Thursday, August 23, 2012
August 23- UW Planetarium in Seattle
What: UW Planetarium Group Visits
in Seattle
UW Planetarium was built with the new building in 1994; the
30-foot diameter dome of the UW planetarium provides a unique space in which
students can explore the night sky. The original building included a Minolta
MS-8 starball. The starball is a precisely constructed optical/mechanical
system that projects an accurate picture of the night sky as viewed from
anywhere on earth.
In 2005, a grad-student led UW Student Tech Fee proposal
provided $90,000 worth of new audio and video equipment to allow for more
dynamic planetarium presentations.
In 2009, UW began
working with Microsoft's World Wide Telescope team to upgrade the
planetarium to a fully digital dome system. Completed in early 2011, this
upgrade transformed the dome into an 8-million pixel digital display. When
combined with the World Wide telescope interface, this allows for a truly interactive
and immersive planetarium experience.
These
approximately half-hour immersive media shows meld digital imagery derived from
ground- and space-based telescopes. The shows highlight the superb
contributions to the digital planetarium of students and their faculty advisors
on the planetarium.
More info: http://www.astro.washington.edu/groups/outreach/planetarium/
Who: All Starlight Families!
When: Thursday, August 23, 2012
Time:
TBD; I will email those families who are interested about the time
Once I have confirmed this with the UW
Planetarium
Where: located at the corner of 15th Ave NE and NE Pacific Hwy, in the
U-District
1. Eastside: Take 520 W to
Montlake Exit. Left at 2nd light (on to Pacific). Come to 15th, and make a
right. The Physics/Astronomy building is on the corner.
2. North or South: I-5 to NE 45th
Street exit (University of Washington). Take 45th St. East to 15th. Make a
right on 15th. Follow this to the intersection with Pacific.
The planetarium is in the A-building (Auditorium building) of the
Physics-Astronomy complex - it's the building with the big dome on top, near
the big peanut-shaped statue. The planetarium itself is on the second floor at
the far end of the hall.
How: Please RSVP to Mea at meapen.starlightnw@gmail.com by Tuesday,
August 21st, with UW
Planetarium Group Visits in Seattle in the subject line.
Please
include:
*your starlight child's first and last name,
*parent name,
*number of people attending, and
*your phone number.
*your starlight child's first and last name,
*parent name,
*number of people attending, and
*your phone number.
