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The planetarium won't be the same without it

By adamg on Mon, 01/04/2010 - 1:14am

Chris Devers reports yesterday was the last day ever for the barbell-shaped Zeiss projector at the Museum of Science's planetarium. He says they're getting a state-of-the-art projector that'll be able to do all sorts of cool stuff, but, really, it'd be a little like showing up for the indoor lightning show only to find out the giant towers have been replaced with a laser.

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By chrismatth on Mon, 01/04/2010 - 2:31am.

Adam, the van-de-Graff generator runs the lightning shows. I'm pretty sure it's still there. It's the biggest one ever built. The thing being removed/replaced is a projector to show stars and other space stuff inside the planetarium.

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By adamg on Mon, 01/04/2010 - 7:56am.

I was comparing the two, not confusing them, at least, in my own mind.

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By Jay Levitt on Mon, 01/04/2010 - 8:00am.

It's like my friend the horologist who prefers a complex mechanical watch, with all its precision jeweled gears, to my battery-powered watch that syncs to a stratum-1 time server somewhere by radio. Sure, mine keeps more accurate time, but it lacks the intricacy, ingenuity and intrigue of mechanicals.

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By anon2 on Mon, 01/04/2010 - 6:58am.

GOP teabag outrage in 3 2 1...

Or is that limited to Chicago?

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By Dave on Mon, 01/04/2010 - 4:24pm.

Huh?

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