| 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. |
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Clark Planetarium Full Dome Clips | clarkplanetarium.org This page lists clips of full dome programs available from Clark Planetarium. Use Quicktime to view the videos. This clips are not free. They require a license from Clark Planetarium. |
| 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. |
| Loch Ness Compendum | lochnessproductions.com/lfco/lfco.html This web page is a database of full dome theaters around the world with contact information. |
| 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. |
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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. |
| Starry Night Free | starrynighteducation.com/resources_free.html This site lists free educational resources from Starry Night. Some of the resources are: Pronunciation Guide, Concept Diagrams, Astronomy Tutorials, Starry Night software enhancements, simple interactive, online sky chart. |
| Web Links | spacelaser.com/gppa/planweb.html This page provided by Jack Dunn lists useful links for planetarium resources. |
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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. |
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Southwest Minnesota State U. | www.smsu.edu This is the home page for the planetarium at Southwest Minnesota State U. in Marshall, MN. The site has useful links for astronomy and information on available programs. |
| SWAP | southwesternassociationofplanetariums.art.officelive.com This is the home page for the SouthWest Assoc. of Planetaria. It has useful links. |
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Western Alliance Meeting | www.wac2010.info This site has information about the August 3-7, 2010 meeting of the The Western Alliance of Planetariums. The meeting location is Omaha, NE. |
| YAHOO Small Planetarium | login.yahoo.com Use your Yahoo login to go back to this group after you register for the Small Planetarium group. |
| LISTS OF PLANETARIA | |
| AAPLF Map | aplf-planetariums.org This site maintains a list of planetaria around the world. You can click on the world map or on a region name. The browser window will show a Google Earth map with planetaria located by markers. |
| IPS List | ips-planetarium.org IPS has posted a pdf file that lists planetaria around the world. The web site and e-mail address is listed when available. |
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| Scientific Visualizations | |
| Adler Suggestions | www.adlerplanetarium.org This is a pdf file that describes the preparation of scientific visualizations. |
| Galaxy Collision | hubblesite.org This visualization shows a collision between two galaxies. The visualization was done by Frank Summers (Space Telescope Science Institute). The video runs for 54 seconds. |
| Hayden Planetarium 2005 | haydenplanetarium.org/workshop/NEI05 This meeting "brought together visualization providers, users, commercial vendors, and NASA scientists and mission personnel in order to evaluate the current state of astronomical visualization for informal science audiences, and to make recommendations to NASA on what next steps should be taken and on how to coordinate efforts within the community." |
| StarCAVE | scivee.tv/node/3648 StarCAVE is an interactive, virtual environment. This seven minute video is a description of the system. UC San Diego developed this 5 sided virtual reality room. |
| Summers | terpsichore.stsci.edu This web site has short scientific visualizations created by Frank Summers of the Space Telescope Institute. The most recent visualization is dated 2006. |
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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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