Guests arriving early on Sunday can check in at the Museum starting at 12:00 PM for conference packets and to explore the Boonshoft Museum.

Please note that registration opens before the museum opens to the public. 

Troubleshooting 101

Transitioning from Digistar Scripting to JavaScript

Box lunches will be available to add to your registration.

Please note that the Boonshoft Museum of Discovery has a vending area but no cafe.

 

Custom Star Maps and Digistar

Going Further with JavaScript

Location: Main Exhibit Hall

Please note that registration opens before the museum opens to the public.  

Faking 3D with Gimp and Digistar

Practical Presentations

Box lunches will be available to add to your registration.

Please note that the Boonshoft Museum of Discovery has a vending area but no cafe.

Designing Demos 2019

Flight School 2019

Location: Main Exhibit Hall

Blender Modeling for Digistar

Please note that registration opens before the museum opens to the public. 

Scriptapalooza 2019

Using the NASA Exoplanet Archive with Digistar

Box lunches will be available to add to your registration.

Please note that the Boonshoft Museum of Discovery has a vending area but no cafe.

Location: Bieser Classroom

Location: Hall of the Universe

Enjoy an opening reception in the Hall of the Universe with nonalcoholic refreshments plus*

Mediterranean Presentation with domestic and imported cheeses, fresh fruit, stuffed olives, and salami slices

Blue-lump Crab Cakes with Chef's Dill Sauce

Sesame-encrusted Chicken Satay with Asian Plum Sauce and Sesame Teriyaki Sauce

Dill and Veggie Flatbreads

Dessert Station

*menu subject to change

Location: Caryl D. Philips Space Theater

The Boonshoft Museum's planetarium staff will showcase a handful of never before seen content, as well as a few fan favorites.  Play a game of Digistar themed Jeopardy designed for up to 150 people at a time.  Create your own version of ACDC's Back in Black using only your arms with our Kinect pit.  While the Dayton planetarium provides a lot of content to the Digistar Users Group, we have much more that has yet to be seen.

Location: Caryl D. Philips Space Theater

Presenter: Kevin Scheiman

Step aboard a Star Destroyer for an exciting boot camp through a galaxy far, far away.  As a new recruit for the Empire, you and your crew of up to 150 people will be touring the planets of the Galactic Empire such as Tatooine. Mustafar or any one of twenty other worlds from both Legends and Canon.  Explore the oceans of Kamino, or visit Cloud City.   And don't forget, if those pesky rebels start making trouble, feel free to call in the galaxy's greatest weapon and blow their planet out of the universe.  

Location: Caryl D. Philips Space Theater

Starlight Productions

Location: Caryl D. Philips Space Theater

Presenter: Jeff Bowen

With over 125 Digistar sites now using AstroFX systems, our teams continue to co-develop new AstroFX features for Digistar users including a new lighting GUI, new digital audio interfaces and new online video tutorials.

Location:  Caryl D. Philips Space Theater

All events on Wednesday evening are Digistar 5 based.

Evans and Sutherland will change the Boonshoft planetarium to a Digistar 6 before Thursday morning.

Presenters:

Faulkner Planetarium:  Custom Terrain Flights Over Idaho

Northern Kentucky University:  Choose Your Flight (using Xbox controllers)

Northern Kentucky University:  Back to the Moon Update

Please note that registration opens before the museum opens to the public. 

Location: Caryl D. Philips Space Theater

This workshop teaches Digistar users new ways to use Digistar scripts and control panels to control AstroFXAudio and LED lighting systems.
This programming method is super fast and easy and quickly guarantees perfect sync of your effects with music and visual images.
It also enables control of any individual LED fixture, group of fixtures, or audio settings directly from Digistar 3-4-5-6.
Duggies will actually sit at the console and perform these effect in real time.
A door prize will be awarded.

Location: Caryl D. Philips Space Theater

Performers: Mark Bensette Aux Bois, Hildi Thelen, Kevin Healy

Prepare to embark on a dynamic journey of striking visualizations accompanied by live, New Age instrumental music from Nouveau Papillon.  

Visionsphere’s portals will transport you through eleven immersive voyages:  you’ll witness angels gliding through the heavens, experience a panoramic exploration of deep caves, gaze upon fractal art and steampunk images, then enter the mystical realm of the wolf and other wildlife and nature indigenous to Arizona.  As each experience concludes, a porthole will appear to guide you to the next destination; as a new song begins, the visuals align with the spirit of the music being performed.

This innovative experience is presented by international recording artists, Nouveau Papillon, whose live performance in the planetarium will include music from their current and upcoming albums.  Mark Bensette Aux Bois on electric harp and 6 & 12-string acoustic/electric guitars and Hildi Thelen on Native American-style flutes create a unique presentation as the music is synchronized with the visual images on the dome.  Also adding to the ambiance, the perimeter of the dome has changing hues in accord with each selection.

This presentation was designed specifically for the Evans & Sutherland Digistar planetarium system, and programmed by Dr. Kevin Healy, Planetarium Director of MCC, and produced by the Nouveau Papillon design team, headed by Ed Capps.

 

 

Watch a preview of the program here:

Nouveau Papillon trailer

Brown Dwarfs: Storms on our Hidden Neighbors

Location: Main Exhibit Hall

Instructor: Davin Flateau

Astronomer Davin Flateau, former Digistar Users Group member, will be speaking on the topic of brown dwarfs and their unusual patterns of activity.  Davin studied brown dwarfs as a research specialist at the University of Arizona Lunar and Planetary Laboratory.

Location: Caryl D. Philips Space Theater

Instructor: Markus Schack

Markus Schack will be presenting several of the many games produced at his location for the dome environment.

Location:  Caryl D. Philips Space Theater

Karen Klamczynski

Evans & Sutherland

Whether you are a seasoned scripter or just getting started with Digistar, I think you will benefit from this overview of over 45 classes that can be used to create user objects.  From AsteroidClass to XboxClass, from common to obscure, we will look at examples on the dome and address the purposes, specialization, and best uses of each of these classes.  This seminar is applicable to D4, D5, and D6 users.

Enjoy a provided lunch from Dayton's own Pizza Factory

Gourmet Pizza

Salads

Sandwich Platters

Vegetarian and Gluten Free Options included

Tea, Lemonade, Water Service

Dinner on your own

Location: Caryl D. Philips Space Theater

Instructor: Kevin Scheiman

Explore the behind the scenes efforts of what is required to create your very own interactive Digistar universe.  Kevin Scheiman will demonstrate how to create your own custom star system (from planet textures and surface environments to accurate time-dependent orbits) and how to become an expert using Digistar's navigation controls.  We will also take a brief glimpse at the Javascript files that enable the Planets of Star Wars to be an intuitive and user friendly experience for all levels of Digistar users.

Location: Caryl D. Philips Space Theater

Presenters:

Delta College Planetarium:  Apollo Anniversary and More

Roger B. Chaffee Planetarium:  ShowStep

Location: Caryl D. Philips Space Theater

Presenter:  Dome3D

 

Dome3D LLC is an award winning immersive media and technology consulting company that provides cutting edge solutions for businesses worldwide. We offer the latest in VR / 360° video consulting services, production training through our Kolor Academy sessions, custom content development and technology support packages.

Founded by veteran fulldome and immersive media producer Matthew Mascheri, Dome3D's mission is to provide quality, cost effective solutions that are tailored to the needs of the customer.  Working with talented producers, artists and industry partners, let us help design and support customized media and technology solutions for your business.

Dome3D's content production capabilities includes 360 video capture and processing, editing and compositing, time lapse and panoramic photography, virtual tours, 3D modeling and animation and more.

Location: Caryl D. Philips Space Theater

Chuck Rau from Chromacove will be showcasing the abilities of their cove lighting system installed in the Boonshoft's planetarium. 

ChromaCove, LLC is located in Cleveland, Ohio in the United States of America. Growing out of a need for high-quality LED lighting in the planetarium and domed theater industry, our focus is on providing the very best LED-based cove lighting systems. So far, the results have been absolutely amazing. We are appreciative of the attention and interest we've received from our vendor partners and clients. We have adapted to the needs of our customers, and we continue to innovate with even more ideas and new products on the horizon.

Location: Caryl D. Philips Space Theater

Chuck Rau from Chromacove will be on hand to help demonstrate how to create and edit lighting cues.  Issues such as connecting Chromacove to Digistar will be addressed, as well as any other issues Chromacove users may have.

Please note that registration opens before the museum opens to the public. 

Location: Caryl D. Philips Space Theater

Presenters:

Ruth Patrick Science Education Center:  Show Information and Show Development Control Panels

Planetarium Verkehrshaus der Schweiz:  Sea Ice Today

Planetarium Flensburg:  Apollo 11 Collection

Planetarium EC1:  Shakespeare's Sonnets, Evolution Stars, Celestial Objects

Colgate University:  Virtual Galapagos

Fachhochschule Kiel:  Total Eclipse of the Heart music video

Location: Caryl D. Philips Space Theater

New Digistar user Waylon Troyer from the Science Museum of Oklahoma explains how he has interfaced a raspberry pi with python to interact with D6.  The end result?  Send voice commands to a digital assistant and enhance your live shows with a bit of magic.

Location: Caryl D. Philips Space Theater

Presenter: Justin Bartel

Justin Bartel, DUG President-Elect, and one of the top Digistar cloud contributors, will review the past year in space exploration through Digistar datasets and models.  You are probably already familiar with cloud submissions from Justin that highlight the TESS mission, or New Horizons. Celebrate one of the most exciting years of astronomy, Digistar-style.

Enjoy lunch provided by Texas Beef and Cattle Co.

Mesquite Brisket

Mesquite Chicken

Smoked Tofu

Chef Salad

Rice, Beans, Corn, and Tater Salad

Mac n Cheese

All the fixin's!

Location: Caryl D. Philips Space Theater

Presenter: Stephanie Hylinski and Joe Childers

“Meet Patience!” is a live animal show in the dome demonstrating the Boonshoft Museum’s successful sloth encounter planetarium show.  You’ll learn what it took to get this idea off the ground and the special concerns and needs of animals and their handlers in a dome environment.  You’ll also see the whole show just as we present it to the public, including an up-close encounter with Patience at the end.

Location: Caryl D. Philips Space Theater

Presenter:  Evans & Sutherland

 

Location: Caryl D. Philips Space Theater

Presenter: Moodswings LLC presenting Mesmerica

 

 

Location: Caryl D. Philips Space Theater

Presenters:

Tidewater Community College:  Real-time scripts from Astronomy classes

Burke Baker Planetarium (HMNS):  TBA

Science Museum of Virginia:  Fan-TESS-tic Exoplanets and Lunar Litter

Closing reception and dinner in the Ballroom at

Crowne Plaza

33 East Fifth Street

Dayton OH 45402

+1-937-224-0800

Enjoy beautiful views of the Downtown Dayton Skyline while you enjoy a buffet dinner and cash bar.  Guests are welcome to stay at the hotel bar after the dinner is over.

Participants must RSVP on their registration and pay the $20 add on fee. 

Amy Barraclough will be speaking about the Ambassadors Program and its trip to Chile for the recent solar eclipse. 

Location- Caryl D. Philips Space Theater

Presenters:

Steven Bradley - Show Writting and Public Performance Methods

Nico Kuhn  - Humpbacks of Hawaii

Data to Dome at Colgate University:

The Data to Dome workshop, organized by the Ho Tung Visualization Lab at Colgate University, the University of Cape Town and Iziko Planetarium Research Consortium, and the International Planetarium Society will be held October 18 - 20, 2019in Hamilton, NY on the Colgate University campus.  This workshop will bring together planetarium professionals, faculty from multiple disciplines,  and visualization experts to collaborate on big data for the immersive visualization setting of the planetarium."

 

 

 

 

1100 Spaatz Street

Dayton, OH 45431

937-255-3286

Tour the largest collection of military aircraft in the world inside five massive hangars.  Beginning with the pioneering aircraft of Dayton’s own Wright Brothers, you can see the progression of aviation technology through the wars of the 20^th century and continuing to today’s stealth fighters, bombers and drones.  Also see missiles, the original training simulator for the Space Shuttle, each of the aircraft that have been used as “Air Force One” to transport the U.S. President, and more.  Bring walking shoes and empty your phone’s photo storage—it’s impossible to see everything in one day, but you’ll want to try!

Lunch is on your own.

Valkyrie Cafe- located on the second floor. The cafe is open from 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM.

Refueling Cafe- located on the mezzanine between the Cold War Gallery and fourth building.  The cafe is open from 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM.

https://www.afmuseum.com/dining