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...
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Mark C. Petersen
marklnp
May 2, 2008 2:58 pm
... 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...
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Ken
isotope115
May 2, 2008 3:54 pm
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...
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Greg
greggyvt1
May 3, 2008 3:35 am
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...
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chas3701
May 3, 2008 1:25 pm
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.(...
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Butterfield Family
zacksmumdad
May 3, 2008 9:56 pm
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. ...
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chas3701
May 4, 2008 12:43 am
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...
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dsouzaprakasht
May 7, 2008 10:39 am
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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chas3701
May 7, 2008 12:52 pm
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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Butterfield Family
zacksmumdad
May 7, 2008 4:17 pm
Which Zeiss starmachine do you have? ZKP ? ... From: dsouzaprakasht <dsouzaprakasht@...> To: small_planetarium@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, May 7,...
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Mark C. Petersen
marklnp
May 7, 2008 11:08 pm
Two good sources of information: http://local.wasp.uwa.edu.au/~pbourke/projection/domemirror/faq.html and ...
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kdconod
May 8, 2008 12:13 am
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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Jack Dunn
spacecraftinc
May 8, 2008 12:39 am
... 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...
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Richard S. Wright Jr.
starstonesof...
May 9, 2008 3:20 pm
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...
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Butterfield Family
zacksmumdad
May 9, 2008 3:32 pm
Sorry to everyone I was just trying to get one person. -Tony B. ... From: Richard S. Wright Jr. <rwright@...> To:...
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António Pedrosa
pedrosaantonio
May 17, 2008 4:07 pm
Dear Members. Do please find below the 1st announcement for the 5th European Conference of Small and Portable Planetariums, to be held in Espinho, Portugal,...
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stargazer_apprentice
stargazer_ap...
May 17, 2008 5:43 pm
Does anyone have a source for a small, low light output digital clock for using in a small dome? I've been using a small travel clock in my Starlab, but I...
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kdconod
May 19, 2008 6:04 pm
Yeah its getting hard to find red LED clocks these days - maybe something with an amber backlight, such as: http://tinyurl.com/6bny4r Kevin Conod ...
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Doug Kniffen
doug_kniffen
May 19, 2008 6:53 pm
... From: stargazer_apprentice <stargazer_apprentice@...> To: small_planetarium@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2008 1:43:04 PM Subject:...
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Dr. Jake Noel-Storr
noelstoj
May 20, 2008 5:50 am
Dear St. Louis Area Science Educators, I am writing to invite you to a FREE astronomy education reception for all K-12 science educators to be held in St....
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Bryan Maple
bryanmaple
May 21, 2008 3:45 pm
Hi Everybody!! I was just curious if anyone was going to be attending the International Year of Astronomy workshops that are being held in St. Louis on May...
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Karrie Berglund
bergieberglund
May 21, 2008 8:23 pm
I'll be there. I'm helping to lead a workshop the afternoon of Sunday, June 1, on dark skies (the session title is Dark Skies from the Ground Up: Activities to...
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Bryan Maple
bryanmaple
May 22, 2008 3:46 pm
Karrie, I was going to attend the New Media workshop on Sunday PM, but I am tempted to call and switch to the Dark Skies, especially since you will be using a...
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Bryan Maple
bryanmaple
May 22, 2008 3:49 pm
P.S. No, my group (Officers of our astronomy club) will only be there for the weekend, not the whole ASP meeting. I'll make sure to introduce myself. B. ... ...
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dsouzaprakasht
May 23, 2008 9:38 am
i like to thanks all you people for your valuable sugestion on mirror dome. i think right now only economical projector is mirror dome for planetarium. can...
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Karrie Berglund
bergieberglund
May 23, 2008 3:47 pm
Scidome and Digistar systems use proprietary software, and my understanding is that you cannot purchase the software independently of those planetarium...
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Paul Bourke
pauldavidbourke
May 24, 2008 2:58 am
... I have known about the above FAQ for some time, perhaps it is time to comment on it. Bearing in mind that I might obvious be considered biased. Many of the...
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w_h_s_y
May 24, 2008 10:33 pm
Hi all, does anyone have experience with the Dell 5100mp projector for fulldome projection? (I know Paul Bourke uses one) It appears to have good resolution...
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Jack Dunn
spacecraftinc
May 25, 2008 12:32 am
... Will: If you are talking a 30 ft. dome, I'd say no. And yes, I've seen it tried on my own 31 ft. dome. The Dell is an old model. Also, it is straight...
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Paul Bourke
pauldavidbourke
May 25, 2008 1:50 am
... Well let me say that it is not a great projector ... I have only used it on some projects because at that time (and still true I believe) it is the lowest...