Delegate Registration due by March 15, 2022 Late registration fee of $40 required starting March 16, 2022 To purchase your 2022 Conference Delegate Registration online via credit card, please use the link below:Registration has ended. To purchase your 2022 Conference Delegate Registration via mail, [...]
Continuing Education Unit (CEU) from the University of Maine Because this year's MAPS Conference takes place at on a university campus, we are able to offer delegates the opportunity to earn one CONTINUING EDUCATION UNIT (CEU) from the University of Maine at no additional cost. The university defines continuing education as: [...]
Carter Emmart - Director of Astrovisualization at the American Museum of Natural History What is OpenSpace? OpenSpace is a graphical visualization of the universe that shows a sum of its parts to produce a greater understanding of its layout, scale and behavior. It isa NASA supported open-source software, freely available [...]
“Fresh courage glimmers from planets” – by Steve Fentress The title comes from a poem by Joy Harjo. Each of us receives some inheritance, tangible or intangible, and leaves some legacy. Along the way there may be sharp turns, intentional reversals, or tedious, drill-like progress. What is there to hold [...]
There are four ways to participate in and contribute to the 2022 MAPS Conference: Paper Talks are scheduled in 15-minute time slots. Talks allow the short presentation of any topic that lends itself to publication as a research or topical article. Presenters should allow time at the end for questions, and [...]
The Versant Power Astronomy Center at the University of Maine is home to the Jordan Planetarium, a 10 meter dome with 52 seats housing a Sky-Skan/SSIA digital 4K dome, with ChromaCove cove lighting and digital 5.1 audio. This facility opened in October of 2014 and was a replacement for the original [...]
Dear MAPS Member, Versant Power Astronomy Center & Jordan Planetarium would like to invite you, MAPS friends and colleagues, to join us from May 18 – 21, 2022 here in beautiful Orono, Maine for the 2022 conference. The gathering is a great time for MAPS Members to re-connect, brainstorm ideas [...]
Constellation Winter 2021 Elections 2022 President's Message MAPS 2022 Conference Update Indiana University of Pennsylvania Planetarium Williamsville Space Lab Planetarium New Jersey State Planetarium "The Pillar of Diplomacy" By Noreen Grice, MAPS 2021 Margaret Noble Address Read the Newsletter
