Authentic Science Fiction Monthly, No. 66 — page 6: what you’re looking at

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About the cover... PLANETARIUMS PLANETARIUM IS AN IN- strument which literally supplies skies to order. Would you like to know how the heavens will appear in ten thousand years’ time? Simple, just press a button and watch as the firmament alters to show you exactly how your descendants will see the grouping of the constella- tions, the nebulz, the posi- tions of the planets and the configuration of the globu- lar clusters. As a means of education a planetarium is unrivalled in the field of astronomy. It is living education. The student can see the actual movements of the planets as they wend their way across the skies. He can watch the phases of the Moon, Mercury and Venus and see the real and ap- parent motions of the sun. He can do all this from the comfort of his chair, no matter what the weather may be like outside, and, in a few hours, he can observe natural phenomena which he could never see in a lifetime of staring at the natural sky. Planetariums do not merely show the movements of the planets and the apparent motion of the stars. With various attach- ments it is possible to show sunrise and sunset, teach geography and navigation, show the results of gravita- tional influences and reveal all the fascinating com- plexities of the universe around us. The popularity of planet- ariums as a medium of instructional entertainment _has been proved again and again in every city in which they have been installed. At such installations special shows are designed for various audiences, from the earnest astronomical student studying celestial mathematics, to the school- children who revel in a cunningly designed “‘trip to the Moon.” The news that London will shortly be having a planetarium of its own will delight the hearts of all who are interested in the limitless skies around us. comiclooolkks.com