Re: Planetaria

["Van E. Neie" <ven@physics.purdue.edu>]

> 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...

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

Van

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Van E. Neie                                      ven@physics.purdue.edu
Purdue University                                
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