... The "domebox" looks great, even though I am personally not a huge fan of double mirror systems I appreciate their advantages for portable systems. How does...
1514
Steve Adams
adamsgen
Oct 29, 2009 10:54 am
Paul, Glad you like my design. It looks like a mysterious "Black Box" when closed up but the colour can be easily modified by the user. The internal width...
1515
pauldavidbourke
Oct 29, 2009 12:03 pm
... That is quite important since most non-professional projectors are "overcooked" in order to squeeze out every ounce of brightness. A stressed cooling...
1516
jdunn@...
spacecraftinc
Oct 29, 2009 4:23 pm
... Paul said it quite well, there are many links in the chain. As someone who is using a system with both a spherical mirror and a flat mirror, I would say...
1517
Oscar Kim Morales
kimsurfer1975
Nov 2, 2009 9:39 pm
Hello everybody, is there a software in the market, to warp dvds or video to protect them with a mirror? i have been looking for one, but maybe sombedy in the...
1518
Jack Dunn
spacecraftinc
Nov 2, 2009 9:56 pm
... Oscar: I'm presuming what you want to project is in dome master format. Paul will probably answer, but he has software for the Mac that does warping in...
1519
Oscar Kim Morales
kimsurfer1975
Nov 2, 2009 11:06 pm
Hello Jack. thank you for your answer, i have alittle inflatable dome, and want to project some dvds in little town schools here in Mexico. i have PCs, so i...
1520
pedrosaantonio
Nov 2, 2009 11:27 pm
Dear Oscar In order to ward dvd's or video to project with a mirror, at Navegar Foundation we have been working on two different solutions. - One, a realtime...
1521
Jack Dunn
spacecraftinc
Nov 2, 2009 11:30 pm
... Oscar: I fear you are confused about format and fulldome and the mirror. You would be better off just projecting your DVD directly rather than off of a...
1522
Oscar Kim Morales
kimsurfer1975
Nov 2, 2009 11:31 pm
Hello Antonio. yes i was talking about regular DVDs, not fish eye or any other planetarium videos. i am checking on your web page to know a little more about...
1523
pauldavidbourke
Nov 3, 2009 11:24 am
... Perhaps it is time to add this to the FAQ .... From the thread it does appear you wish to project standard video content, rather than fisheye. There are a...
1524
Paul Floyd
ozskywatch
Nov 3, 2009 12:28 pm
Hi all, For those in Australia, I thought you would be interested in knowing that the Brisbane Astronomical Society will be holding the sixth Queensland...
1525
marklnp
Nov 4, 2009 2:00 am
Oscar, "Our program" -- TGAWarper/JPGWarper for Windows -- is really Paul Bourke's MacOS program Tgawarp, recompiled to run on the PC platform. It doesn't...
1526
Oscar Kim Morales
kimsurfer1975
Nov 4, 2009 4:27 pm
Mark. thanks for your reply, i guess after reading all of the info from everybody, i will have tu buy a show from one of the companies offering the shows, i...
1527
fraserneville
Nov 14, 2009 2:33 am
I'm sitting in my school library while two workers from Small Spaces Constructions instal our new 5m fibreglass dome to replace the old 4.8m geodesic dome. It...
1528
Dalai Felinto
dfelinto
Nov 14, 2009 9:30 pm
That sounds really nice. Could you share some images and details (where in Australia is your school, how is your projection/optical system)? We are finishing...
1529
fraserneville
Nov 15, 2009 5:31 am
Hi Dalai, My planetarium is at Toongabbie East Public School, in western Sydney. It has been up since late 2006 as the 4.8m geodesic in earlier posts. The new...
1530
Paul Floyd
ozskywatch
Nov 15, 2009 5:57 am
Nev, What projection system do you use? Can't remember if you have posted this information before. As a complete aside, have a look at my website at...
1531
fraserneville
Nov 15, 2009 10:04 am
Hi Paul, We've got an early mirrordome system from Swinbourne. I could only manage a Mac Mini, which has limited the software applications. Our mirror has...
1532
Paul Floyd
ozskywatch
Nov 15, 2009 10:07 am
Do you mind me asking how you afforded the dome? I am currently a primary school teacher (ACT) and I know we couldn't afford it. Feel free to reply off list by...
1533
pauldavidbourke
Nov 15, 2009 11:12 am
... The main problem with the Mac Mini is the poor graphics performance. ... In 2006 I was possibly still at Swinburne and I was experimenting/testing mirror...
1534
fraserneville
Nov 16, 2009 8:17 pm
Hi Paul, I believe you were still there at that time. I first heard about the system around March, I think. By about September I had ordered my system. Final...
1535
fraserneville
Nov 16, 2009 8:27 pm
I just looked back over my recent posts and realise I've called our installer by the wrong name. The correct name is Living Spaces Constructions, based in...
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Paul Floyd
ozskywatch
Nov 16, 2009 8:55 pm
Nev, Any idea of the cost of the dome? Regards, Paul Floyd. On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 7:27 AM, fraserneville...
1537
fraserneville
Nov 17, 2009 10:37 am
I have a rough idea, but wouldn't like to say as yet. When it is all donme I'll disuss with Shaun how much a system would cost as a unit. It is even possible...
1538
Catherina
planetarium1...
Nov 18, 2009 12:35 pm
Dear all, Some of you were asking us where to see our latest fulldome production live at a planetarium … … now we are proud to announce the public release...
1539
Julio Vannini
juliovannini
Dec 12, 2009 1:29 am
Hello! Thank you for accepting me in this Y! Group. I am an amateur astronomer from Nicaragua, in Central America. I work with ANASA, the Nicaraguan Amateur...
1540
bergieberglund
Dec 14, 2009 9:34 pm
Julio, Hola y bienvenidos! My Spanish is quite limited, but I was able to get a sense of your activities via the ANASA and SEDA-LIADA websites. It looks like...
1541
pauldavidbourke
Dec 19, 2009 5:09 am
While I have seen the Pufferfish displays before http://www.pufferfishdisplays.co.uk/ I hadn't seen these http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqsKX1AVPak A fast...
1542
bergieberglund
Dec 30, 2009 7:51 pm
Hi all, Digitalis is pleased to announce the official launch of the Nightshade project. Nightshade is open source astronomy simulation and visualization...
