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Thanks very much.
Anna Hurst wrote:
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> You can buy 3D Constellation kits here:
> <http://www.sciencefirst.com/vw_prdct_mdl.asp?prdct_mdl_cd=PS-06>
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> This is more of a workshop activity, not something for an exhibit,
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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?
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>> 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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