[ATMoB-discuss] BMOS Planetarium

[A. Joseph Ross]

On 12 May 2006 at 2:01, valleli at rcn.com wrote:

> Yes, I also remember my first total solar eclipse. It was 
> televised from Manhattan with Dave Garroway as host.
> That was 1952, the year before I joined ATMoB. Remeber that?

No, I don't remember that one.  I was in 3rd grade then.  I think I 
remember a lunar eclipse in January 1953.  And a week or two later, 
there was a diagram of a lunar eclipse on the blackboard in Mr. 
Peepers' classroom.
 
> The club had many meetings at the planetarium to hear 
> Director John Patterson speak of the progress on the Korkosz 
> Projector, demos of the rising skyline, special effects like 
> clouds, meteors, and auroras, sunrise, sunset,  but no stars! 
> It was another few years before they added the planet 
> projectors but faked it for a while with projected slides.
> John was a member of the club for several years and had made 
> a scope around 1950.

I didn't think they ever got the planet projectors installed until 
1971, when they replaced the Korkosz projector with a new Zeiss.

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