Comments on: Jodrell Bank to become biggest silver screen evah

By: g

Mon, 17 Sep 2007 19:06:50 +0000

This is a terrible idea! They’ll only be able to fit maybe one or two people into the prime focus to watch the movie.

By: Bruce Almighty

Bruce Almighty — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 18:24:58 +0000

Anything in OMNIMAX format should work – it’s meant to be shown on a concave screen (like a planetarium dome but inclined). It’s related to IMAX so the large screen area should not present a problem.
Some of the space films were shot in that format, IIRC.

By: David Hall

David Hall — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 04:33:30 +0000

Please show anything but DRAGON WARS . . .

By: Crux Australis

Crux Australis — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 02:43:18 +0000

I, too, wonder how they will correct for the curvature of the dish.

By: Rob

Rob — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 22:16:04 +0000

Coincidentally we are holding an Open Weekend at the Parkes radio telescope in western NSW this weekend (22-23 Sep). This is the only time that the telescope itself is open for public tours.

One of the planned highlights will be an open air showing of the film “The Dish” by the Dish itself. We are not projecting the film onto the telescope though as it will be observing as usual throughout the weekend.

For more details go to:
http://www.outreach.atnf.csiro.au/events/opendays/2007/index.html

(Sorry for the shameless promotional plug!) We’d love to see lots of people there. If not, try the Parkes webcam to view the open day.

By: llewelly

llewelly — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 18:58:31 +0000

I am a new owner of the internet and loving it.

I guess the USA wasted too much money in Iraq and was forced to auction it off on eBay. Eventually the Japanese will observe that the USA didn’t own most of it, and all hell will break loose.

By: Dan

Dan — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 18:06:14 +0000

I don’t think I like this idea. Should a prominent astronomical observatory be involving itself in producing light-pollution?