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- Employment Status (can pick more than one):
- Work in a planetarium
- If you work(ed) in a planetarium, which one?
- Planetarium Projector and Space Museum
- Are you a member of an astronomy club? If so, which one(s)
- Bear Valley Astronomical Association
- Just for fun, what are some words that describe you (can pick more than one)?
- Astronomy lover, techie, avid reader, workaholic, parent, optimist, playful
- About Me:
- I have been working on establishing: "The Planetarium Projector and Space Museum". Projectors include: Spitz A1, Spitz A3P, Spitz STS Prototype, Spitz STP, Minolta Series IIB, Goto S-2, Goto Mercury, Goto Venus, Goto Apollo Eros, Harmonic Reed Nova III, and a Emmons-HPA projector.
I am an amateur astronomer and also worked at a solar observatory for 10 years. I also worked in television for many years. I am an electronics instrumentation specialist and a ham radio operator (KB6CGZ) and also a hot air balloon pilot as well as fixed wing aircraft. I share my time between Big Bear Lake California and Las Vegas Nevada. I enjoy photography, especially 3-D and collect cameras, antique radios, microphones, microscopes and telescopes. I also enjoy building high voltage Tesla Coils and displays.
- Website:
- http://www.PlanetariumMuseum.org/
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Bob Kelley
While cleaning out our planetarium storage area, I came across an original and complete copy of a "Preliminary Planetarium Instructional Manual Model A-3-P" published by Spitz Laboratories,dated May 15, 1961. If you would like to have it, send me your address and I can mail it to you.
Bob Kelley
Scobee Planetarium Educational Specialist
bkelley@mail.accd.edu