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IPS Fulldome Festival Awards

Posted on June 18, 2016 by warikl

The IPS Fulldome Festival in Brno wrapped up last night with their Gala Evening and the presentation of awards.  The festival has been fantastic and Jiri and his team at the Brno Observatory and Planetarium have done a brilliant job.  … Continue reading →

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IPS Fulldome Festival Brno 2016

Posted on June 17, 2016 by warikl

  The IPS Fulldome Festival in Brno is now under way.  The Brno Planetarium is a really impressive facility.  Located at the observatory on a hill top above Brno they have two domes.  The larger dome is 17metres,     with a … Continue reading →

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APS2016 Group Photo

Posted on April 14, 2016 by warikl

  Many thanks to Claire and all the staff at the Space Place at Carter Observatory for hosting a fantastic conference.  Wellington is a beautiful city and we all had a great time.  Now..  what’s the collective noun for a … Continue reading →

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Yuri’s Night

Posted on April 12, 2016 by warikl

Each April the world stops to mark the anniversary of Yuri Gagarin who in 1961, was the first human launched into space. This year Scienceworks and Melbourne Planetarium will play host to our first official Yuri’s Night Space Party on Friday the … Continue reading →

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Mission Complete

Posted on February 11, 2016 by warikl

*Reprinted on behalf of SciTech On 3 February 2016, Scitech launched a weather balloon into the stratosphere with a very special mini-astronaut onboard. The launch was part of Scitech’s ‘Get Your Face Near Space’ competition and the lucky first place … Continue reading →

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Deadline for submitting IPS abstracts has been extended

Posted on October 21, 2015 by warikl

The IPS 2016 conference is now approaching.  The deadline for submitting abstracts to the conference has now been extended until the 26th of October 2015, 23.59 UTC. Proposals can be submitted on-line via registration form on the website http://www.ips2016.org/.   In the program section … Continue reading →

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Fiske Fulldome Festival

Posted on August 17, 2015 by warikl

While my previous post announced the award winners of the Fiske Fulldome Festival, I did not have the opportunity to provide more detail about the festival itself.    It was a three day fulldome festival, which focused solely on content, there … Continue reading →

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Fiske Fulldome Film Festival – Award Winners

Posted on August 16, 2015 by warikl

The Fiske Fulldome Festival finished tonight with their Awards Night.  It has been a fantastic festival and Thor and the team at Fiske have done a magnificent job. Five awards were given out and they went to: Best of Show … Continue reading →

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The Charles Hayden Planetarium

Posted on August 14, 2015 by warikl

  After attending the IPS Council meeting in Montreal, I took the opportunity to visit the Charles Hayden Planetarium at the Museum of Science (MOS) in Boston.  This was a particularly interesting visit for me, the Charles Hayden Planetarium is of … Continue reading →

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Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium

Posted on August 13, 2015 by warikl

The Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium in Montreal is an architectural delight. Completed in 2013 at a cost of $48 million dollars, it includes two 18 metre domes, a café as well as an exhibition space. It is located in the … Continue reading →

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