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928
... Bryan: Ok, that means we start at the beginning. Go to Mark Petersen's Loch Ness Productions Fulldome primer pages and read them. ...
Jack Dunn
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Apr 18, 2008
7:28 pm
930
... You have every right to be confused .... "dome master" is not a particularly helpful term in my opinion. It simply means a 180 degree fisheye image, and it...
Paul Bourke
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Apr 21, 2008
11:16 am
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... in ... image, ... Hello there, I have to disagree politly with your last statement. The definition of a "dome master" is always a little mixed up. Even the...
cingostudios
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Apr 21, 2008
11:46 am
932
Ok, so I have my dome, the mirror, and the projector. Can someone please tell me how I project onto the surface properly? My project is an interactive...
Stephen Chan
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Apr 23, 2008
1:21 am
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... First question, is it a fisheye? With that aspect it doesn't sound like it. Even projecting onto just 1/2 a hemisphere, a standard rectangular perspective...
Paul Bourke
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Apr 23, 2008
2:01 am
934
I've got a quick question for the Stellarium experts here. I am writing a script for a presentation I am doing this weekend. I want to show the asterism for...
Bryan Maple
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Apr 23, 2008
5:07 pm
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Hi Bryan, Stellarium doesn't separate asterisms from constellations, but there is a simple way to script showing the Big Dipper before Ursa Majorwhat you...
Karrie Berglund
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Apr 23, 2008
5:56 pm
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Karrie, Thanks for the advice. I'll take a look at the different sky cultures. Question! Script in lines between stars?? I haven't seen anything about this....
Bryan Maple
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Apr 23, 2008
7:00 pm
937
Hey Bryan, Adding lines between the stars would require superimposing an image over the stars. You'd create the line drawing for just the Big Dipper (being...
Karrie Berglund
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Apr 23, 2008
7:09 pm
938
hi, I turned a streetlight globe. it's very simple. to put the globe above the fisheye and using distorted images (Mercator => circle) many treatment programs...
lhoumeauyves
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Apr 27, 2008
9:55 pm
939
Does anyone have any additional information about the inflatable dome shown in these photos? ...
Bryan Maple
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Apr 28, 2008
4:43 pm
940
Had to edit the message. The photo link didn't work the first time. ... http://tech.ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/small_planetarium/photos/browse/9c\ 36 ...
Bryan Maple
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Apr 28, 2008
4:59 pm
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I'm selling a low-mileage, Starlab standard (5m) dome with fan, fan case, and dome duffel for $5000USD, if anyone is in the market. I upgraded to an 8m dome...
jonesalley
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Apr 28, 2008
5:19 pm
942
Yes, they come from Houston. From 3m to 9m and a "overdome cover" for people that want to use it outside. What size do you need.  Would a prototype or used...
Butterfield Family
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Apr 28, 2008
5:55 pm
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Size would depend on price. Probably something in the 5 - 6 meter range. No, I'm not opposed to a prototype or used at all. Can you send me some contact...
Bryan Maple
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Apr 28, 2008
8:37 pm
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Hi all, I tried connecting to the forum yesterday and again just now to see if anything new had been posted there, but I got an error message (Firefox could...
Karrie Berglund
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May 1, 2008
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946
... the Mac. This is being used by all the suppliers currently offering prewarped movies of their titles. ... through a third party for MSWindows. Ah, that...
Mark C. Petersen
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May 2, 2008
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947
That forum has been mostly inactive for some time and the plan has long been to shut it down. I don't know for a fact that it finally happened. I haven't...
Ken
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May 2, 2008
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948
Hi everyone, Greg here. I have canceled my account with the host of the forum site. After checking the usage logs, and finding that the site had no visitors...
Greg
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May 3, 2008
3:35 am
949
Hello Brian, The domes you are inquiring about are Go-Domes (www.go-domes.com). We use two of them, one 5m and the other 6m) in our own Outreach operations.(...
chas3701
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May 3, 2008
1:25 pm
950
Are you Jack D.'s friend. If so I've heard a lot about your early test from the late 90's on using the mirror. -Tony B. ...
Butterfield Family
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May 3, 2008
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951
Hi Tony. No,I got involved in 2004. Paul Bourke was at Swinburne University and because we had a Starlab outreach operation we were asked to collaborate with...
chas3701
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May 4, 2008
12:43 am
952
hi, i heard about this mirror dome. we are having a 8 metre dome and carlzena z2kp projector. can this mirror dome be fitted into our dome if yes how good...
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May 7, 2008
10:39 am
953
Hello, I have no experience with that projector. We have a few people with 8 meter domes who find Mirrordome ideal for domes of that size. The main advantage...
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May 7, 2008
12:52 pm
954
Which Zeiss starmachine do you have? ZKP ? ... From: dsouzaprakasht <dsouzaprakasht@...> To: small_planetarium@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, May 7,...
Butterfield Family
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May 7, 2008
4:17 pm
955
Two good sources of information: http://local.wasp.uwa.edu.au/~pbourke/projection/domemirror/faq.html and ...
Mark C. Petersen
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May 7, 2008
11:08 pm
956
We have a similar situation - we have a ZKP3. It can't be lowered and so even though a mirror dome would be good for our dome - the star projector is in the...
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May 8, 2008
12:13 am
957
... Kevin: Actually, you should see the setup in Jack Northrup's Planetarium at King Science Middle School. Their projector does not have an elevator, it's a...
Jack Dunn
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May 8, 2008
12:39 am
963
ditto.... Tony and I also talk on the phone from time to time and I wasn't paying attention... too many pots on the stove this morning. ;-) Richard...
Richard S. Wright Jr.
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May 9, 2008
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964
Sorry to everyone I was just trying to get one person. -Tony B. ... From: Richard S. Wright Jr. <rwright@...> To:...
Butterfield Family
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