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A visit to the Berlin Planetarium

Posted on November 26, 2013 by warikl

*Posted by warikl on behalf of Monica Zetlin During my September European Holiday, I squeezed in a quick visit to the Zeiss Grossplanetarium in Berlin where I caught up with the newly appointed Head of the Planetarium, Tim Florian Horn. … Continue reading →

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Fill your head with Space!

Posted on November 1, 2013 by carterobservatory

This year we have been focusing on getting a new audience to Carter. One way we have done this is by teaming up with Clemengers BBDO to create our “Fill your Head with Space Campaign”  One of our challenges is … Continue reading →

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APS 2014 conference – First announcement

Posted on October 22, 2013 by apsplanetarium

The dates for the APS 2014 conference have now been finalized.  The meeting will take place at the Melbourne Planetarium at Scienceworks on the 17th & 18th of February.  Following on from the APS meeting in Brisbane earlier this year, … Continue reading →

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Stardome Upgrade October 2013 – Part Two

Posted on October 1, 2013 by warikl

*Posted by warikl on behalf of the Stardome Observatory & Planetarium Replacing a full rack of servers is not a simple task; many of the servers provide a direct feed to the projectors (four to each projector) through fibre optic … Continue reading →

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Stardome Upgrade October 2013 – Part One

Posted on September 23, 2013 by warikl

*Posted by warikl on behalf of the Stardome Observatory & Planetarium The planetarium industry is constantly evolving; new technologies are being developed to take audiences on more wondrous journeys, and providing presenters with the tools to develop rich stories and … Continue reading →

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Imiloa Film Festival – Best of Awards

Posted on September 8, 2013 by astrotanya

The Imiloa Film Festival has just finished – three great days of planetarium shows and fantastic conversations. Twenty-six shows were screened in total and the following four shows were awarded the best of the best. Best Visuals – The Life … Continue reading →

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DigitalSky Academy – Imiloa, Hawaii

Posted on September 6, 2013 by astrotanya

Earlier this week, I attended a fantastic two day DigitialSky Academy, here in beautiful Hawaii. It was just a small group of us, led by Martin Ratcliffe from Skyskan and consisting of the team from Fiske Planetarium – Matt, Chris, … Continue reading →

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Max Valier Observatory

Posted on August 22, 2013 by warikl

Although I have now returned from my recent trip to Italy, I feel remiss that I never included a post on the Max Valier Observatory in South Tyrol. Located about a 10 minute drive from the Planetarium South Tyrol is … Continue reading →

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Congratulations to Warsaw

Posted on August 16, 2013 by warikl

Congratulations to the Copernicus Science Centre, who are the successful bidders to host the IPS conference in 2016. Maciej and Monika, did a terrific job in their final presentation for the Heavens of Copernicus Planetarium at the IPS council meeting. … Continue reading →

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Milan Planetarium

Posted on August 14, 2013 by warikl

From the newest planetarium in Italy to the oldest. While the Planetarium South Tyrol has only been open a few weeks, the Milan Planetarium opened in 1930 and was the very first planetarium in Italy. This was my last stop … Continue reading →

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