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Re: Planetaria




Yes... I've spent a fair amount of time working with the Children's
musuem over the years. Their system is called 'DigiStar'. It's from
Evans & Sutherland. I don't know if they are still building them. but
there were 10-20 around the world a couple of years ago.

-steve

"Van" == Van E Neie <ven@physics.purdue.edu> writes:

>> Hello,
>>
>> We are kicking around silly ideas (silly idea season) and have
>> decided we absolutely MUST HAVE a Planetarium. Having taken
>> the first step (determined the presence of interest and
>> willpower) we are now onto step 2: who builds these things?
>>
>> Does anyone know a contact person for a recently designed and
>> constructed planetarium, or even better, know someone who has
>> ever designed and constructed a planetarium? I thought I'd ask
>> the list before hitting the yellow pages for nearby cities...

Van> Depends on how serious you are. The Children's Museum in
Van> Indianapolis has a state-of-the-art planetarium that uses
Van> computer projector rather than the older lens projection from
Van> an "alien"-looking outfit. Could be expensive, but it
Van> wouldn't hurt to ask!

Van> Van

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