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Ben Werner,
Student Newspaper Editor
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Not only is it enjoyed by over 10,000 paid subscribers, but it is reproduced (with permission) by classroom teachers for their students; by planetariums and astronomer clubs for their members and the general public; and by park interpreters for audiences at sky talks.
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Steve Riggins,
Software Deveoper
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Programs are large monolithic packages such as planetariums and image processing programs with heavily feature-rich user interfaces.
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Richard Hosking,
Paranormal Investigator
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Planetariums purport various theories about the star at the Christmas season, as do astronomers who try to prove that it was some sort of natural phenomenon.
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Pete Trengle,
Bass Player
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When Tony Gerber isn't playing planetariums with the ambient electronic band Spacecraft, he's pursuing his sonic muse in solo electronic music.
Live music is played in the planetarium's crystal acoustics as the stars drift overhead, interspersed by a description of Adelaide's night sky.
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Bori Gonbutoren,
Reindeer Herder
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The Observatory resembling the shape of modern planetariums, is where the Mayas recorded movements of heavenly bodies to fix times for planting and harvests.
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Dave Simons,
Internet Entrepeneur
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The Planetarium's 50 slide projectors, video projection system, special visual effects projectors, multi-channel sound system, and Omni-Q automation controls are used to create educational multimedia programs on astronomy and other topics.
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Dan Toomey,
Computer Salesman
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He said the planetarium's array of visual effects, including laser, 3D, and incandescent, along with its 1700-watt sound system make it one of the most technologically advanced presentation venues in the state.
Many traditional laser projectors for planetariums did just that, have a prism and a color selection galvo, but this takes up several feet of space to do and is difficult to support from a control systems point of view and to align.
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Arthur Dawkins,
Astro-physicist
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The Planetarium's astronomical shows (what most people call the Planetarium shows) are documentary features concerning some aspect of astronomy or space science.
Finally, Fleischmann Planetarium and Science Center continues to offer free telescope viewing sessions in its public observatory on Friday nights.
The planetarium also has an observatory with 15cm and 41cm telescopes.
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