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Would you like Singapore to have a working planetarium?

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It doesn't matter. I think the general public won't go.
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Definitely!
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Definitely! I will be willing to contribute! We need to show our kids what the sky can really look like!
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Has anyone ever seen the Science Centre's planetarium's star projector in action before?
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nope, i think it was down before i started astro.

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chrisyeo wrote:Has anyone ever seen the Science Centre's planetarium's star projector in action before?
yes...I been there twice.....

Not a bad show...
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bah, who did u bribe?

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Are you saying they have one??
I remember back in my primary school days (shortly after a supernova formed M1 ! ) there was this space show where we sat lying down and they featured the night sky via a number of square projectors. the ceiling was flat, not dome shaped like modern planetariums..
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Hi,
Are you saying they have one??
I remember back in my primary school days (shortly after a supernova formed M1 ! ) there was this space show where we sat lying down and they featured the night sky via a number of square projectors. the ceiling was flat, not dome shaped like modern planetariums..
That means you are... (2005 - 1054) at least 951 year old!!! :shock: :shock: Also, I wonder which primary school was that and they had projectors in 1054 AD?? Ha Ha Ha... :P :P :P

Hee hee hee... :k-evil: :k-evil: :k-evil: :k-lol: :k-lol: :k-lol:

Have a nice day.
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weixing wrote: That means you are... (2005 - 1054) at least 951 years old!!! :shock: :shock: Also, I wonder which primary school was that and they had projectors in 1054 AD?? Ha Ha Ha... :P :P :P

Hee hee hee... :k-evil: :k-evil: :k-evil: :k-lol: :k-lol: :k-lol:

Have a nice day.
at the risk of being off topic...just want to emphasise its not Raffles Primary School as he's not born yet.
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Post by weixing »

Hi,
Ha Ha Ha... :D :D

Anyway, the planetarium is the Omni-Theatre:
http://www.science.edu.sg/ssc/otmovie.j ... 82&cat=215
http://www.science.edu.sg/ssc/otmovie.j ... t=0&cat=82

By the way, I still haven't been in the Omni-Theatre before... no show that interest me yet... :P

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Post by oxygn »

yup seen the planaterim in action. very nice. it really looks like being under a clear steady dark desert or mountain sky.
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Post by Jeremy »

Yes, I went to the planetarium when I first visited Singapore in February 1997. When I came back in 1999 it was already closed. The projector was still present in the Omni-theatre, but effectively mothballed.

The show was quite good, but the projector technology is pretty outdated compared with the modern multi-media planteria.

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