CrowdPass for COVID Vaccine/Test Verification COVID Protocols Per University of Maine policy all visitors must wear a mask covering the nose and mouth while inside buildings on campus. Additionally MAPS will be utilizing CrowdPass for vaccine verification or for providing a negative COVID test 24 hours prior to the conference. Please [...]
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
As a member of the Middle Atlantic Planetarium Society, YOU have the privilege to vote for colleagues who will serve as your representatives on the MAPS Board. This year we have many wonderful candidates to choose from that will take three seats that are available.MAPS members, check your inbox in January for your [...]
Conference Schedule ↓ Download the 2022 MAPS Conference Program Tuesday, May 17 8:00pm – 10:00pm MAPS Board Meeting Versant Power Astronomy Center Wednesday, May 18 9:00am – 4:00pm Mini-LIPS Workshop Versant Power Astronomy Center 10:00am – 4:00pm Vendor Booth Setup IMRC Room 104 4:00pm Delegate Registration Opens [...]
Black Bear Inn & Conference Center 4 Godfrey Drive Orono, ME 04473 (207) 866-7120 https://blackbearinnorono.com General Information: Black Bear Inn and Conference Center is offering MAPS participants room rates of $99 plus tax a night from May 17 to 22. In order to receive the MAPS conference rate, you [...]
Dear MAPS Supporter, The Middle Atlantic Planetarium Society will bring together its members, vendors, and supporters in Orono, Maine for the 2022 Conference. This year’s conference will be hosted by the Versant Power Astronomy Center & Jordan Planetarium at the University of Maine starting in the late afternoon on Wednesday [...]
Conference Sponsor Levels Sponsor levels are named University of Maine/Jordan Planetarium themes Download the Sponsor Registration Packet “URSA MAJOR – Black Bear” Top Conference Sponsor | $3,500 36 square feet of space in Vendor Hall (may include 1 table and 2 chairs) 30-minute Demonstration Session in planetarium 2 conference registrations [...]
June 5, 2021 Written by Noreen Grice and JT Towne Tina received a BA in anthropology from Franklin Pierce College in NH and worked at the Charles Hayden Planetarium (CHP), Boston, in the 1980s as the planetarium’s registrar. She coordinated admissions for the annual Lowell Astronomy Lectures and student enrollment for various astronomy courses. [...]
Constellation Fall 2021 2022 Conference Update President’s Message Education Committee "Teaching About Exoplanets in a Virtual World" By Patty Seaton Call for Nominations for MAPS Board Voices from the Dome Pages of Stars Contest A Week in the United States Triple Conjunction Conference 2023 SEPA-MAPS-WAC Kingsport, TN NASA’s Webb Space Telescope Arrives [...]
MAPS in Maine 2022 “Dome Visualization and Climate Change” Save the date for next year’s in person conference of the Middle Atlantic Planetarium Society – May 18 to 21, 2022! The 2022 MAPS Conference will be hosted by the Versant Power Astronomy Center & Jordan Planetarium at the University of [...]
Constellation Summer 2021 Pillar of Margaret Noble: Persistence President’s Message A Note from the Past President Education Committee Williamsville Space Lab Planetarium – Summer 2021 update MAPS in Maine 2022 By Laws Update Call for Nominations for MAPS Board Business Meeting Virtual Conference MAPS Memorial Committee Sunrise Eclipse Member News Read the [...]
Stars for All 2023! A national conference for all 7 US regions Conference Dates: June 20-24, 2023 Registration is open for the June National Planetarium Conference at Bays Mountain, TN Bays Mountain Planetarium in Kingsport, Tennessee is proud to host the annual conference for SEPA, GLPA, GPPA, MAPS, PPA, RMPA, & SWAP. We [...]
May 24, 1936 - January 30, 2021 Written by Sam Storch Steve Berr, an enthusiastic “Brooklyn boy” and retired planetarium director and astronomy evangelist has passed on to the stars he loved. A graduate of Brooklyn College and Temple University, Steve had majored in geology and began teaching in New York but soon [...]
