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1004
Paul, I've installed the Unity Plugin but couldn't find the link to walk around the askap site. I saw the pictures on your description page but they don't link...
Butterfield Family
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Jun 1, 2008
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1005
Paul, Correction, I've now installed the askap_macos.zip file and everything loaded fine. Tony ... From: Paul Bourke <paul.bourke@...> To:...
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Jun 1, 2008
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1006
While on the topic, we use Panda3D and OpenSceneGraph for all sorts of apps, from panorama viewers to data visualisations - both can produce fisheye...
Pete Carss
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Jun 2, 2008
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1007
Hi. I seem to recall being in an inflatable dome at a planetarium conference a while back, and on the floor were some rubber star-shaped lamps,...
Mark C. Petersen
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Jun 4, 2008
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1008
Hmmm that does ring a bell...I'm not sure where else I've seen them, perhaps in a dollar store? Kevin Conod kdconod@... ... From: Mark C. Petersen...
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Jun 5, 2008
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Hi All, I'm interested in shooting some video footage to try out with single projector mirror projection to full dome. I've read Paul's post about using a...
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Jun 9, 2008
9:21 pm
1010
I've posted some pictures and a quicktime on the group site under a folder called grids. I am also presenting how to do it at the IPS planetarium conference in...
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Jun 9, 2008
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... folder called grids. ... in Chicago. ... Thanks Tony - but my post was more about experimenting with shooting video to use in projection than setting up...
julian.kingston
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Jun 10, 2008
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1012
Well, I am using a Sony HDR-FX1 Hi-Def camera to video off of a spherical mirror which yields a warped fisheye image at 1920x1080i that is then played back...
Butterfield Family
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Jun 10, 2008
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1013
Hello All, we've done a fair bit of experimenting with HD cameras: We have 2 Canon HV20 + Nikon FC-E9 setups, these are ok for experiments but not for much...
Pete Carss
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Jun 10, 2008
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Jun 10, 2008
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1015
... No, but I did buy myself an Xacti HD1000 which is also AVCHD - I like it....I'm in the process of fashioning a mount for an FC-E8. The relationship between...
Pete Carss
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Jun 10, 2008
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1016
Greeting from Ohio! I wanted to announce the launch date of a new small planetarium on this Saturday morning at an educational fair presented by my local ...
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Jun 13, 2008
5:46 am
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You could download via FTP a pre-warped movie featuring the STS-120 mission photos. Call me at my office at 713.639.4637 if you want to set that up. -Tony...
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Jun 13, 2008
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1018
Hi Colleen, Stellarium has a scripting feature rather than a movie feature. There are a lot of sample scripts on the Stellarium wiki: ...
Karrie Berglund
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Jun 13, 2008
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1019
There seems to be some misunderstanding regarding the use of the above names. They are not generic to projection mirror systems, but are quite product specific...
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Jun 15, 2008
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1020
OK. ... From: chas3701 <chas3701@...> To: small_planetarium@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2008 9:02:03 PM Subject: [small_planetarium]...
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Jun 15, 2008
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1021
Just wanted to report that the planetarium debut in Ohio over the weekend went very well and was enjoyed by everyone. It was part of an educational fair at my...
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Jun 16, 2008
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1022
greetings, this is my first post...so an introduction is in order. i use a giant starlab for astronomy education in the southeast (www.place4space.net). the...
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Jun 19, 2008
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Trying the retrofit a standard starlab projector with a brighter bulb...is probably a waste of time. Many have tried but its hard to make a bright bulb with a...
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Jun 19, 2008
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1024
... giant ... cut ... be ... anyone ... with a ... come ... Hello Brackin, Although we found the standard Starlab domes too wrinkled for good fulldome...
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Jun 19, 2008
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1025
I had a visit to my school today by the Deputy Director of Education. He can wanting to see our planetarium. He entered our planetarium (no easy task- he's a...
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Jun 19, 2008
12:53 pm
1026
... Last year I met a nice Cosmodome representative in Bratislava who assured to me that there is no "Swinburne University Mirrordome version of Stellarium"...
Johannes Gajdosik
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Jun 19, 2008
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1027
Just stumbled across this one, thought I'd share! http://www.rssd.esa.int/index.php?project=HIPPARCOS&page=star_globe Just enlarge, reverse, punch out the...
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Jun 19, 2008
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... version ... And he was and still is 99% correct. ... There are only very minor changes to the Stellarium supplied by Swinburne University. For the record...
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Jun 20, 2008
12:38 am
1029
I appreciate the input thus far, but back to my original question: How about using a joystick or game controller to "fly" in Stellarium? I know there are...
brackin_kirkland
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Jun 20, 2008
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1030
... Unfortunately, there are not any regular makers of first-surface spherical mirrors here in the US. Basically, we bought a spherical safety mirror and had...
Jack Dunn
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Jun 20, 2008
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1031
First - I can only endorse the response above from Andrew at Swinburne University that refutes any imputation of software"piracy" regarding the fault free...
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Jun 20, 2008
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1032
Further to above, I should have mentioned the cost of first surface mirrors from Cosmodome. Mirrors alone cost Au$735 plus Air freight Au$205 i.e. Au$940 CIF....
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Jun 20, 2008
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Hi Nev, You are not the only one, but there's not many schools in Australia who can make the same boast. Congratulations. Most Australian schools are relying...
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