http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/small_planetarium/ Small or Portable Planetarium Group Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:35:53 GMT Catherina http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/small_planetarium/message/1538 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/small_planetarium/message/1538 Dear all, Some of you were asking us where to see our latest fulldome production live at a planetarium ? ? now we are proud to announce the public release Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:37:00 GMT fraserneville http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/small_planetarium/message/1537 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/small_planetarium/message/1537 I have a rough idea, but wouldn't like to say as yet. When it is all donme I'll disuss with Shaun how much a system would cost as a unit. It is even possible Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:55:54 GMT Paul Floyd http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/small_planetarium/message/1536 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/small_planetarium/message/1536 Nev, Any idea of the cost of the dome? Regards, Paul Floyd. On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 7:27 AM, fraserneville Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:27:16 GMT fraserneville http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/small_planetarium/message/1535 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/small_planetarium/message/1535 I just looked back over my recent posts and realise I've called our installer by the wrong name. The correct name is Living Spaces Constructions, based in Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:17:02 GMT fraserneville http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/small_planetarium/message/1534 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/small_planetarium/message/1534 Hi Paul, I believe you were still there at that time. I first heard about the system around March, I think. By about September I had ordered my system. Final Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:12:41 GMT pauldavidbourke http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/small_planetarium/message/1533 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/small_planetarium/message/1533 ... The main problem with the Mac Mini is the poor graphics performance. ... In 2006 I was possibly still at Swinburne and I was experimenting/testing mirror Sun, 15 Nov 2009 10:07:52 GMT Paul Floyd http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/small_planetarium/message/1532 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/small_planetarium/message/1532 Do you mind me asking how you afforded the dome? I am currently a primary school teacher (ACT) and I know we couldn't afford it. Feel free to reply off list by Sun, 15 Nov 2009 10:04:47 GMT fraserneville http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/small_planetarium/message/1531 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/small_planetarium/message/1531 Hi Paul, We've got an early mirrordome system from Swinbourne. I could only manage a Mac Mini, which has limited the software applications. Our mirror has Sun, 15 Nov 2009 05:57:28 GMT Paul Floyd http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/small_planetarium/message/1530 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/small_planetarium/message/1530 Nev, What projection system do you use? Can't remember if you have posted this information before. As a complete aside, have a look at my website at Sun, 15 Nov 2009 05:31:44 GMT fraserneville http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/small_planetarium/message/1529 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/small_planetarium/message/1529 Hi Dalai, My planetarium is at Toongabbie East Public School, in western Sydney. It has been up since late 2006 as the 4.8m geodesic in earlier posts. The new Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:30:23 GMT Dalai Felinto http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/small_planetarium/message/1528 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/small_planetarium/message/1528 That sounds really nice. Could you share some images and details (where in Australia is your school, how is your projection/optical system)? We are finishing Sat, 14 Nov 2009 02:33:10 GMT fraserneville http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/small_planetarium/message/1527 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/small_planetarium/message/1527 I'm sitting in my school library while two workers from Small Spaces Constructions instal our new 5m fibreglass dome to replace the old 4.8m geodesic dome. It Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:27:43 GMT Oscar Kim Morales http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/small_planetarium/message/1526 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/small_planetarium/message/1526 Mark. thanks for your reply, i guess after reading all of the info from everybody, i will have tu buy a show from one of the companies offering the shows, i Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:00:42 GMT marklnp http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/small_planetarium/message/1525 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/small_planetarium/message/1525 Oscar, "Our program" -- TGAWarper/JPGWarper for Windows -- is really Paul Bourke's MacOS program Tgawarp, recompiled to run on the PC platform. It doesn't Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:28:24 GMT Paul Floyd http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/small_planetarium/message/1524 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/small_planetarium/message/1524 Hi all, For those in Australia, I thought you would be interested in knowing that the Brisbane Astronomical Society will be holding the sixth Queensland