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I'd love to see a picture of this exhibit. Anyone have one?
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From: Informal Science Education Network
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Wayne Watson
Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 4:40 PM
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Subject: The Big Dipper at Griffith Observatory Museum
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I went to a conference in Pasadena this weekend, which finished late=20
Saturday night, and thought I'd spend time Sunday looking around the=20
area. I realized I hadn't gone to Griffith obs. for almost 30 year, so=20
managed to get there with not a lot of time in the day. I knew it had=20
been modernized, and so it was. They had a clever display of the Big=20
Dipper in a plastic transparent ball about 8-10' in diameter. Inside=20
they had about 15 glowing balls of of varying brightness. The idea was=20
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=20
little museum, without the globe. I think I saw something along these=20
lines on the web some years ago. Comments?
I'll have to go back there some day, and get a better look at=20
everything. It was quite an improvement. Perhaps I'll go to Mt. Wilson=20
too. I know it's become a big interferometer, but don't know anything=20
about the public buildings there.
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