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Re: The Big Dipper at Griffith Observatory Museum
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Anna Hurst <[log in to unmask]>
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Informal Science Education Network <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 6 Oct 2008 14:03:17 -0700
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You can buy 3D Constellation kits here:
<http://www.sciencefirst.com/vw_prdct_mdl.asp?prdct_mdl_cd=PS-06>

This is more of a workshop activity, not something for an exhibit,  
although you might use it as a starting point.

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Anna Hurst
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On Oct 6, 2008, at 1:40 PM, Wayne Watson wrote:

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> I went to a conference in Pasadena this weekend, which finished  
> late Saturday night, and thought I'd spend time Sunday looking  
> around the area. I realized I hadn't gone to Griffith obs. for  
> almost 30 year, so managed to get there with not a lot of time in  
> the day. I knew it had been modernized, and so it was. They had a  
> clever display of the Big Dipper in a plastic transparent ball  
> about 8-10' in diameter. Inside they had about 15 glowing balls of  
> of varying brightness. The idea was to walk around the ball and  
> find where the perspective was the BD. Quite good. I wouldn't mind  
> building something on a smaller scale for our little museum,  
> without the globe. I think I saw something along these lines on the  
> web some years ago. Comments?
>
> I'll have to go back there some day, and get a better look at  
> everything. It was quite an improvement. Perhaps I'll go to Mt.  
> Wilson too. I know it's become a big interferometer, but don't know  
> anything about the public buildings there.
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