tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23641019362672445142012-02-16T17:35:38.233-08:00head1962http://www.blogger.com/profile/11083452177987168127noreply@blogger.comBlogger61100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2364101936267244514.post-56804445454317978352008-05-27T10:42:00.000-07:002008-06-08T06:00:18.711-07:00<div><span style="font-family:verdana;">There!</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Put all the signs on.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">In beautiful <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">polished</span> brass.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Looks really cool now.</span><br /><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_eePk-f1Usdk/SEu3ju0bDLI/AAAAAAAAAWI/WUgAR3_Yuyc/s1600-h/analogue+planetarium.jpg"></a><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_eePk-f1Usdk/SEvXvUQafKI/AAAAAAAAAWQ/CyNx387iut4/s1600-h/analogue+planetarium-1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209494601875487906" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_eePk-f1Usdk/SEvXvUQafKI/AAAAAAAAAWQ/CyNx387iut4/s320/analogue+planetarium-1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_eePk-f1Usdk/SDxI-rO66MI/AAAAAAAAAVo/vJPe3z2WrNU/s1600-h/DSCN3147+copie-1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5205115510927845570" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_eePk-f1Usdk/SDxI-rO66MI/AAAAAAAAAVo/vJPe3z2WrNU/s320/DSCN3147+copie-1.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">With the signs a bit off the wood, there is a nice shadow...</span><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2364101936267244514-5680444545431797835?l=thefirstplanetarium.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>head1962http://www.blogger.com/profile/11083452177987168127noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2364101936267244514.post-7033029018011902008-05-25T22:59:00.000-07:002008-05-25T23:17:43.406-07:00They fit...<br />All of them.<br />It is still very big.<br />But then again.<br />If you decide to make the first real time analogue planetarium.<br />You better expect it to be big.<br /><br /><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_eePk-f1Usdk/SDpSn7O66JI/AAAAAAAAAVQ/1fWh5AC3wIo/s1600-h/DSCN3141.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204563165248678034" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_eePk-f1Usdk/SDpSn7O66JI/AAAAAAAAAVQ/1fWh5AC3wIo/s320/DSCN3141.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_eePk-f1Usdk/SDpTarO66KI/AAAAAAAAAVY/8_4X40BOjjY/s1600-h/DSCN3143.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204564037127039138" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_eePk-f1Usdk/SDpTarO66KI/AAAAAAAAAVY/8_4X40BOjjY/s320/DSCN3143.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Now I need a new house.<br />A sort of castle.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2364101936267244514-703302901801190?l=thefirstplanetarium.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>head1962http://www.blogger.com/profile/11083452177987168127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2364101936267244514.post-30777530724316429592008-05-23T10:47:00.000-07:002008-05-23T11:12:42.649-07:00<span style="font-family:verdana;">The signs.</span> <div><div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">In brass.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">I made the program...<br /></span><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_eePk-f1Usdk/SDcHOrO66HI/AAAAAAAAAVA/RjA33BDQ5XY/s1600-h/DSCN3128.JPG"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5203635843154765938" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_eePk-f1Usdk/SDcHOrO66HI/AAAAAAAAAVA/RjA33BDQ5XY/s320/DSCN3128.JPG" border="0" /></span></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Then Marcel laughed at me.</span></div><div><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_eePk-f1Usdk/SDcGgrO66GI/AAAAAAAAAU4/VJPHIcQKhMY/s1600-h/DSCN3127.JPG"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5203635052880783458" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_eePk-f1Usdk/SDcGgrO66GI/AAAAAAAAAU4/VJPHIcQKhMY/s320/DSCN3127.JPG" border="0" /></span></a><br /><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">After a minor correction they were ready to be cut out.</span></div><div><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_eePk-f1Usdk/SDcHt7O66II/AAAAAAAAAVI/wV0j7-PBaBk/s1600-h/DSCN3129.JPG"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5203636380025677954" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_eePk-f1Usdk/SDcHt7O66II/AAAAAAAAAVI/wV0j7-PBaBk/s320/DSCN3129.JPG" border="0" /></span></a><br /><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">With a 5.2Kw MONSTER of a laser...</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Kind of cool (well hot actually) though.</span></div><div><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_eePk-f1Usdk/SDcGCLO66FI/AAAAAAAAAUw/4EeUi57s3h8/s1600-h/DSCN3130.JPG"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5203634528894773330" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_eePk-f1Usdk/SDcGCLO66FI/AAAAAAAAAUw/4EeUi57s3h8/s320/DSCN3130.JPG" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">All of them on a heap after a first polish...</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">They look absolutely great.</span> </div><div> </div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Funny how the date of the exhibition <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">approaches</span> faster and faster.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Time was supposed to be linear, something I wrote in another part of the blog.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Not so, it seems...</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Must be because I make <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">clocks</span>.....</span></div><div> </div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2364101936267244514-3077753072431642959?l=thefirstplanetarium.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>head1962http://www.blogger.com/profile/11083452177987168127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2364101936267244514.post-31850429524690895352008-05-15T01:40:00.000-07:002008-05-15T01:51:13.130-07:00<div><div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">The Planetarium will be exhibited during the Nuit de la Science in Geneva.</span></div><div><a href="http://www.ville-ge.ch/culture/nuit/"><span style="font-family:verdana;">http://www.ville-ge.ch/culture/nuit/</span></a></div><span style="font-family:verdana;">The pendulum clock too!!</span><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Just a couple of days.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">For all of you to see it.</span><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">For real.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">The stand is ready.</span></div><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_eePk-f1Usdk/SCv4tTQQX7I/AAAAAAAAAUY/4RAJ0XcfBjY/s1600-h/DSCN2951.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5200523651875626930" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_eePk-f1Usdk/SCv4tTQQX7I/AAAAAAAAAUY/4RAJ0XcfBjY/s320/DSCN2951.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">The box too....</span></div><div><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_eePk-f1Usdk/SCv45DQQX8I/AAAAAAAAAUg/ob8-hJnxXUY/s1600-h/DSCN3042.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5200523853739089858" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_eePk-f1Usdk/SCv45DQQX8I/AAAAAAAAAUg/ob8-hJnxXUY/s320/DSCN3042.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_eePk-f1Usdk/SCv5EDQQX9I/AAAAAAAAAUo/K2wrIBd_OQg/s1600-h/DSCN3043.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5200524042717650898" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_eePk-f1Usdk/SCv5EDQQX9I/AAAAAAAAAUo/K2wrIBd_OQg/s320/DSCN3043.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">You can not really overlook it.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">It is still very very big...</span></div><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2364101936267244514-3185042952469089535?l=thefirstplanetarium.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>head1962http://www.blogger.com/profile/11083452177987168127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2364101936267244514.post-50163978008379014802008-04-14T10:26:00.000-07:002008-04-14T10:35:22.903-07:00<span style="font-family:verdana;">The box...<br /></span><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Way too big..</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">I drew it.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Size 1 to 1.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Stuck it on the wall.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Way, way too big...</span></div><div><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_eePk-f1Usdk/SAOU5Wbs8FI/AAAAAAAAATQ/HWW1FQ-SqnA/s1600-h/analog10015.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189154908656169042" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_eePk-f1Usdk/SAOU5Wbs8FI/AAAAAAAAATQ/HWW1FQ-SqnA/s320/analog10015.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">So, I scaled it down as much as possible.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">The meters are really BIG.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">But, it looks much better like this.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Slimmer and smoother too.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Made the signs smaller too.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">They were just huge.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Going to cut them out of brass.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">With the box in oak.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Yes.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">And with a bit of luck you'll all be able to see it soon.</span></div><div> </div><div> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2364101936267244514-5016397800837901480?l=thefirstplanetarium.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>head1962http://www.blogger.com/profile/11083452177987168127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2364101936267244514.post-62472255195066652022008-03-13T00:13:00.000-07:002008-04-14T10:26:16.631-07:00<strong><span style="font-family:verdana;">The planets.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></strong><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Where are they?</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">What time is it for the Jovians?</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">See at a glance where our planets are.</span><br /><br /><div><div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Where in their orbit around the sun....</span> </div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Where they are in their own day...</span> </div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Can be done I think.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Made some sketches years ago.</span></div><div><br /><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_eePk-f1Usdk/R9j00xo4-7I/AAAAAAAAAIo/4x5iAz6Wu8M/s1600-h/jeudi,+13.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5177156959177604018" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_eePk-f1Usdk/R9j00xo4-7I/AAAAAAAAAIo/4x5iAz6Wu8M/s320/jeudi,+13.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Disaster!!!!</span><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Pluto is concidered a planet, I never did!</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;">OOOOF, back to 8 planets.</span><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Still need 20!! meters.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Then finally found them.</span> </div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;">All 20 of them, all the same.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;">All in bakelite, exactly what's needed.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span><br /></div><div></div><div><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_eePk-f1Usdk/R9j3Sho4-9I/AAAAAAAAAI4/-iGlHcjvW30/s1600-h/DSCN1383.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5177159669301967826" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_eePk-f1Usdk/R9j3Sho4-9I/AAAAAAAAAI4/-iGlHcjvW30/s320/DSCN1383.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">They are the indicators.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Drew it all up in a cad system...</span></div><div><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_eePk-f1Usdk/R9j1uho4-8I/AAAAAAAAAIw/-mnESpk483A/s1600-h/jeudi,+13+(2).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5177157951315049410" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_eePk-f1Usdk/R9j1uho4-8I/AAAAAAAAAIw/-mnESpk483A/s320/jeudi,+13+(2).jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Top row: our own time system, </span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">days devided in hours</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">hours devided in minutes</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">minutes devided in seconds..</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Useful?</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Then per planet:</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">the planetary day, also called sidereal day</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">And its sidereal year...</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;">That needs some serious slow counting...</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;">146 Earth's years for one on Neptune...</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;">I'll never even see the needle move!</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><br /></div><div></div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2364101936267244514-6247225519506665202?l=thefirstplanetarium.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>head1962http://www.blogger.com/profile/11083452177987168127noreply@blogger.com1