* LIPS = Live Interactive Planetarium Symposium; August 9-11; Bremerton, WA USA (near Seattle) Hi all, I am excited to announce that Sky-Skan has decided to...
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Will
w_h_s_y
Aug 3, 2011 2:46 am
Does anyone know how, or using what software I might be able to create a 3d cad model of my geodome's frame from knowing the pole lengths and pattern? Started...
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yves lhoumeau
yveslhoumeau
Aug 3, 2011 8:13 am
Try this link http://www.desertdomes.com/domecalc.html Yves 2011/8/2 Will <w_h_s_y@...>...
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Will
w_h_s_y
Aug 4, 2011 12:26 am
Thanks for that. Thing is, I know all of the strut lengths. I need to turn that into a scale 3d cad drawing....
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Lionel RUIZ
astro2kpremium
Aug 4, 2011 9:49 am
Hi, ... Many modellers are working with triangles but due to UVmapping, spheres are made on an other basis, so it's not automatically present in sphere...
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marklnp
Aug 8, 2011 2:42 am
Hi, all! We at Loch Ness Productions just wanted to let you know that we've recently enhanced our production tool for spherical mirror systems,...
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alezarg
Aug 9, 2011 12:54 am
Dear small_planetarium followers, Antares FullDome Productions is happy to announce that the second part (17 min.) and full 35 minutes show of ¨Moles – What...
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Will
w_h_s_y
Aug 12, 2011 11:44 am
Hi Can anyone point me towards where I might hire a fisheye projection setup suitable for a 6m dome in the UK? Also, do you know of anyone available for custom...
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Paul
pauldavidbourke
Aug 12, 2011 11:47 am
... Some indication of the type of content would help. Astronomy or if not, what subject matter. CG, photography, or film? Duration?...
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Jim & Shirley Smith
kensingtonhouse
Aug 12, 2011 1:04 pm
Hello Will, I recommend that you contact Karrie Berglund with Digitalis. bergieberglund@... Or, consider a mirror system like CosmoDome....
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Patricia Reiff
patriciareiff
Aug 13, 2011 3:49 am
Many of the sites in the Discovery Dome network (http://tinyurl.com/discdome) rent equipment on a daily or longer basis. Most of our partners use mirror based...
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yves lhoumeau
yveslhoumeau
Aug 13, 2011 11:37 am
Hi Will, please consider this offer: http://www.immersiveadventure.net/ImmersiveAdventure_En.pdf contact: Albert Pla, aulacosmos@... and this open...
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Karrie
bergieberglund
Aug 16, 2011 12:19 am
Thanks for the recommendation, Jim! I do have an official Digitalis email as well, which is karrie AT DigitalisEducation.com Will, we have a representative in...
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Karrie
bergieberglund
Aug 16, 2011 12:20 am
* LIPS = Live Interactive Planetarium Symposium Hi all, I am both happy and sad to report that the first ever LIPS is now over. We Digitalis staff were honored...
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Karrie
bergieberglund
Aug 17, 2011 12:02 am
LIPS = Live Interactive Planetarium Symposium Hi again, everyone, We posted a bunch of photos, if you'd like to take a look: ...
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Tony Rice
tony_r_rice
Aug 20, 2011 1:01 am
If the projectors are getting you down, you can always handpaint the stars: ...
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Dan Dixon
dandixon11
Aug 20, 2011 4:31 am
That's fascinating. Thanks for sharing. I was curious to learn more and here's what I found: Here's a video that seems to show the inside of the hand painted ...
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CharlesW
chas3701
Aug 20, 2011 12:42 pm
There's a museum in New Zealand where they simply have an umbrella lit from above, with holes drilled to represents the main Southern Constellations, in no...
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robert89se
Aug 23, 2011 1:55 am
Hello all! Fantastic Group! My first post. I joined this group about 5 months ago after getting an older Starlab planetarium and have been following all of the...
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Lionel RUIZ
astro2kpremium
Aug 23, 2011 7:04 am
Hi all, ... Where is this written? Maybe a bad translation from us... ? We just warn people about using home made projection system that would not respect the...
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robert89se
Aug 23, 2011 11:14 am
Lionel, Thanks for the quick response!! And it sounds like your system will work fine if I get all of the components correct. Great news :-) The confusing...
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Paul
pauldavidbourke
Aug 23, 2011 11:18 am
... I really don't think this is an issue, inflatables are not airtight and there is always a fan replenishing/maintaining the internal pressure. And most...
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Patricia Reiff
patriciareiff
Aug 23, 2011 2:01 pm
E-Planetarium, home of Discovery Dome, is happy to announce a new partnership with Starlight Productions. We can now sell his famous music shows "Dark Side of...
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Paul
pauldavidbourke
Aug 30, 2011 10:37 am
For those with Macs who haven't seen SkySafari then I suggest you take a look, the entry level version is free until the middle of September, the Pro version...
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robert89se
Aug 30, 2011 11:33 am
Hello Lionel, I have been delaying my purchase of lens and equipment in hopes that your new blueprints will be out. Any progress on your new thoughts? Also,...
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Mario Di Maggio, DISC...
mario.dimaggio
Aug 31, 2011 12:21 am
Great, yet another astronomy application (yawn). Does anyone know if there is anything significantly different or cool about this one over the established ones...
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Francisco Simó...
qalat_oa
Aug 31, 2011 12:21 am
Hi: Is my first post in this forum. Please excuse my poor English. Is there any software to convert normal movies to warp format, for spherical mirror...
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Paul
pauldavidbourke
Aug 31, 2011 1:03 am
... I have a student group working on VMD for the dome now....
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Dan Dixon
dandixon11
Aug 31, 2011 1:03 am
One wonders...where are the fulldome applications for chemistry, nanotech, fractals, biology, etc, etc..... I've created a product called Universe Sandbox....
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Paul
pauldavidbourke
Aug 31, 2011 1:03 am
... For Mac here http://paulbourke.net/miscellaneous/domemirror/tgawarp/ For MSWindows here http://www.lochnessproductions.com/tools/imgwarper/imgwarper.html ...
