New life for planetarium.Byline: The Register-Guard Four months ago, the Lane Education Service District Planetarium planetarium, optical device used to project a representation of the heavens onto a domed ceiling; the term also designates the building that houses such a device. A modern planetarium consists of as many as 150 motor-driven projectors mounted on an axis. was sucked into a black hole after voters rejected a $10 million bond measure to build it a new home at the Lane County Fairgrounds n. pl. 1. same as fairground. . Now, the planetarium is back in orbit. Last week, the Science Factory reached an agreement with the Lane ESD (1) (Electronic Software Distribution) Distributing new software and upgrades via the network rather than individual installations on each machine. See ESL. to take over the planetarium's remaining equipment and reopen it in its former location next to Autzen Stadium The stadium is tucked between the Willamette River and Coburg Hills. The uniquely shaped bowl blends in with the wooded Eugene landscape. The shape also allows for unique acoustics, making it one of the loudest stadiums in NCAA Football for its capacity. . That's great news, especially when schools need all the educational resources they can get. But the measure's defeat cost the planetarium two key assets - longtime Director Jon Elvert, who has accepted a new job, and state-of-the-art SkyVision equipment, which is now at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry  This article or section reads like a and may need a .Please help [ to improve this article] to make it in tone and meet Wikipedia's . in Portland. But the planetarium will benefit from $1 million in federal funding targeted for planetarium activities in rural school districts. The money will help launch future generations of kids' imaginations into star-studded space. |
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