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Discussion Groups and Blogs
Yahoo Small Planetarium tech.groups.yahoo.com This is a group focused on small planetariums.
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Equipment
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Full Dome Information and Video
Arts Lab artslab.unm.edu Resource links for development of full dome materials.
Bourke local.wasp.uwa.edu.au/~pbourke/papers/planetarian1/ This page has a link to Paul Bourke's 2005 Planetarian article that discusses full dome projection.
Loch Ness List lochnessproductions.com/shows/fdshopros.html This web page is a table of the shows available for Full Dome. The shows are grouped by the producer of the show. The table lists: date of production, duration, title, style, audience, subject and more.
Ning fulldome.ning.com This is a portal for full dome information, discussions, and blogs.
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Vimeo Full Dome vimeo.com If this link goes bad just go to the Vimeo web page and search for fulldome. As of June 2010 there were 216 posted videos related to fulldome.
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Media
Hubble Source hubblesource.stsci.edu Informal Education resources. Exhibits, Source Material, Event Listings
Museum Alliance informal.jpl.nasa.gov/museum This site supports informal education efforts (e.g. museums, planetaria) You need to fill out the free registration form to get access to materials.
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Miscellaneous
Planetarium.net www.planetarium.net This site has listings of events, a Forum, pictures, videos (several trailers of shows), a blog, and a link to Dome-L.
Great Western
Observer
Newsletters
rmpadones.org This site has an archive of the Great Western Observer newsletters (pdf) back to 2002.
Short Focus Adapter cokin.com This company sells screw in lenses for projectors. The lenses can shorten the focal length of the projector or create special effects.
Special Effects www.ips-planetarium.org/pubs/sfx.html IPS Special Effects tips for the planetarium.
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Planetarium Web Pages
Adler..Chicago adlerplanetarium.org The Adler Planetarium in Chicago (founded in 1930) is the USA's first major planetarium.
Lueninghoener..Fremont www.mlc.edu This is the informational page for the Lueninghoener Planetarium at Midland Lutheran College, Fremont, Nebraska. The planetarium is primarily used for educational presentations for school groups.
Mueller..Lincoln spacelaser.com Location: Lincoln, Nebraska on the UNL campus. This planetarium has regularly scheduled programs.
Rocky Mountain Planetarium Assoc. www.rmpadomes.org This is the home page for the Rocky Mountain Planetarium Association. The site has an online Library of useful articles. There is a page of links to other planetarium groups, vendors, NASA resources, astronomy news, astrophotography, space art, and much more.
SWAP southwesternassociationofplanetariums.art.officelive.com This is the home page for the SouthWest Assoc. of Planetaria. It has useful links.
YAHOO Small Planetarium login.yahoo.com Use your Yahoo login to go back to this group after you register for the Small Planetarium group.
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Scientific Visualizations
Adler Suggestionswww.adlerplanetarium.org This is a pdf file that describes the preparation of scientific visualizations.
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Sky Software
AstroTips astrotips.com This site has news about astronomy software and links. Not all the software listed is free.
Celestia Motherlode celestiamotherlode.net This site has addons for the Celestia program
Constellation Starlore stargazers.iinet.net.au This site has artwork and background information for each constellation.
Intrrastar freeware.intrastar.net This page lists free astronomy software and provides links. Each software title has a brief description.
Nine Planets astro.nineplanets.org This site has a list of links for planetarium software. The software is grouped by operating system. The cost is listed. Scroll down to find software groupings of Java, Sky Survey, Web Based Planetariums, Data, Misc.
Sky-Map sky-map.org This is an interactive sky map. You can view images of objects you select. It appears that users are allowed to upload their astronomy photos. Read the Getting Started material before you try to use this web page.

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