beginning of the ORPHEUS story. We know that the dynamic range of star and planet brightness – from negative magnitudes all the way down to mag 6.55 is essential in trying to reproduce the actual night sky. 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Get more for less, with the new GOTO ORPHEUS. 4-16 Yazakicho, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo 183-8530 Japan 8060 Clearwater Drive, Indianapolis, IN 46256 Tel：+81-42-362-5312 Fax :+81-42-361-9671 Tel：+1-317-537-2806 E-Mail: [email protected] URL: www.goto.co.jp/english/ E-Mail: [email protected] Contact : Ken Miller Executive Editor Sharon Shanks 484 Canterbury Ln Boardman, Ohio 44512 USA +1 330-783-9341 [email protected] September 2018 Webmaster Alan Gould Vol 47 No 3 Lawrence Hall of Science Planetarium University of California Articles Berkeley CA 94720-5200 USA [email protected] 8 Vision 2020 Update: Preparing for the next steps Advertising Coordinator Dale Smith Jon Elvert (See Publications Committee on page 3) 9 Making progress on the centennial celebration Membership Björn Voss Individual: $65 one year; $100 two years 10 Introducing your 2018 candidates for IPS offices Institutional: $250 first year; $125 annual renewal Library Subscriptions: $50 one year; $90 two years 14 Honoring Martin George, Takayuki Ohira with top awards All amounts in US currency 20 Laying the groundwork for a new IPS affliate in Africa Direct membership requests and changes of address to the Treasurer/Membership Chairman Jonathan Padavatan 22 A study on vulnerability, power, and connection Printed Back Issues of Planetarian IPS Back Publications Repository in the planetarium Dayna Thompson maintained by the Treasurer/Membership Chair 28 It started life as a palace. Now it is an example of astronomy (See contact information on next page) education for Russian schools to follow Final Deadlines Pavel Chebotarev, Igor Kolodkin, Paval Rabinovich, March: January 21 June: April 21 Nikita Samoylov, Igor Tsarkov, Kirill Zavedenskiy September: July 21 36 Southern Skies: Astronomy in the Upside Down December: October 21 Stephen Case, Tiffany Stone Wolbrecht Associate Editors 42 NASA turns 60; Apollo landing marks 50th Jeff Nee Book Reviews April S. Whitt Calendar Loris Ramponi 46 Technical challenges for the visualization of massive Cartoons Alexandre Cherman data such as Gaia catalog Reynald Arnerin Classroom Education Jack Northrup Data to Dome Mark SubbaRao 86 Tributes: Torgny Bång, W. Michael Sullivan Design+ Operations Tim Barry Different Point of View Ron Walker Education Committee Jeanne Bishop Fulldome Matters Carolyn Collins Petersen International Lars Petersen Last Light April S. Whitt Live Interactive Karrie Berglund Mobile News Susan Reynolds Button Sound Advice Jeff Bowen On the Cover: The Milky Way rises over the French Pyrenees the night we were all at the Pic du Midi Obser- Columns Index of Advertisers vatory during the IPS post conference trip. It Book Reviews ................................................. 78 Astro-Tec Manufacturing .............................35 was a splendid night and a huge thank you to Calendar .......................................................... 87 Audio Visual Imagineering ........................... 81 the staff of the observatory for allowing us Data to Dome ................................................ 46 Bays Mountain Productions ........................ 85 to be up there in the evening. The Pic du Midi A Different Point of View .......................... 82 Bowen Technovation .............................44-45 Observatory is known for assisting NASA for From the Classdome ....................................50 California Academy of Sciences ............... 43 the selection of the landing sites of the Apollo IMERSIVE Matters .......................................... 48 ChromaCove ................................................... 65 missions as well as a major contributor to our In Front of the Console ..................................4 Clark Planetarium ............................................ 17 understanding to the Sun’s corona as well as Digitalis Education Solutions ..................... 75 other astronomical discoveries. Image details: International News ....................................... 56 Canon 6D, Rokinon 24mm at f/1.4, 15 second Last Light......................................................... 88 Evans & Sutherland .... 51, inside back cover single exposure at ISO 6400. Photo by Derek LIP Service ....................................................... 66 Fulldome Festival Brno ................................. 27 Demeter, used with permission. Mobile News ................................................... 72 Fulldome Pro.....................................................39 Outside Space ............................................... 70 GOTO Inc. ...........................inside front cover Partycles .......................................................... 83 International Planetarium Society ............. 13 International Planetarium Society home page: President’s Message........................................6 Loch Ness Productions .................................. 31 www.ips-planetarium.org Seeking What Works ................................... 54 Metaspace.........................................................73 Sound Advice ................................................. 76 NSC Creative .................................................... 41 Planetarian home page: Waxing New ................................................... 84 Ohira Tech ........................................................33 www.ips-planetarium.org/?page=plntrn RSACosmos ........................................................5 Sciss ................................... outside back cover Softmachine .............................................. 21, 53 Spitz, Inc. .....................................................19, 61 Spitz Creative Media ......................25, 67, 69 www.facebook.com/InternationalPlanetariumSociety You Can Do Astronomy ............................... 34 twitter.com/IPS_Planetarium ZEISS .................................................................. 55 Vol 47 No 3 - September 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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