Space Guard Academy at Lowell Observatory
Ideum recently installed a series of interactives for a new exhibition at the Lowell Observatory Visitor Center in Flagstaff, AZ. The exhibition takes the form of a fictional school: Space Guard Academy.
Category Archive for Astronomy
Ideum Collaborates with Exploratorium Global Studios
Sometimes projects come along that challenge us in new ways, and allow us to show off the full range of capabilities offered by Ideum’s multi-talented staff.
New Accessibility Feature Enhances Open Exhibits Experience
Video tour of enhanced Solar System Exhibit Enhanced Solar System Exhibit Ideum (the lead organization of Open Exhibits) has made significant progress in multitouch accessibility in the process of developing three…
Spring Equinox & Traditions of the Sun
Yesterday was the first day of spring and it reminded me of a project we did back in 2004-2005. Traditions of the Sun was a NASA-funded project that explored ancient observatories. The project…
NASA Space Weather Viewer in the Google Android Market
The NASA Space Weather Viewer is now available in the Google Android Market. You can download it here. Becoming a Google Developer and posting the app to the market was…
Try the NASA Space Weather Android App
We’ve just completed our first release of the Android version of the NASA Space Weather Media Viewer. Like the version we developed last fall for the Apple iPhone & iPod, the Space Weather Viewer for Android features near-real-time imagery from a wide variety of NASA missions, as well as video interviews with prominent scientists. The new Android version will be available in the Google Android Market Place and on the Amazon App Store later this month. If you’d like to get a sneak peak of this…
Winter Solstice Solar Marker at Chaco Canyon
This morning I was able to observe sunrise at the great house of Pueblo Bonito in Chaco Culture National Historical Park. The weather was dicey, so I feel very lucky to have captured this amazing solar display. This effect is seen at sunrise for the days surrounding the time of the winter solstice. The sun shines through a corner window and the image appears in the…
NASA Space Weather Media Viewer Mobile – Uncaged and Wild
After months of development and ten nervous days in the Apple App Store approval process, we’ve just released the NASA Space Weather Media Viewer iPhone application. The Space Weather app allows you to view real-time and near-real-time imagery from a variety of NASA satellites, as well as videos and more! Ideum, in partnership with Goddard Space Flight Center, was awarded a grant to extend the tremendously popular web-based Space Weather Media Viewer to the mobile platform. The application ships with informational videos,…
A View of the Moon from Chaco Culture National Park
Last week, I was part of a group of amateur astronomers who attempted to capture NASA’s LCROSS mission impact from Chaco Canyon. As I mentioned in an earlier post , I first tried my hand at astrophotography the weekend before the event. The photograph below was taken just after the spacecraft impact early in the morning on October 7th. Unfortunately, the event was not visible from any of our telescopes. (You’ll have to visit NASA’s LCROSS site to see the effects of the…
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