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Blender has become a force in planetarium show production. This group is for the blendheads.
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- Employment Status (can pick more than one):
- Work in a planetarium, Astronomy educator, K-12 Teacher
- If you work(ed) in a planetarium, which one?
- Planetariums I have worked at University of Northern Iowa Planetarium/Observatories, Grout Museum of Science and History, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Planetarium at KSTM
- Just for fun, what are some words that describe you (can pick more than one)?
- Astronomy lover, techie, geek, workaholic, athlete
Jack L. Northrup's Blog
Success from Ogden
I am waiting to have the premiere of my Blender rough show "The Soccer Game" made into a movie then I will get to watch it on Ott Planetarium's Mediaglobe. Technology can be so much fun!
Posted on June 5, 2009 at 8:38am —
A cross post from my other blog...
I have had some great responses from the students and parents about our Great Observatories image of M101. One of the students made a comment about the combined image saying "That must be what it looks like to have Superman's vision."
Posted on March 8, 2009 at 9:23pm —
Fun differences between the screen and the dome
I just got done putting together an information piece on Comet Lulin. The problem we had was that people were expecting to see the cartoon comet image, not reality. Well I had this so that it looked great on the screen and was correctly warped. Run the presentation on the dome and all the images are vertically compressed about 20%. So back to the computer to get it right. Two more trips back and forth and finally it looked good. Then I showed it to my hostess and she said, "Jack, you spelled it… Continue
Posted on February 27, 2009 at 9:07pm —
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Thanks for adding me as a friend. I've been on the Network for about a month. It seems to be a good place for developing and maintaining a sense of community. Not being much of a "Facebook user" I am still learning the best way to use it. I hardly ever look at my Facebook account but I look at this one almost every day, if for no other reason than to see who has joined. It does sometimes seem easier to communicate using this network than just using an email. I also enjoy learning about some of the other things that people are interested in besides astronomy, things that don't necessarily come up in a conversation at a conference. I'm sure we'll all figure other uses for this Network as we go a long.
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Dave
I am pulling a Friday Night shift with the kids! We are running a game show - science trivia for the General Public. Small crowd, High School Football tonight, you know. Anyway, be cool an talk to you soon.