Comments on: Bad Astronomy at the Detroit Science Center http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/12/bad-astronomy-at-the-detroit-science-center/ I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:42:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Adrian http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/12/bad-astronomy-at-the-detroit-science-center/comment-page-1/#comment-88413 Adrian Thu, 22 May 2008 20:06:57 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/12/bad-astronomy-at-the-detroit-science-center/#comment-88413 Hey phil, I saw and enjoyed the show at the planetarium at the DSC. You look good in an afro :). I'm also finally getting around to reading your book (bought it in the gift shop at the DSC). Hey phil, I saw and enjoyed the show at the planetarium at the DSC. You look good in an afro :) . I’m also finally getting around to reading your book (bought it in the gift shop at the DSC).

]]> By: Clair http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/12/bad-astronomy-at-the-detroit-science-center/comment-page-1/#comment-88412 Clair Thu, 15 May 2008 12:58:50 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/12/bad-astronomy-at-the-detroit-science-center/#comment-88412 I hate that I missed this. I wrote the center to find out if there was public transit from the airport, but they said no, and I just couldn't afford the rental car for the day. :-( I hate that I missed this. I wrote the center to find out if there was public transit from the airport, but they said no, and I just couldn’t afford the rental car for the day. :-(

]]> By: Faithful reader http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/12/bad-astronomy-at-the-detroit-science-center/comment-page-1/#comment-88411 Faithful reader Wed, 14 May 2008 15:22:44 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/12/bad-astronomy-at-the-detroit-science-center/#comment-88411 What Mark said :-) Mark Bobakon 12 May 2008 at 11:43 am Darn it! I’m in MI, and I remember that you were coming here from a previous blog entry, but I didn’t realize it was this weekend! I missed it! What Mark said :-)

Mark Bobakon 12 May 2008 at 11:43 am

Darn it! I’m in MI, and I remember that you were coming here from a previous blog entry, but I didn’t realize it was this weekend! I missed it!

]]> By: StevoR http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/12/bad-astronomy-at-the-detroit-science-center/comment-page-1/#comment-88410 StevoR Wed, 14 May 2008 03:54:29 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/12/bad-astronomy-at-the-detroit-science-center/#comment-88410 Oops! Typo correction : The 'Southern Pleiades' is actually IC 2602. Sorry. Oops!

Typo correction : The ‘Southern Pleiades’ is actually IC 2602.

Sorry.

]]> By: StevoR http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/12/bad-astronomy-at-the-detroit-science-center/comment-page-1/#comment-88409 StevoR Wed, 14 May 2008 03:52:48 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/12/bad-astronomy-at-the-detroit-science-center/#comment-88409 <blockquote> # <b>Gnat </b> on 12 May 2008 at 11:34 am Phil, Do you have any plans to visit Chicago’s Adler? *hint*hint* </blockquote> Or Adelaide, SouthAustralia, please, BadAstronomer? We've got a great planetarium out at Mawson lakes ... & some fantastic people running it who'd make you very welcome! Oh &, of course, we've got the southern hemisphere skies to offer you with their Magellanic Clouds, Omega Centauri (our new nearest galaxy? ;-) ), the amazing Eta Carinae & its nebulas, the Dark Emu indigenous "constellation", 47 Tucanae, the Southern Cross, the False Cross asterism, the Southern Plieades - Theta Carinae IC 20602, ....

# Gnat on 12 May 2008 at 11:34 am
Phil, Do you have any plans to visit Chicago’s Adler?
*hint*hint*

Or Adelaide, SouthAustralia, please, BadAstronomer?

We’ve got a great planetarium out at Mawson lakes … & some fantastic people running it who’d make you very welcome!

Oh &, of course, we’ve got the southern hemisphere skies to offer you with their Magellanic Clouds, Omega Centauri (our new nearest galaxy? ;-) ), the amazing Eta Carinae & its nebulas, the Dark Emu indigenous “constellation”, 47 Tucanae, the Southern Cross, the False Cross asterism, the Southern Plieades – Theta Carinae IC 20602, ….

]]> By: Todd Slisher http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/12/bad-astronomy-at-the-detroit-science-center/comment-page-1/#comment-88408 Todd Slisher Tue, 13 May 2008 13:33:55 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/12/bad-astronomy-at-the-detroit-science-center/#comment-88408 Oh, BTW yes Rachel Nevada is a stage name, but I'm too much of a gentleman to reveal her real one ;) If you look it up, Rachel is a town in Nevada near many 'UFO' sites. However, choosing Rachel Nevada as a narrator was based on her voice, not the name. This was a total co-incidence. (Or perhaps Aliens were using mind control on me to select her as a narrator?... hmmmm). Oh, BTW yes Rachel Nevada is a stage name, but I’m too much of a gentleman to reveal her real one ;)

If you look it up, Rachel is a town in Nevada near many ‘UFO’ sites. However, choosing Rachel Nevada as a narrator was based on her voice, not the name. This was a total co-incidence. (Or perhaps Aliens were using mind control on me to select her as a narrator?… hmmmm).

]]> By: Paul http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/12/bad-astronomy-at-the-detroit-science-center/comment-page-1/#comment-88407 Paul Tue, 13 May 2008 06:10:20 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/12/bad-astronomy-at-the-detroit-science-center/#comment-88407 it was a sweet show. yeah sometimes it was cheesy but it was a funny good kind. really cool and i learned a lot it was a sweet show. yeah sometimes it was cheesy but it was a funny good kind. really cool and i learned a lot

]]> By: Ian http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/12/bad-astronomy-at-the-detroit-science-center/comment-page-1/#comment-88406 Ian Tue, 13 May 2008 05:13:58 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/12/bad-astronomy-at-the-detroit-science-center/#comment-88406 "Rachel Nevada" That has got to be a stage name. *checks BIO* Hmmmm. Odd. Still. LOL considering the nature of this site. “Rachel Nevada” That has got to be a stage name.

*checks BIO*

Hmmmm. Odd. Still. LOL considering the nature of this site.

]]> By: BlondeReb3 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/12/bad-astronomy-at-the-detroit-science-center/comment-page-1/#comment-88405 BlondeReb3 Tue, 13 May 2008 02:23:32 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/12/bad-astronomy-at-the-detroit-science-center/#comment-88405 I have to agree - I'm also a fan of cheese. There can never be enough of that! And I second Boston! I have to agree – I’m also a fan of cheese. There can never be enough of that!

And I second Boston!

]]> By: Todd Slisher http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/12/bad-astronomy-at-the-detroit-science-center/comment-page-1/#comment-88404 Todd Slisher Tue, 13 May 2008 01:30:12 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/12/bad-astronomy-at-the-detroit-science-center/#comment-88404 Hey Phil, Thanks for the kind words. The show really was a labor of love and I hope we captured the spirit of the book (as well as a 39 minute show can). But gee, not too cheezy? We'll have to try harder. I thought for sure the International Sand Registry piece would put it on at least thick cheddar levels... ;) You were great with the audiences both large and small. Glad you could come to open the show. We really enjoyed it. For all you out there that want to see the show (shameless plug coming) go ask your local planetarium to talk to us about it, or better yet come see the trailer when it is presented at the International Planetarium Society conference in Chicago in June (yes, its being held at Alder...). And Kevin - The show will be available in traditional showkit form in late June to other Planetaria, with the full dome version coming later this summer. Clear Skies, Todd Slisher Detroit Science Center Hey Phil,

Thanks for the kind words. The show really was a labor of love and I hope we captured the spirit of the book (as well as a 39 minute show can). But gee, not too cheezy? We’ll have to try harder. I thought for sure the International Sand Registry piece would put it on at least thick cheddar levels… ;)

You were great with the audiences both large and small. Glad you could come to open the show. We really enjoyed it.

For all you out there that want to see the show (shameless plug coming) go ask your local planetarium to talk to us about it, or better yet come see the trailer when it is presented at the International Planetarium Society conference in Chicago in June (yes, its being held at Alder…).

And Kevin – The show will be available in traditional showkit form in late June to other Planetaria, with the full dome version coming later this summer.

Clear Skies,

Todd Slisher
Detroit Science Center

]]> By: Michael Dean http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/12/bad-astronomy-at-the-detroit-science-center/comment-page-1/#comment-88403 Michael Dean Tue, 13 May 2008 01:28:16 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/12/bad-astronomy-at-the-detroit-science-center/#comment-88403 Do you think you might bring this to the Science Museum Oklahoma (formerly the Omniplex) in OKC? I would love to take my AP students to it next fall/spring... Do you think you might bring this to the Science Museum Oklahoma (formerly the Omniplex) in OKC?

I would love to take my AP students to it next fall/spring…

]]> By: Kevin Conod http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/12/bad-astronomy-at-the-detroit-science-center/comment-page-1/#comment-88402 Kevin Conod Mon, 12 May 2008 22:44:54 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/12/bad-astronomy-at-the-detroit-science-center/#comment-88402 We're looking forward to having the show in our planetarium in Newark (NJ) soon - I believe the plan is to release the show to other planetariums in the summer, meaning that it will start showing this fall or early '09 at various planetariums. Perhaps Mr Potts could update us. We’re looking forward to having the show in our planetarium in Newark (NJ) soon – I believe the plan is to release the show to other planetariums in the summer, meaning that it will start showing this fall or early ’09 at various planetariums. Perhaps Mr Potts could update us.

]]> By: Shache http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/12/bad-astronomy-at-the-detroit-science-center/comment-page-1/#comment-88401 Shache Mon, 12 May 2008 22:39:13 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/12/bad-astronomy-at-the-detroit-science-center/#comment-88401 please tell me when its coming to texas! i want to see it so badly now! please tell me when its coming to texas! i want to see it so badly now!

]]> By: Jewel http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/12/bad-astronomy-at-the-detroit-science-center/comment-page-1/#comment-88400 Jewel Mon, 12 May 2008 21:35:02 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/12/bad-astronomy-at-the-detroit-science-center/#comment-88400 I like extra cheese, myself! Seriously, I'd love to see the show. Sounds pretty neat. I like extra cheese, myself! Seriously, I’d love to see the show. Sounds pretty neat.

]]> By: Rebecca http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/12/bad-astronomy-at-the-detroit-science-center/comment-page-1/#comment-88399 Rebecca Mon, 12 May 2008 20:38:52 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/12/bad-astronomy-at-the-detroit-science-center/#comment-88399 Hey, cool! Wish I were nearby to see it. Sounds like they strayed pretty far from the source material, though. I mean, only a "light layer" of cheese? That's not the Bad Astronomer I know and love. Hey, cool! Wish I were nearby to see it. Sounds like they strayed pretty far from the source material, though. I mean, only a “light layer” of cheese? That’s not the Bad Astronomer I know and love.

]]> By: madge http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/12/bad-astronomy-at-the-detroit-science-center/comment-page-1/#comment-88398 madge Mon, 12 May 2008 18:01:43 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/12/bad-astronomy-at-the-detroit-science-center/#comment-88398 LOVE the photo! That is so cheesy it is positively GORGONZOLA but I love it just the same! Good job Phil....next.....Bad Astronomy the MOVIE! STARRING....Tom Cruise? Mel Gibson? Bruce Willis? : ) LOVE the photo! That is so cheesy it is positively GORGONZOLA but I love it just the same! Good job Phil….next…..Bad Astronomy the MOVIE! STARRING….Tom Cruise? Mel Gibson? Bruce Willis? : )

]]> By: Richard B. Drumm http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/12/bad-astronomy-at-the-detroit-science-center/comment-page-1/#comment-88397 Richard B. Drumm Mon, 12 May 2008 17:53:54 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/12/bad-astronomy-at-the-detroit-science-center/#comment-88397 Hmmm.... Cheese is a problem? Hmmmmmm........ Do I ladle it on too heavily myself? At McCormick Observatory Friday night I did have one kid (whom we all know ask the darnedest questions) ask me if I have to make it so EXCITING. :lol: I'd been explaining supernovae & neutron stars, so I said "Yes!" but now I wonder... This WAS an audience of 4th graders after all, and one of them DID fall asleep in his chair... Maybe I wasn't exciting enough for him... Hmmmmmmmmmmmm................... But I -LIKE- cheese, I put Gruyere in mashed potatoes last night when I cooked Mothers Day dinner for the wife... Rich in Charlottesville Hmmm….
Cheese is a problem?
Hmmmmmm……..
Do I ladle it on too heavily myself?
At McCormick Observatory Friday night I did have one kid (whom we all know ask the darnedest questions) ask me if I have to make it so EXCITING. :lol: I’d been explaining supernovae & neutron stars, so I said “Yes!” but now I wonder… This WAS an audience of 4th graders after all, and one of them DID fall asleep in his chair… Maybe I wasn’t exciting enough for him…
Hmmmmmmmmmmmm……………….
But I -LIKE- cheese, I put Gruyere in mashed potatoes last night when I cooked Mothers Day dinner for the wife…
Rich in Charlottesville

]]> By: Blake Stacey http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/12/bad-astronomy-at-the-detroit-science-center/comment-page-1/#comment-88396 Blake Stacey Mon, 12 May 2008 17:46:11 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/12/bad-astronomy-at-the-detroit-science-center/#comment-88396 When's it playing in Boston? When’s it playing in Boston?

]]> By: John Potts http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/12/bad-astronomy-at-the-detroit-science-center/comment-page-1/#comment-88395 John Potts Mon, 12 May 2008 17:45:49 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/12/bad-astronomy-at-the-detroit-science-center/#comment-88395 Phil, Thank you for the kind words about the Bad Astronomy planetarium show. The book, Bad Astronomy, was an inspirational resource and I think the hardest part was deciding what to include in the show. Depending on how you look at it, we are fortunate (or unfortunate) that there are many other examples of bad science out there. I guess that means we have material for many sequels… John J. Potts Technical Coordinator Detroit Science Center Phil,

Thank you for the kind words about the Bad Astronomy planetarium show. The book, Bad Astronomy, was an inspirational resource and I think the hardest part was deciding what to include in the show.

Depending on how you look at it, we are fortunate (or unfortunate) that there are many other examples of bad science out there. I guess that means we have material for many sequels…

John J. Potts
Technical Coordinator
Detroit Science Center

]]> By: Mark Bobak http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/12/bad-astronomy-at-the-detroit-science-center/comment-page-1/#comment-88394 Mark Bobak Mon, 12 May 2008 17:43:51 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/12/bad-astronomy-at-the-detroit-science-center/#comment-88394 Darn it! I'm in MI, and I remember that you were coming here from a previous blog entry, but I didn't realize it was this weekend! I missed it! -Mark Darn it! I’m in MI, and I remember that you were coming here from a previous blog entry, but I didn’t realize it was this weekend! I missed it!

-Mark

]]> By: Dave http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/12/bad-astronomy-at-the-detroit-science-center/comment-page-1/#comment-88393 Dave Mon, 12 May 2008 17:43:46 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/12/bad-astronomy-at-the-detroit-science-center/#comment-88393 I was at both presentations (Cranbrook and the DSC), and I must say, you did a great job Phil! I Loved the planetarium show also. But, I have to disagree on one point: it was a bit too cheesy for my taste. I was at both presentations (Cranbrook and the DSC), and I must say, you did a great job Phil!

I Loved the planetarium show also. But, I have to disagree on one point: it was a bit too cheesy for my taste.

]]> By: Gnat http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/12/bad-astronomy-at-the-detroit-science-center/comment-page-1/#comment-88392 Gnat Mon, 12 May 2008 17:34:49 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/05/12/bad-astronomy-at-the-detroit-science-center/#comment-88392 Phil, Do you have any plans to visit Chicago's Adler? *hint*hint* :) Phil,

Do you have any plans to visit Chicago’s Adler?

*hint*hint*
:)

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