2018 SouthEastern Planetarium Association Conference Program by Pink Palace Family of Museums

SEPA/WAC 2018 MEMPHIS AutoZone Dome at the Sharpe Planetarium at the Pink Palace Museum

June 5-9

Welcome to SEPA/WAC 2018! It has been a long few years since I put in my bid to host this conference. What was I thinking? As the time runs down, I can’t help but wonder: Did I start early enough and what did I forget that will jump up and bite me during the conference? I am sure that many of you, who HAVE hosted before, know what I mean. I knew it would be a challenge, but at this point, “come what may.” One of my first tasks was to choose a theme. In order to accomplish this task, I set out to explore and distill the essence of what makes us as “planetarians” most effective in our work of science interpretation. I have always come away from conferences feeling recharged. I feel like I can attack the job with renewed energy. Why is that? Is it from the information exchanged? Yes, but I can read information. Due to some pressing deadline or other, I admit that there are lots of journals that I have not read cover to cover or even at all. There must to be some other factor that makes a conference so effective. There’s definitely something to be said for the face-to-face engagements afforded at a conference. There is an added quality here compared with the day-to-day interactions we all have from strangers, friends, coworkers and family. Due to our common work conditions we have similar goals and experiences. That surely leads to the community of sharing we create whenever we meet like this. We share our successes with pride and our failures in hope of finding better ways around problems. Still there is one more thing without which would render our meeting like this pointless. Sure, the science we talk about is important. It matters little if we have the latest and best imaging technology. It is that something that inspires our audiences at home. I have a theory about that: How our visitors feel about the experience is what ultimately determines whether they will return or not. We all love what we do and exploring the beauty and mysteries of the universe is our passion. We express that passion through sharing it with others. When we tap into that basic emotion and share it with others, our visitors cannot help but feel it too. So, I welcome you all to the Pink Palace Museum and the AutoZone Dome at the Sharpe Planetarium. I am confident that through Sharing Our Passion we will all have a successful, memorable, and productive experience. Dave Maness, Supervisor AutoZone Dome at the Sharpe Planetarium Pink Palace Museum

CONTENTS WELCOME...........................................3

SEPA BOARD MEMBERS

WELCOME LETTERS........................5 CODE OF CONDUCT....................6 PRESIDENT ADDRESSES.....................7 KEYNOTE & GUEST SPEAKERS................8 SCHEDULE.................................10 - 16 SHOW DESCRIPTIONS..........................17 WORKSHOPS..................................18 - 19 PAPER SESSIONS...........................20 - 22 SHARPE PLANETARIUM ORIGINS....24 FUN FACTS ABOUT MEMPHIS.....25 NEARBY NECESSITIES.................26 VENDOR ROOM..............................27 SPONSORS......................BACK COVER

President Derek Demeter EMIL BUEHLER PERPETUAL TRUST PLANETARIUM Seminole State College of Florida 100 Weldon Blvd Sanford, FL 32773 (407) 708-2408 demeterd@seminolestate.edu President-Elect James Albury Kika Silva Pla Planetarium at Santa Fe College 3000 NW 83rd Street, Bldg X-129 Gainesville, FL 32606 james.albury@sfcollege.edu Secretary/ Treasurer Patsy Wilson 140 Lyn Rd Salisbury, NC 28147 (704) 640-7643 Past-President Ken Brandt ROBESON PLANETARIUM 410 Caton Rd Lumberton, NC 28360 Kenneth.brandt@robeson.k12.nc.us IPS Council Representative: John Hare 3602 23rd Avenue West Bradenton, FL 34205 (941) 746-3522 johnhare@earthlink.net

PROPOSED CODE OF CONDUCT The community of participants of the SEPA conference is made up of members from around the globe with a diverse set of skills, personalities, and experiences. It is through these differences that our community experiences success and continued growth. We expect everyone in our community to follow these guidelines when interacting with others both inside and outside of our community. Our goal is to maintain a positive, inclusive, successful, and growing community. As members of the SEPA community, We pledge to treat all people with respect and provide a harassment and bullying-free environment, regardless of sex, sexual orientation and/or gender identity, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, nationality, ethnicity, and religion. In particular, sexual language and imagery, sexist, racist, or otherwise exclusionary jokes are not appropriate. We will treat those outside our community with the same respect as people within our community. We pledge that all discussions between members of the community should be done with respect, and we pledge to take a proactive measure to ensure that all participants are heard and feel confident that they can freely express their opinions. We pledge to help the entire community follow the code of conduct and to act accordingly when we note violations.

PRESIDENT ADDRESSES Greetings fellow planetarians, I want to personally welcome you to Memphis and to SEPA/WAC 2018! This conference is sure to rock your socks off! Dave Maness our host with the most has done a fantastic job putting together an assortment of activities for you to enjoy during your time spent at the conference. I am also proud to announce that we have added two new opportunities to the SEPA experience. This year we are offering a one-day mini LIPS (Live Interactive Planetarium Symposium) and a Minolta Media Globe Users Group pre-conference activities. We hope you had a chance to partake in one or both of them. This year is elections so if you’re a member of SEPA please be sure to attend the business meeting to vote for your 2018 canditates. Whether it be enjoying a workshop, listening to paper sessions, seeing shows in the show dome, checking out the latest and greatest during vendor dome showcases and exhibit hall, or just simply catching up with your friends I hope you all enjoy your time at the conference and as Elvis always says… Thank you…thank you very much! Derek Demeter President, Southeastern Planetarium Association PPA Members: Welcome to the 2018 joint SEPA/WAC conference! On behalf of the PPA, I want to thank SEPA and David Maness and crew, for inviting the Western Alliance to join them here in Memphis at the Pink Palace Museum and Sharpe Planetarium. These joint conferences allow us to expand our horizons by sharing experiences, ideas and stories - getting to know planetarians beyond our usual circle. All the things that make conferences so important get expanded when we meet in bigger circles. I hope everyone finds this a productive and inspiring experience. It will be great fun to see old friends and meet new ones. Enjoy! Karl von Ahnen, PPA President Dear Participants of SEPA/WAC 2018, We have reached the summer months and for some planetariums that is a time to slow down and prepare for the next school year while others are ramping up for their summer rush of camps and groups. I am glad you have taken time from your schedules to join us in Memphis. I come back from conferences with so many great ideas and connections that my professional battery has been recharged. Clear Skies, Jack L Northrup GPPA President

KEYNOTE SPEAKER Dr. William A. Gutsch, Jr. Over the past 45 years, Dr. William Gutsch has written and produced over 100 planetarium shows and numerous special programs seen around the world. During his long career, he has held positions that have included: Staff Astronomer at the Strasenburgh Planetarium, Chairman of the American Museum-Hayden Planetarium, Science Correspondent for ABC’s Good Morning America and World News This Morning, President & CEO of the Challenger Center for Space Science Education, President of the Board of Directors of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific and Distinguished Professor of the College of Arts & Sciences at Saint Peter’s University outside of New York where he has taught in four departments and directed joint projects with Princeton University and NASA. Dr. Gutsch has led group tours to all seven continents and has lectured at leading universities from New Delhi to Shanghai including Harvard, Oxford and the California Institute of Technology. He currently does research on the aurora in the Arctic as well as on astro-archaeological aspects of 9th through 11th century Hindu-Buddhist temples in the jungles of western Cambodia. The author of several books and hundreds of syndicated newspaper columns and scripts for television (ABC, PBS, ITV/ London, NASA), Dr. Gutsch continues to do consulting work for science centers internationally and also continues to write, co-produce and direct programs for planetariums and IMAX theaters that are currently being seen in the US, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.

GUEST SPEAKERS Caroline Mitchell Carrico Caroline is the Supervisor of Exhibits and Graphic Services at the Memphis Pink Palace Museum where she researches and curates exhibits on a wide range of topics. She earned a MA in history from The University of Memphis in 2012. Tony Hardy Tony has spent 39 years involved with motion picture theater management. For the past 30 years, he has been exclusively devoted to IMAX, museums, and the Insitutional Giant Screen Theater network.

SCHEDULE

MONDAY, JUNE 4 7:30 am

Breakfast on your own

9:00 am

Early vendor set-up; MUG workshop

TUESDAY, JUNE 5 7:30 am

Breakfast on your own

9:00 am

Vendor set-up/Mini LIPS - Live Interactive Planetarium Symposium (9 am to 4:45 pm) This all-day workshop will give attendees a sense of what happens at the annual Live Interactive Planetarium Symposium (LIPS). LIPS is a multi-day gathering that focuses on all facets of live programming: presentation skills; sample activities; etc. As with the full LIPS, ideas and content presented at the Mini LIPS are intended to apply to everyone who does live shows, no matter whether those shows are in a portable dome or fixed, with a digital system or starball. Sessions will include comet model activities; planetarium research; and targeting astronomical misconceptions. Attendance is limited to 45 people, in order to maximize opportunities for quality interaction. The surcharge of $25 covers lunch and two breaks.

12:15 pm

Lunch on your own

1:00 pm

Registration/Conference Check-in (Foyer of Central Ballroom) 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm

3:00 pm

Hotel Check in

5:00 pm

Shuttles to Pink Palace (Front of Hotel)

6:00 pm

Dinner Buffet

7:00 pm

New-comers meeting

7:30 pm

Welcome – AutoZone Dome at the Sharpe Planetarium

8:00 pm

Spitz Incorporated

8:30 pm

Bowen Technovations

8:50 pm

Break & Dome Crawl

9:00 pm

Konica Minolta

9:30 pm

GeoGraphics Imaging – What’s New with GeoGraphics Imaging!

9:50 pm

Jack Dunn - Panoramic Projection in a Dome in 1967 My mentor, Dr. Gilbert Lueninghoener, invented a three-projector panoramic projection system he called “Planevista” in 1967. This was NOT a horizon panorama – the combined image covered essentially 1/3rd of the dome. Dr. L. also took his own photographs using his SLR on a mount he designed for the photography. He traveled extensively photographing many of the classic geologic areas of the National Parks of the west. He also took the developed slides and put them in mounts with his own masks for the two side slides – all by hand. I have reconstructed some images for the talk and hope to be able to show a few I have put into Fulldome software.

10:00 pm

Phil Groce and Ricky Evans - Camera to Dome: Lessons Learned Shooting Fulldome Movies. Presenters share experiences and lessons learned while shooting Fulldome movies on a $450 Kodak SP360-4K camera. This is a simple way to capture fisheye content for your dome using a camera that produces sharp 2880 pixels x 2880 pixels Fulldome movies at 30 fps. It requires no stitching or software and can go straight from camera to dome with no processing. Examples of Fulldome footage will be demonstrated during this paper.

10:10 pm

Announcements – Return to Hotel

10:15 pm

Hospitality Suite (Lamar Room)/Show Dome (Holiday Inn University Hotel Lobby)

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6 7:30 am – 8:45 am Breakfast in Tennessee Ballroom

Paper Session 1 in Shelby Ballroom 9:00am

Jon Bell - Star names, Asterisms and Obscure Constellations Why is there a head of hair in the sky? Whatever happened to Bufo the Toad? How come Sagittarius aims at Scorpius, but an arrow ends up lodged over in the Summer Triangle? Why do so many star names start with the letters, “AL?” And where exactly is Wasat? Find out the answers to these and many more stellar mysteries in a friendly little contest to see who knows the most about some of the more esoteric stories about the sky. Prizes will be awarded!

9:15am

Terry Johnson - Finding a New Niche When my university opened a new digital planetarium with free school shows, my portable dome was no longer viable. However, I found a mutually beneficial arrangement between local schools and my university that kept the portable in use and provided us with some valuable resources. This talk explores what teachers actually wanted in outreach from us, what we got in exchange, and the future of this program at UCA.

9:30am

Adam Thanz - The New iMac Pro and Show Production Find out how the new iMac Pro performs with modern planetarium show production. Learn about what equipment and specs were employed to create a fun and speedy workflow for content creation!

9:45am

David Dundee - Kinetic Activities on National Astronomy Day This paper will describe the NASA-funded kinetic activities done at the Tellus Science Museum this past April. I will show how our human-powered solar system demonstrated the planetary motions of the inner planets. Also this activity demonstrated how the close approach of Mars will happen in July. I will show how we built a human-powered exoplanet system and how our junior astronomers detected possible exoplanet systems in our human-powered star field.

10:00 am

Break time

10:15 am

Workshop: Hands-on Astronomy Activities – Overton Room (2nd floor Holiday Inn University) – Conducted by Christine Schupla (Ends at 12:15 pm) Vendor time (Central Ballroom) and Show Dome (Hotel Lobby) (Both close at 12 noon)

12:15 pm

Lunch in Tennessee Ballroom

1:30 pm

Workshop: Introduction to 360 Photography - Overton Room (2nd floor Holiday Inn University) – Conducted by Derek Demeter (Ends at 4:15 pm)

2:45 pm

Vendor time – Visit with vendors in the Central Ballroom (Closes at 5:30 pm)

4:30 pm

Break

Paper Session 2 in Shelby Ballroom 4:45pm

Dave Hostetter - An Aerospace Lobby for Fun and Non-Profit With the help of Bays Mountain Park & Planetarium, the Lafayette Science Museum changed its rather ordinary building entrance into an aerospace lobby.

5:00 pm

Bob Bonadurer - Dealing with Dark Dome Discipline Every planetarium educator tries to maintain some semblance of “law and order” under their dome. This paper will look at some recent initiatives here in Milwaukee to combat smart phone use, talking, clueless parents (when a child is crying) and flashing shoes.

5:15 pm

Brad Herring Learn more about the free Explore Science: Earth and Space Toolkits and how planetariums can benefit from these valuable resources. In this presentation, participants will learn about the National Informal STEM Education (NISE) Network’s new Space and Earth Informal Science Education project and how their organization can get involved. In collaboration with NASA, the NISE Network is currently assembling a new set of free, engaging, hands-on Earth and space science toolkits with connections to Heliophysics, Earth Science, Planetary Science, and Astrophysics, and their social dimensions. A total of 350 toolkits will be awarded to eligible organizations through a competitive application process in the fall of 2018. In this presentation, we’ll present a general introduction to the project and provide an overview of the Explore Science: Earth & Space toolkits, including information about how to apply.

5:35 pm

Break Time

6:00 pm

Dinner at Tennessee Ballroom

7:00pm

Shuttle to Pink Palace

7:00 pm

GOTO Inc. – Ken Miller

7:20 pm

Clark Productions

7:40 pm

Bob Bonadurer

8:00 pm

Seilor

8:30 pm

ChromoCove

8:40 pm

Break

8:50 pm

Constellation Shootout - Jon Bell

10:00 pm

Announcements – Shuttle to Hotel

10:15 pm

Hospitality Suite (Lamar Room)/Show Dome (Holiday Inn University Hotel Lobby)

THURSDAY, JUNE 7 7:30 am – 8:45 am Breakfast in Tennessee Ballroom

Paper Session 3 in Shelby Ballroom 9:00 am

Jay Lamm - Building Your Own Audio Production PC on Virtually Any Budget The bulk of any discussion surrounding planetarium production will be centered on the visual side of things, i.e., how can we better communicate science with our own animations. But, of course, there’s the audio side as well. Getting started in audio production can be an intimidating prospect… but it’s not as bad as you may think. Here, we will go over how to build your own audio production PC, how to choose the best digital audio workstation software to suit your needs and budget, and how to get the best out of your audio project.

9:15 am

Dave Hostetter - A Hunka, Hunka Burnin’ Rock Meteorites are among the few tangible connections a planetarium visitor can have with the cosmos. A meteorite exhibit can be popular and educational, but there are many things to consider to make it effective.

9:30 am

Jim Greenhouse - iPhones and Eyes Kiosks Two unrelated topics will be covered. In a quest to find endless uses for old cell phones, the planetarium staff discovered a procedure for getting videos onto an iPhone app and then playing them in a loop for temporary displays. In some circumstances, iPhones can also be used to show Power Point presentations with an Apple Watch as the remote. Find out what equipment is needed, which apps work, and details for transferring the presentations. Additionally, my museum received a Smithsonian Affiliate grant to develop an exhibit kiosk which will allow visitors to explore the resources of the NASA Eyes software. This project is in progress, so any information gathered by the time of the presentation will be shared.

9:45 am

Jack Northrup - Hyperspheric to Hemispheric Camera Tricks 13

Ways to convert and correct hyperspheric fisheye images to hemispheric dome masters. Also tricks in Blender to manipulate these images. 10:00 am

Vendor Time (Closes at noon for lunch)

10:15 am

Workshop: David Dundee – Human-Powered Orrery and Exoplanets – Tennessee Ballroom

This workshop will have participants build a solar system (out to Mars). We will then, using human planets, demonstrate the motions of the planets. Then this human-powered model will show how the close approach of Mars will happen this summer. Then we will create a human-powered star field and our selected team of astronomers will observe the star field looking for possible exoplanets. Finally, we will construct the exoplanet system of Trappist 1. Participants will receive electronically everything they need to repeat this activity at their home institution. (2 hours)

11:00 am

Workshop: Karrie Berglund - targeting different learning styles – Overton Ballroom This workshop will briefly introduce attendees to the seven basic learning styles identified by The Institute for Learning Styles Research. After the overview of the seven learning styles, attendees will work in small groups to create a set of planetarium activities targeting each learning style. These activities will be compiled after the conference and emailed to all workshop participants for use in their domes. (1 hour and 15 minutes)

12:15 pm

Lunch – Tennessee Ballroom

Paper Session 4 in Shelby Ballroom 1:30 pm

Dr. William Gutsch - Creating Planetarium Programs for a Wide Variety of Styles and Formats Including Multi-lingual Productions A look at the unique needs of scripts and corresponding production requirements for a variety of program formats including: planetarium voice over documentaries, dialogue using famous characters with lip synch, live theater in a planetarium setting, integrating video of actors on sound stages with animation… and special considerations for writing and producing shows to be adapted to different languages and cultures.

2:00 pm

Patrick McQuillan - Dome of Doom: The Art of Avoiding Errors When Renovating Your Planetarium Even when you have a very detailed vision of what your final renovated theater should look like, physical and operational defects can force their way into your completed project. Spend some time looking at areas to focus attention on when renovating from the perspective of a theater that got most everything right. But...on some things...missed it by that much!

2:15 pm

Jason Dorfman - 3D Printing a Solar Filter Bays Mountain Park received a 3-D printer as a donation in 2016. As we were in production on our new eclipse show, the printer sat unused for several months. Once we finished our production, I took on the task of learning how to use the printer. I began to look for something to model myself and print. With the solar eclipse coming up in August, creating a solar filter for my telescope was already on my mind. In my presentation I will explain how I designed and modeled the filter using our 3-D modeling software. I’ll cover some of the design flaws that became evident after the printing process. Finally, I’ll present the final product, which we also now use on a different scope for solar observations at Bays Mountain Park.

2:15 pm

Break

2:30 pm

Lindsie Smith & Duke Johnson - Maintaining Relevance What are you doing to keep audiences coming back? Is the experience you’re offering garnering new audiences? What evidence do you gather to inform your approach and strategic planning to ensure that your planetarium remains a relevant and impactful member of your community? Please join us for a brief overview of conversations and approaches that have made a difference for Clark Planetarium in recent years both pre and post renovation.

2:45 pm

Panel Discussion in Shelby Ballroom: Butts in Seats and Repeat Panelists: Derek Demeter, Lindsie Smith, Duke Johnson, Liz Klimek A discussion of issues and techniques involved in encouraging repeat visitation.

3:30 pm

Vendor time (Closes at 5:15) / Show Dome (Closes at 5:15)

5:15 pm

Dinner on your own – Board Shuttle Vans to nearby dining options

6:45 pm

Shuttle to Pink Palace

7:00 pm

Laser Fantasy 20 min.

7:20 pm

Evans & Sutherland 30 min.

7:50 pm

AVI and Bill Gutsch - Planetarium show: OUR VIOLENT PLANET 30 min. We live out our lives on our planet’s fractured crust, “plates” that pull apart, collide, producing violent earthquakes, volcanoes eruptions and tsunamis.

8:20 pm

Break time

8:30 pm

ASH Enterprises 30 min.

9:00 pm

Digitalis 20 min.

9:20 pm

Jon Bell: SEPA’s production The Planets produced in Fulldome digital 41 min.

10:01 pm

Announcements – Shuttle to Hotel

10:15 pm

Hospitality Suite (Lamar Room)/Show Dome (Holiday Inn University Hotel Lobby)

FRIDAY, JUNE 8 7:30 am

Breakfast in Tennessee Ballroom

9:00 am

SEPA Business meeting in Tennessee Ballroom/WAC meetings TBA

9:30 am

Final vendor time

12:15 pm

BUS Tour, Lunch on your own

5:15 pm

Free time

6:00 pm

Silent Auction to benefit the SEPA Professional Development Fund – Cash bar

7:00 pm

Banquet

8:00 pm

Awards Presentations (if any) Introduction – Keynote Speaker: Dr. William “Bill” Gutsch

10:00 pm

Announcements

10:15 pm

Hospitality Suite (Lamar Room)/Show Dome (Holiday Inn University Hotel Lobby)

SATURDAY, JUNE 9 7:30 am – 8:45 am Breakfast in Tennessee Ballroom 9:00 am

Door Prizes

10:45 am

Final Announcements

11:00 am

Goodbyes

11:45 am

Check out

Noon

Post conference trip to Coon Creek fossil site

SHOW DESCRIPTIONS AUTOZONE DOME AT THE SHARPE PLANETARIUM Our Violent Planet Written by Dr. William “Bill” Gutsch, Distributed by AVI - Audio Visual Imagineering We live out our lives on our planet’s fractured crust, “plates” that pull apart, collide, producing violent earthquakes, volcano eruptions and tsunamis. This is a Fulldome show about earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, earth, geology and continental drift. The Planets A production of the Southeastern Planetarium Association Written by Jon U. Bell, Distributed free to SEPA members An introduction to the wonderful worlds of our solar system, set to the music of Holst’s The Planets, and narrated by Kate Mulgrew.

SHOW DOME IN HOLIDAY INN UNIVERSITY LOBBY Weather Wonders and Mysteries Revealed Produced by Full Dome FX - Troy McClellan This Fulldome show explores fascinating weather phenomena found on planet Earth. The Alien Who Stole Christmas Produced and distributed by GeoGraphics Imaging – George Fleenor Description: Take your visitors on a tour of winter’s evening sky and then join jolly ol’ Santa and concerned alien, Mr. Freep, as they explore the solar system’s planets and meet the Christmas Eve needs of their fictitious inhabitants. Faster Than Light Produced by Spitz Creative Media, Mirage3D and Thomas Lucas Productions, Inc. and distributed by Spitz Creative Media, Mirage3D and Evans & Sutherland Explore the longstanding quest to develop spacecraft with enough power and speed to reach the stars. The film asks: What will it take to reach a newly discovered planet circling our Sun’s nearest neighbour, Proxima Centauri? Based on real science and engineering, “Faster Than Light” takes audiences on a thrilling journey into the future, aboard laser-driven space sails, antimatter engines, and even warp drive – right out of science fiction. Did an Asteroid Really Kill the Dinosaurs? Produced and distributed by Daniel M. Soref Planetarium Milwaukee Public Museum - Robert Bonadurer Did a space rock six miles wide---really--- slam into the Earth 66 million years ago and wipe out 75 percent of all living species at that time, including the dinosaurs? Explore the evidence and cosmic clues to find the answer in this great family show. Suitable for school groups grade 3 and up. Explore the dinosaur and the dinosaur disaster up close in this original production. 17

WORKSHOPS Preconference Media Globe Users Group (MUG) Monday, June 4th. Workshop conducted by Konica Minolta and Philip Groce. This is an opportunity for planetarians who use or are anticipating using any of the Media Globe projector systems from Konica Minolta, to share presentations and learn new techniques to enhance the performances in their home facilities. Location: In the Show Dome set up in the 1st floor lobby of the Holiday Inn University Duration: 9:00 am until 5:00 pm breaking for lunch

Live Interpretation Planetarium Symposium (LIPS) Mini, Tuesday, June 5. Workshop conducted by Karrie Berglund of Digitalis. This all-day workshop will give attendees a sense of what happens at the annual Live Interactive Planetarium Symposium (LIPS). LIPS is a multi-day gathering that focuses on all facets of live programming: presentation skills; sample activities; etc. As with the full LIPS, ideas and content presented at the Mini LIPS are intended to apply to everyone who does live shows, no matter whether those shows are in a portable dome or fixed, with a digital system or starball. Sessions will include comet model activities; planetarium research; and targeting astronomical misconceptions. Attendance is limited to 45 people, in order to maximize opportunities for quality interaction. The surcharge of $25 covers lunch and two breaks.

Location: Overton Room, 2nd floor of the Holiday Inn University Duration: 9:00 am until 5:00 pm breaking for lunch

Conference Wednesday June 6 10:15 a.m. Hands-on Astronomy Activities – Learn from and participate in demonstrations of multiple hands-on astronomy activities. Participants will be able take and use them in their home facilities - Conducted by Christine Schupla. Location: Overton Room, 2nd floor of the Holiday Inn University Duration: 2 hours (10:15 am -12:15 pm)

1:30 p.m. Introduction to 360 Photography – Learn the operation of the Ricoh Theta SC camera and how to use it in Fulldome video production. Registrants who pay the $200 materials fee will go home with their very own production camera. – Conducted by Derek Demeter

Location: Overton Room (2nd floor Holiday Inn University) pm) Duration: 3 hours (1:30 pm – 4:30 pm)

Thursday June 7 10:15 a.m. Human Powered Orrery and Exoplanets - This workshop will have participants build a

solar system (out to Mars). We will then, using human planets, demonstrate the motions of the planets. Then this human powered model will show how the close approach of Mars will happen this summer. Then we will create a human powered star field and our selected team of astronomers will observe the star field looking for possible exoplanets. Finally, we will construct the exoplanet system of Trappist 1. Participants will receive electronically everything they need to repeat this activity at their home institution. (2 hours) – Conducted by David Dundee

Location: Tennessee Ballroom (2nd floor Holiday Inn University) Duration: 2 hours (10:15 am – 12:15 pm)

Targeting Different Learning Styles - This workshop will briefly introduce attendees to the seven basic learning

styles identified by The Institute for Learning Styles Research. After the overview of the seven learning styles, attendees will work in small groups to create a set of planetarium activities targeting each learning style. These activities will be compiled after the conference and emailed to all workshop participants for use in their domes. – Conducted by Karrie Berglund of Digitalis

Location: Overton Room (2nd floor Holiday Inn University) Duration: 1 hour and 15 minutes (11:00 am – 12:15 pm)

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PAPER SESSIONS Paper Sessions

Paper Session #1 Wednesday, June 6

9:00am

9:15am

9:30am

9:45am

David Dundee - Kinetic Activities on National Astronomy Day This paper will describe the NASA funded kinetic activities done at the Tellus Science Museum this past April. I will show how our human powered solar system demonstrated the planetary motions of the inner planets. Also this activity demonstrated how the close approach of Mars will happen in July. I will show how we built a human powered exoplanet system and how our junior astronomers detected possible exoplanet systems in our human powered star field.

Paper Session #2 Wednesday, June 6

4:45pm

5:00 pm

5:15 pm

Brad Herring - National Informal STEM Education (NISE) Learn more about the free Explore Science: Earth and Space Toolkits and how planetariums can benefit from these valuable resources. In this presentation, participants will learn about the National Informal STEM Education (NISE) Network’s new Space and Earth Informal Science Education project and how their organization can get involved. In collaboration with NASA, the NISE Network is currently assembling a new set of free engaging, hands-on Earth and space science toolkits with connections to Heliophysics, Earth Science, Planetary Science, and Astrophysics, and their social dimensions. A total of 350 toolkits will be awarded to eligible organizations through a competitive application process in the fall of 2018. In this presentation, we’ll present a general introduction to the project and provide an overview of the Explore Science: Earth & Space toolkits, including information about how to apply.

Paper Session #3 Thursday, June 7 9:00 am

Jay Lamm - Building Your Own Audio Production PC on Virtually Any Budget The bulk of any discussion surrounding planetarium production will be centered on the visual side of things, i.e. how can we better communicate science with our own animations. But, of course, there’s the audio side as well. Getting started in audio production can be an intimidating prospect… but it’s not as bad as you may think. Here, we will go over how to build your own audio production PC, how to choose the best digital audio workstation software to suit your needs and budget, and how to get the best out of your audio project.

9:15 am

9:30 am

9:45 am

Jack Northrup - Hyperspheric to Hemispheric Camera Tricks Ways to convert and correct hyperspheric fisheye images to hemispheric dome masters. Also tricks in Blender to manipulate these images.

Paper Session #4 Thursday, June 7 1:30 pm

2:00 pm

2:15 pm

Jason Dorfman - 3D Printing a Solar Filter Bays Mountain Park received a 3-D printer as a donation in 2016. As we were in production on our new eclipse show, the printer sat unused for several months. Once we finished our production, I took on the task of learning how to use the printer. I began to look for something to model myself and print. With the solar eclipse coming up in August, creating a solar filter for my telescope was already on my mind. In my presentation I will explain how I designed and modelled the filter using our 3-D modelling software. I’ll cover some of the design flaws that became evident after the printing process. Finally, I’ll present the final product, which we also now use on a different scope for solar observations at Bays Mountain Park.

2:30 Break 2:45 pm

3:00 pm

Panel Discussion in Shelby Ballroom: Butts in Seats and Repeat A further discussion of issues and sharing of techniques involved in encouraging repeat visitation. Panelists: Derek Demeter, Lindsie Smith, Duke Johnson, Liz Klimek, and Derrick Rohl

3:30 pm

END of Paper Sessions

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HOW THE SHARPE PLANETARIUM GOT ITS START In November 1953, a group of high school boys formed the Memphis Astronomical Society. They gathered monthly at the Memphis Museum to hold astronomy programs and then look at stars from the museum lawn. Their programs were open to the public and anyone over the age of 12 could join the club. One of the members, Mike Snowden, wanted to take the club’s passion to a new level and get a planetarium for the city. The Astronomical Society hosted two meetings at the museum in March 1954 to see if there was enough interest in their idea. At the second meeting, Spitz Laboratories sent a man to demonstrate the Spitz projector on a portable canvas dome in the museum’s club room. Former mayor Walter Chandler and Park Commissioner H.S. Lewis attended the demonstration and left in favor of procuring a planetarium. Early conversations suggested putting the new attraction at the fairgrounds, Memphis State (now University of Memphis), Southwestern (now Rhodes College) or the museum. The museum won and museum director Ruth Bush got to work turning the religion exhibit gallery, which was located on the landing of the grand staircase, into a planetarium. She had the walls painted black, installed tilting chairs around the perimeter of the room and fireproofed the canvas dome. The projector was installed in October 1954, opened to the public in December and was air-conditioned the following August. The total cost of the project was $6,500.00, and shows were initially free for visitors. Since the museum did not have the funds to hire a planetarium director, the boys of the Astronomical Society hosted the shows. Jon Buhler, Michael Peck and Ned Lawrence presented shows on the weekends, but the planetarium closed during the week because they were in school. They pointed out constellations, talked about the Christmas star and did any other programming that they felt was needed. Eventually, the museum was able to hire staff to run the planetarium.

FUN FACTS ABOUT MEMPHIS Terms you may hear in and around Memphis: Memphis Style – A term representing the way your Barbecue Sandwich is prepared and delivered to you with cole slaw on top of the meat. Used in a sentence: “Would you like that Memphis Style?” Mid-South – This term refers to the multi-state demographics found in the Memphis area, with the urban sprawl crossing the border into two additional states. Rather than specifying the particular state in conversation, it became common to refer to this area as the “Mid-South”. Used in a sentence: “We here in the Mid-South prefer our barbecue sandwiches served Memphis Style!” The 901 - The area code for the Greater Memphis Area, the phrase “nine-oh-one” has been adopted by businesses and collectives all over the city as a sign of Memphis pride. #901Rocks!

Famous Memphians Morgan Freeman Kathy Bates Johnny Cash Leslie Jones George Hamilton Lisa Marie Presley Cybill Shephard Aretha Franklin Michael Oher Justin Timberlake Ginnifer Goodwin W.C. Handy Chris Hardwick Jerry Lawler B.B. King Shannen Doherty Wink Martindale Roy Orbison Danny Thomas Lucy Hale Megan Fox Ike Turner Otis Redding The list goes on and on!

NEARBY NECESSITIES Golden Indian 2097 Madison Ave, 38104 goldenindiamem.com 901.728.5111

Char 431 S Highland St #120, 38111 memphis.charrestaurant.com 901.249.3533

Grocery Poplar Plaza Kroger 3444 Plaza Ave. 901.323.0191

A-Tan, Chinese and Hibachi 3445 Poplar Ave, 38111 901.458.8877

RP Tracks 3547 Walker Ave, 38111 rptracks.com 901.327.1471

Shipping FedEx 3295 Poplar Ave. 901.452.2824 The UPS Store Poplar Plaza Shopping Center 901.324.7282 USPS 13 S. Prescott St. 800.275.8777

Osaka 3402 Poplar Ave, 38111 901.249.4690 Central BBQ 2249 Central Ave. 90.272.9377 Corky’s 5259 Poplar Ave. 901.685.9744 El Porton 3448 Poplar Ave, 38111 901.452.7330 Maciel’s 525 S Highland St, 38111 901.504.4584 Brother Juniper’s College Inn 3519 Walker Ave. 901.324.0144 Lenny’s Sub Shop 521 S Highland St, 38111 901.454.7077 Joe’s Chicken 262 S Highland St, 38111 901.337.7003 La Baguette 3088 Poplar Ave, 38111 labaguettememphis.com 901.458.0900

Insomnia Cookies 545 S Highland St, TN 38111 insomniacookies.com 901.254.8587 The Broken Egg 65 S Highland St, 38111 Menu: anotherbrokenegg.com 901.623.7122 Garibaldi’s Pizza 3530 Walker Ave. 901.327.6111 Petra Cafe 547 South Highland Street, 38111 901.323.3050 The Bluff 535 S Highland St, 38111 901.454.7771 Wang’s Mandarin House 544 S Highland St, 38111 wangsmemphistn.com 901.458.4880 Hospitals Regional One Health 890 Madison Ave. 901.545.7100 Methodist University Hospital 1265 Union Ave. 901.516.7000

Pharmacys Walgreens 3381 Poplar Ave. 901.458.8559 CVS 3502 Park Ave. 901.324.1050 Beer/Brewing Co. Wiseacre Brewing Co. 2783 Broad Ave. 901.888.7000 Made in Memphis Brewing Co. 768 Cooper St. 901.207.5343 Liquor/Wine Buster’s Liquors & Wines 1915 Highland St. 901.458.0929 Joe’s Wines and Liquors 1681 Poplar Ave. 901.725.4252

VENDOR ROOM 1-2 AUDIO VISIAL IMAGINEERING 3 BAYS MOUNTAIN PRODUCTIONS 4 ASTRO-TEC MANUFACTURING

12 CHROMOCOVE

23 GOTO INC

13 SUDEKUM PLANETARIUM

24 LASER FANTASY 25-26 SPITZ

14 - 15 NISE

16 - 17 BOWEN TECHONVATION

5 MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM

27 STARLIGHT PRODUCTIONS

18 GEOGRAPHICS IMAGING

6-7 KONICA MINOLTA PLANTARIUMS

28 DIGITALIS EDUCATION

19-20 EVANS & SUTHERLAND

8 - 9 CLARK PLANTARIUM PRODUCTIONS

21-22 ASH ENTERPRISES

10-11 SEILER

NOTES: 1) EACH 8'X8' SPACE IS PROVIDED WITH ONE 6' TABLE 2) ELECTRICAL POWER INCLUDED (MAX 15 AMP/120VAC) 3) CEILING HEIGHT IS 16' 0" 4) SPACES BETWEEN BOOTHS SUBJECT TO CHANGE DEPENDING ON ACTUAL NUMBER OF BOOTHS RESERVED 5) LAYOUT SHOWS SPACE FOR THREE DOMES. EACH DOME SPACE WILL INCLUDE ONE 6' TABLE. 6) Chairs available during setup.

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PLANETARIUM AT ADVENTURE SCIENCE CENTER

2018 SouthEastern Planetarium Association Conference Program

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CODE OF CONDUCT

KEYNOTE & GUEST SPEAKERS

FUN FACTS ABOUT MEMPHIS

SHARPE PLANETARIUM ORIGINS

SHOW DESCRIPTIONS

PRESIDENT ADDRESSES

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