Desert Skies Proceedings
October 13-19, 1999
Dorrance Planetarium, Arizona Science Center
Phoenix, Arizona
Contents
Desert Skies Conference Sponsors
Conference Attendees
Preconference Tour to Lowell Observatory and Meteor Crater
Note: Pre and Post Conference tour photographs taken by
Alan Davenport" <
aland@maine.maine.edu
may be found at
this web address:
http://www.ume.maine.edu/~lookup/ds/
Desert Skies Conference Schedule (illustrated)
New Visual Media for Your Planetarium:
Access to Videos from ESA, NASA and Other Sources
--
Thomas W. Kraupe
New Sky Shows from Minneapolis Planetarium Productions!
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Rod Nerdahl
The New Spitz ATM-4 Automation System
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George Reed
The Explorers --The Making of a Nationally Distributed
Planetarium Program
--
Mike Jones
News From The Nessies
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Mark and Carolyn Collins Peterson
Northern Lights Planetarium Show Field Test
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Alan Gould
Gatherings of Naked-eye Planets, January 2000-June 2002
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Bob Victor
A Large Portable Telescope for Astronomy Education
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Mike Murray
A Remotely Controlled and Robotic Observatory
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Mark S. Sonntag
Chasing Galileo
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Benjamin Senson
What's a Planetarian to do?
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Jon Elvert
Incoming: Keep the Audiences Coming
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Dan Neafus
Kodak Ektagraphic Slide Projector Overhaul
(Workshop)
David Binnewies
A Planetarium for the New Millenium
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Jose Olivarez
New Licenses for "Where in the Universe is Carmen Sandiego?",
A Carmen Sequel in Development, A New Show for All-dome Video,
and A Live Theatrical Presentation for Planetariums
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Bill Gutsch
Do Planetarium Shows Encourage Misconceptions?
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Gary Lazich
Immersive Video Production at Spitz, Inc.
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Joyce Towne
Bowen Productions AstroFX: Tapeless/Laserdiscless Video
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Jeff Bowen
What Are We Doing Wrong?
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Carolyn Collins Peterson
Light Pollution EducationLet There Be Dark
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George Fleenor
Stars Over Yellowstone: A Collaborative Pilot Project
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James Manning
The Astronomy of Lewis and Clark
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Eileen Starr
The Bard and the Stars
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David Hurst
Other Papers--Abstracts Only
Desert Skies Post-Conference Tour to Kitt Peak