How is Digitalis participating in IYA?
1) For the Dark Skies theme of IYA, we are creating a set of Stellarium software scripts and suggested narrations. There are four script subjects: • Apparent magnitude • Finding Orion in the sky • Light pollution (gradually increasing Stellarium’s light pollution simulation and discussing its effect on the sky); and • How to provide the best data for Globe at Night by viewing Orion under different amounts of light pollution (i.e., determining the appropriate limiting magnitude to report). Each subject has one script written for 45 degrees north latitude and another for 45 degrees south latitude, for a total of eight scripts. These scripts will be included on a DVD of planetarium Dark Skies activities, videos, and other resources being compiled by Chuck Bueter. Hopefully the DVD will be ready in late September or early October, 2008. All available details about the DVD can be found at: http://www.lettherebenight.com/ Digitalis customers will be able to download the scripts and suggested
