Vol. 41, No. 3 September 2012 Journal of the International Planetarium Society IPS 2012 President’s Message, Page 10 www.es.com [email protected] +1-801-588-7500 Articles September 2012 Vol. 41 No. 3 10 Ruddy Stargazers: Potter, Pop Culture, and the Planetarium Kristine Larsen, Jason T. Archer Executive Editor Sharon Shanks 16 Odyssey Under the Stars: Homer’s inspiration Ward Beecher Planetarium at the UW-Milwaukees Planetarium Youngstown State University Jean Creighton, Robin Mello One University Plaza 18 ESO: Reaching New Heights for 50 Years Youngstown, Ohio 44555 USA Sally Lowenstein, Jorge Rivero González +1 330-941-3619 [email protected] 20 Up on the Roof: Rio Planetarium takes telescopes to the people Paulo Pereira, Alexandre Cherman Advertising Coordinator 22 Easy Pans: Using a slide image to project a panorama Dr. Dale Smith, Interim Coordinator Keith Johnson (See Publications Committee on page 3) 28 Under One Sky: Transit images from around the globe (also see pages 30, 38, 40, 42, 44) Membership 56 American Planetarian in Italy: Sharing Navaho skies Individual: $65 one year; $100 two years Institutional: $250 first year; $125 annual renewal and iClickers Stephen McNeil Library Subscriptions: $45 one year; $80 two years 61 Sig Weiser, 2012 All amounts in US currency 61 H. George Hamilton, 2012 Direct membership requests and changes of address to the Treasurer/Membership Chairman Columns 5 Book Reviews ...................................April S. Whitt Back Issues of the Planetarian 62 Calendar of Events ..............................Loris Ramponi IPS Back Publications Repository 24 Educational Horizons ......................... Jack L. Northrup maintained by the Treasurer/Membership Chair; 4 In Front of the Console ..........................Sharon Shanks contact information is on next page 35 IMERSA News .....................................Judith Rubin 47 International News ............................... Lars Broman Index 64 Last Light ......................................April S. Whitt A cumulative index of major articles that have 6 Letters to the Editor ......................................... appeared in the Planetarian from the first issue 54 Mobile News ............................Susan Reynolds Button through the current issue is available online at 14 Partycles .......................................Alex Cherman www.ips-planetarium.org/planetarian/planetarian_ 8 President’s Message ...........................Dave Weinrich index.pdf 37 Triad Categories .................................Adam Thanz 61 Waxing New ....................................Sharon Shanks Final Deadlines March: January 21 June: April 21 September: July 21 Index of Advertisers December: October 21 Astro-Tec .......................................................55 Audio Visual Imagineering ........................................39 California Academy of Sciences ...................................63 Clark Planetarium/Hansen Dome ..................................23 Associate Editors Digitalis Education Solutions, Inc. ..................................29 Book Reviews Editor-at-Large International Evans & Sutherland ............................. 41, inside back cover April S. Whitt Steve Tidey Lars Broman Global Immersion ................................................. 5 Calendar Education Last Light GOTO INC ........................................inside front cover Loris Ramponi Jack Northrup April S. Whitt GLPA: Cosmic Colors ..............................................15 Cartoons IMERSANews Mobile News Konica Minolta Planetarium Co. Ltd ...............................27 Alexandre Judith Rubin Susan Button Cherman NSC Creative ....................................................43 R.S.A. Cosmos ....................................outside back cover Sky-Skan, Inc ......................................31, centerfold, 34 Spitz, Inc. ...........................................9, 17, 26, 45, 46 You Can Do Astronomy ...........................................54 Zeiss, Inc ......................................................... 7 On the Cover: International Planetarium Society home page: www.ips-planetarium.org Planetariums throughout history and from around the world formed the theme for the “Welcome to IPS Planetarian home page: 2012” fulldome video produced by Robin Sip of Mi- www.ips-planetarium.org/planetarian rage3D. Image courtesy Mirage3D. 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