The Buhl Planetarium
and Institute of
Popular Science:
A City Designated
Historic Structure
protected by the
Historic Review
Commission of
Pittsburgh.

Zeiss II Projector:
Oldest Operable
Major
Planetarium
Projector
in the World !
(Exhibit-only
display at
Carnegie Science Ctr.)

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CURRENT NEWS: Buhl Planetarium / Friends of the Zeiss Astronomy, Space, and other Sciences Buhl Planetarium/Friends of the Zeiss-Related News Current Buhl Planetarium/Friends of the Zeiss Related On-going Issues Current Buhl Planetarium/Friends of the Zeiss Related News Newly-Created Web Pages on History of Buhl Planetarium and Friends of the Zeiss Web Sites "Update" Year-End Report for 2008 December: Buhl Planetarium and Carnegie Library News Archives SpaceWatchtower Blog FOTZeiss: Mail-Group 1 (Venus2) * Archives ** Mail-Group 2 (VenusTransit) * Archives Current Buhl Planetarium/Friends of the Zeiss-Related Issues * "Fall Arts Preview: Head out and have fun at these Pittsburgh places." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2010 Sept. 9. CARNEGIE SCIENCE CENTER One Allegheny Ave., North Side. 412-237-3400 EXHIBITS: Astronomy Exhibits in Buhl Digital Planetarium lobby -- Newton's Hockey, Hologram Planets, Planetary Weights (opens Oct. 7); Zeiss Model II Star Projector Exhibit -- Historical Zeiss planetarium projector from the original Buhl Planetarium and interactive exhibits (ongoing); Miniature Railroad & Village (opening Nov. 20); If a Starfish Can Grow a New Arm, Why Can't I? -- Exhibit focuses on tissue engineering and regenerative medicine (ongoing). * Smith, Pohla. "Star projector returns to the spotlight at Pittsburgh's science center." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2010 July 14. * Smith, Pohla. "Facts about the Zeiss Model II Star Projector." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2010 July 14. * Walsh, Glenn A. "Zeiss II Projector Exhibit at CSC." Electronic Mail Group Message. Friends of the Zeiss Mail-Group 2010 July 10. * "Zeiss Star Projector shines in new exhibition at Science Center." The South Pittsburgh Reporter 2010 July 6. * Mitchell, Ellen. "Old Buhl Planetarium's projector still draws fans." Pittsburgh Tribune-Review 2010 July 2: B3. * Walsh, Glenn A. "Zeiss Projector Exhibit Opens at CSC." Electronic Mail-Group Message. South Hills Backyard Astronomers Mail-Group 2010 July 1. * "Old Star Projector Part of Science Center Exhibit." Video News Report. KDKA-TV 2, Pittsburgh 2010 July 1. (Search KDKA-TV 2 video library, at this link, using search terms "star projector".) * "Carnegie Science Center PRESENTS Iconic Zeiss Star Projector in New Historic Exhibition." News Release. The Carnegie Science Center 2010 June 30. Display of historic Buhl Planetarium Zeiss II Planetarium Projector, in Carnegie Science Center Atrium Gallery, begins 2010 July 1. McCoy, Adrian. "Home sweet home: Things to do locally this summer." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2010 May 14. "The Zeiss projector enchanted generations of kids on field trips to the original Buhl Planetarium. The Zeiss is moving to its new home at the Carnegie Science Center, where visitors can learn about the history of this planetarium projection technology... "CARNEGIE SCIENCE CENTER One Allegheny Ave., North Side. 412-237-3400. EXHIBITS: Zeiss Exhibit -- The Zeiss II Star Projector from the original Buhl Planetarium moves to its new home in the Science Center Atrium, along with interactive exhibits that highlight the technology used at the time (opens in July);..." Walsh, Glenn A. "Zeiss to be Reassembled: Science Center Announcement." News Release. Friends of the Zeiss 2009 Aug. 18. Friends of the Zeiss statement regarding Carnegie Science Center announcement that historic Zeiss II Planetarium Projector would be reassembled as exhibit, to be displayed in Carnegie Science Center atrium by late 2010. Huge Robot Exhibit To Prevent Display of Zeiss II Planetarium Projector On 2008 April 9, Carnegie Science Center officials announced a new permanent exhibit, "RoboWorld," will be installed in what was used as space for traveling exhibits on the second floor of the Science Center. When completed, the exhibit "will be the largest and most comprehensive robotics exhibit anywhere in the nation," said Science Center Director Joanna Haas. The exhibit will include Carnegie Mellon University's Robot Hall of Fame. In 2002, Science Center officials had promised the City of Pittsburgh that some of this second floor space, near the Henry Buhl, Jr. Planetarium (now also known as the Buhl Digital Dome), would be used for a "Final Frontier" exhibit, which would include display of the historic Zeiss II Planetarium Projecctor, the oldest, operable major planetarium projector in the world prior to its 2002 October dismantling. Also included in the "Final Frontier" exhibit was to be another original Buhl Planetarium artifact, the large Mercator's Projection Map of the World, which was considered the world's largest such map when first installed at the 1939-1940 World's Fair in New York City. The "Final Frontier" exhibit, which was not supposed to be dependent on the proposed $90 million expansion project which was cancelled in May of 2003, has never been developed. Nor has there been any word about the future of this proposed exhibit, which was a major reason why the City of Pittsburgh permitted the Science Center to remove the Zeiss II Planetarium Projecctor and the large Mercator's Projection Map of the World from the original Buhl Planetarium building. Now it seems this large, new, permanent robotics exhibit will preclude the ability to install the "Final Frontier" exhibit next to the Henry Buhl, Jr. Planetarium. Friends of the Zeiss has always contended that the best place for the historic Buhl Planetarium artifacts is the original Buhl Planetarium building, the only place (due to custom-construction of the building) where the Zeiss II Planetarium Projecctor and the 10-inch Siderostat-type Refractor Telescope can be fully unitlized to teach science to children visiting the Children's Museum. * "Zeiss projector restoration." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2002 Dec. 30. Regarding proposed "Final Frontier" exhibit. McCoy, Adrian. "Science Center's 'roboworld' displays real and famous robots in traveling exhibit." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2009 June 14. Baillie, Ronald J. and Ann M. Metzger. "Robots R Us, Robotics play a key role in Pittsburgh's present and future." Op-Ed. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2009 June 10. Ronald J. Baillie and Ann M. Metzger are co-directors of The Carnegie Science Center. Machosky, Michael. "Carnegie Science Center adds Roboworld to permanent exhibits." Pittsburgh Tribune-Review 2009 June 10. * Walsh, Glenn A. "Science Center Space Lost for Display of Planetarium Artifacts." Address. Pittsburgh City Council. 2008 April 29. Prepared Text *** Large-Print Version * Walsh, Glenn A. "Science Center Space Lost for Display of Planetarium Artifacts." Address. Board of Directors, Allegheny Regional Asset District. 2008 April 28. Prepared Text *** Large-Print Version * Graham, Francis. " Science Center Space Lost for Display of Planetarium Artifacts." Letter. To City and County Public Officials. 2008 April 24. * "CMU'S ROBOT HALL OF FAME." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2008 April 19. * Templeton,, David. "Robots coming to life in 2009 exhibit." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2008 April 10. * Houser, Mark. "Roboworld could cement 'Burgh as robotics capital." Pittsburgh Tribune-Review 2008 April 10. * Houser, Mark. "Robot exhibit coming to Carnegie Science Center." Pittsburgh Tribune-Review On-Line 2008 April 9. * "Carnegie Science Center will open comprehensive robotics exhibition." Pittsburgh Tribune-Review 2008 April 7. * Houser, Mark. "CMU at forefront in building thinking machines." Pittsburgh Tribune-Review 2008 April 6. * "What is artificial intelligence?." Pittsburgh Tribune-Review 2008 April 6. * "Will A.I. work lead to robots taking over the world?" Pittsburgh Tribune-Review 2008 April 6. * Houser, Mark. "Robots do a little networking." Pittsburgh Tribune-Review 2008 April 9. * 2008 Feb. - Recent News of Controversy Regarding "Bodies...the Exhibition" at The Carnegie Science Center, Including claims of use of bodies of Chinese political prisoners by the ABC-TV news show "20/20." * NASA Space Shuttle Atlantis Mission STS-122 Updates Click Here -- Mission STS-122 commanded by Pittsburgh-area native Stephen N. Frick, who was inspired by Pittsburgh's original Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science. * Walsh, Glenn A. Letters-to-the-Editor: "About my views." (Last letter of six letters on web page) Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2008 March 29. Response to letter-to-the-editor personal attack, regarding both Carnegie Library and Buhl Planetarium, published in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on 2008 January 1. Original, more detailed response was e-mailed to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on 2008 January 5. * Demko, David and Kimmel, Joan. "Belated opposition," Letters-to-the-Editor Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2008 Jan. 1 (Fifth letter of seven on web page) Glenn A. Walsh Reply (to Pittsburgh Post-Gazette by electronic mail) to Personal Attack in "Belated opposition" Letter-to-the-Editor, Regarding BOTH Carnegie Library and Buhl Planetarium. *** * 2007 Sept. 21 - PAT will purchase and raze Carnegie Science Center warehouse where historic Buhl Planetarium artifacts are currently in storage. PAT plans to pay $5 million for the Science Center Warehouse Building (formerly Miller Printing Company), across the street from The Carnegie Science Center, which includes the popular SportsWorks exhibit, to build an elevated "Allegheny Station" Light Rail Transit station (part of subway expansion to the North Side). Also, housed, in this warehouse building, are several historic pieces of equipment and artifacts from Pittsburgh's original Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science, including the Zeiss II Planetarium Projector, the oldest operable major planetarium projector in the world !!! *** * 2007 July 21 - Allegheny Square Plaza Rehabilitation Proposals Earlier known as Diamond Square and Ober Park, Allegheny Public Square is the site of the original town square of Allegheny City, in front of the original Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science and caddy-corner to America's first publicly-funded Carnegie Library, Carnegie Free Library of Allegheny. ** GIANT SUNDIAL SCULPTURE ** RESTORATION OF HISTORIC ASTRONOMICAL INSCRIPTION, FROM THE BIBLE, ORIGINALLY ON BUHL PLANETARIUM'S EAST EXTERIOR WALL ** ALLEGHENY SQUARE FOUNTAIN AND AMPHITHEATER *** * 2007 Dec. 27 - NOTICE: Pittsburgh City Council votes to allow abandonment of America's first publicly-funded Carnegie Library, Allegheny Regional Branch, The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh (formerly Carnegie Free Library of Allegheny), next-door to Pittsburgh's original Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science. *** 2007 - 2008 - News of Controversy Regarding 2007-2008 Exhibit of Human Cadavers at The Carnegie Science Center Carnegie Science Center Education Division employee Elaine Catz resigned her employment due to unanswered questions regarding a traveling exhibit of human cadavers, from China, which will be displayed in The Carnegie Science Center for a seven-month run beginning in 2007 October. In the early 1990s, The Carnegie Science Center sold-off Buhl Planetarium's human anatomy exhibit/presentation, " Transpara the Talking Glass Lady," to be used for spare parts for a similar exhibit at the Health Museum of Cleveland. *** * 2007 - 2008 - News Related to Casino Development Next to Carnegie Science Center -- Carnegie Science Center has complained that light from new casino, which will be next-door to Science Center, might harm viewing at Science Center's rooftop observatory. In Summer of 2007, an agreement was reached, which assures continued use of the Science Center observatory. * Latest news on construction of subway link to serve Pittsburgh's Lower North Side (where industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie grew-up), including original Carnegie Free Library of Allegheny (nation's first publicly-funded Carnegie Library), Carnegie Hall (world's first Carnegie Hall), and original Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science. Also: * News Regarding Pittsburgh Public Transit Agency's (PAT) Service Cuts Effective 2007 June 17, Fare Increase Effective 2008 January 1. *** Current Buhl Planetarium/Friends of the Zeiss-Related News "Update" Year-End Report for 2008 December: Buhl Planetarium and Carnegie Library News Archives SpaceWatchtower Blog FOTZeiss: Mail-Group 1 (Venus2) * Archives ** Mail-Group 2 (VenusTransit) * Archives Walsh, Glenn A. "New Mullaney Book: "Celebrating the Universe!" Blog Post. SpaceWatchtower 2013 May 18. A new book, Celebrating the Universe!, introduces the reader to the wonders of the celestial heavens, with a focus on the "soul" of the night sky. The author, James Mullaney, is a lifelong astronomer who has served as Curator of Exhibits and Astronomy at Pittsburgh's original Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science and Staff Astronomer at the Allegheny Observatory. He was also Director of the DuPont Planetarium on the campus of the University of South Carolina, Aiken. James Mullaney has authored several books and publications including the classic, The Finest Deep-Sky Objects (with Wally McCall, reprint from the Sky and Telescope Magazine,1978), The Cambridge Atlas of Herschel Objects (with Wil Tirion, 2009), and Star Checking Your Edmund Telescope (1977). Robert G. Hertrick, Classified Obituary. Death Notice. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2013 May 11. Former Buhl Science Center Volunteer and Floor Aide Bob Hertrick unexpectedly passed-away at age 60. Walsh, Glenn A. "Biopic on Life of Nikola Tesla to Start Filming." Blog Post. SpaceWatchtower 2013 May 3. 1,200,000-volt Oudin-type Tesla Coil Built for Pittsburgh's Original Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science. Walsh, Glenn A. "Centennial: Science Research @ Mellon Institute." Blog Post. SpaceWatchtower 2013 March 28. Products ranging from antifreeze and synthetic rubber to casings that allow hot dogs to be mass produced, and even the bouncy toy Silly Putty as an accidental discovery, were developed at the Mellon Institute of Industrial Research, which celebrates its centennial this month. The Institute's eight-story, neo-classical building, built at a cost of $10 million, opened in May of 1937, two and one-half years before the 1939 October 24 dedication of the three-floor, art-deco building of Pittsburgh's original Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science, built at a cost of $1.07 million. In 1967, Mellon Institute merged with the Carnegie Institute of Technology to form Carnegie Mellon University. Harding, Margaret and Carl Prine. "Pittsburgh police department places few limits on outside work." Pittsburgh Tribune-Review On-Line 2013 March 16. During the 1980s and early 1990s, one Pittsburgh Police Officer (from the former Number Nine Precinct on upper Federal Street) was assigned to an off-duty special detail at Pittsburgh's original Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science, Thursday through Sunday evenings, for security with Buhl Planetarium's evening laser-light concerts. The police officers would be on-duty on Thursday and Sunday evenings from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. (for laser-light concerts at 8:00 and 9:15 p.m.) and on Friday and Saturday nights from 7:30 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. (for the laser-light concerts at 8:00, 9:15, 10:30 p.m., and 12:00 Midnight). McCoy, Adrian. "Krenn's newest gig: a podcast." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2013 March 13. Comedian and former WDVE-FM morning drive-time radio host Jim Krenn worked as a Floor Aide at Pittsburgh's original Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science in the 1970s. Walsh, Glenn A. "1938 Fireball Explosion Over W PA Remembered." Blog Post. SpaceWatchtower 2013 March 11. About 6 p.m. June 24, 1938, a huge fireball exploded over the small borough of Chicora, Pennsylvania. At first, the commotion was thought to have been caused by an explosion in a nearby building used to store gunpowder. Had it progressed closer to Earth before exploding, note the studies, it would have destroyed much of nearby Pittsburgh and resulted in very few survivors. (Special Note: When this event happened, Pittsburgh's original Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science was under construction, in the center of the North Side's business district.) The fist-size meteor fragments were split into two collections, one set going to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington and the other to the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh. Walsh, Glenn A. "Preservation? Buhl Planetarium & Schenley High School." Blog Post. SpaceWatchtower 2013 Feb. 21. Although the Zeiss II Planetarium Projector is now on display at The Carnegie Science Center, it no longer does what is does best: a second-to-none, realistic depiction of the planets and stars in the night sky. The 10-inch Siderostat-type Refractor Telescope and most other artifacts remain in storage, benefiting no one. Walsh, Glenn A. "Pittsburgh-Area Librarian Receives National Award." Blog Post. SpaceWatchtower 2013 Feb. 15. Before starting to work as a children's librarian at Mount Lebanon in 1983, she held similar positions at the Pleasant Hills Library and at the-then newly-opened Squirrel Hill Branch of The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. Last year, Friends of the Zeiss and the Mount Lebanon Public Library co-sponsored a safe public viewing, through telescopes, of the very rare Transit of the Planet Venus across the image of the Sun. Although clouds prevented the public from viewing the June 5 early evening event with the telescopes, the public was still able to watch the event via a live web-cast in a library meeting room. Walsh, Glenn A. "Happy Holidays, Brought to You by Lasers." Blog Post. SpaceWatchtower 2012 Dec. 25. For decades, holiday-themed laser-light shows have been a staple at many science centers, including during the 1980s and early 1990s at Pittsburgh's original Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science (a.k.a. Buhl Science Center). Now, industrial lasers are adding to seasonal cheer with exquisitely-detailed Christmas cards cut with a laser, a fiber laser-cut Christmas tree in three reflective metals, and even a laser-cut Gingerbread House ! Walsh, Glenn A. "Was the Star of Bethlehem Real ?" Blog Post. SpaceWatchtower 2012 Dec. 24. This age-old question was the topic of the classic "The Star of Bethlehem" planetarium sky drama, performed each Christmas season 1939 through 1990, in the The Theater of the Stars of Pittsburgh's original Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science. "'How to' Science Fair Project Video Series from NASA." Blog Posting. SpaceWatchtower 2012 Dec. 22. The Pittsburgh Regional School Science and Engineering Fair, the third oldest Science Fair in the United States (the oldest regional Science Fair in a major metropolitan area; the two older fairs are state-wide fairs), originated at Pittsburgh's original Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science in the Spring of 1940. Walsh, Glenn A. "Transit of Venus Viewed From Saturn." Blog Posting. SpaceWatchtower 2012 Dec. 22. Friends of the Zeiss sponsored the City of Pittsburgh's only public viewing, with telescopes, of the 2004 Transit of Venus across the image of the Sun. Walsh, Glenn A. "Friday Morning Winter Begins - Apocalypse ?." Blog Posting. SpaceWatchtower 2012 Dec. 20. Regarding the completion of the 12th baktun of the Mayan Calendar, which some erroneously predicted as the "end of the world." Walsh, Glenn A. "Meteorite From Calif. Fireball Found." Blog Posting. SpaceWatchtower 2012 Oct. 22. Buhl Planetarium Meteorite: Fifth largest meteorite fragment from Barringer Meteor Crater near Winslow, Arizona. Walsh, Glenn A. "Crowd-Funding Saves Tesla Electricity Lab." Blog Posting. SpaceWatchtower 2012 Oct. 19. A large one million-volt Oudin-type Tesla Coil was demonstrated at Pittsburgh's original Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science. Walsh, Glenn A. "Astronomer's Son Wins Nobel Prize in Economics ." Blog Posting. SpaceWatchtower 2012 Oct. 16. "Lloyd S. Shapley, Professor Emeritus of the University of California at Los Angeles and son of distinguished 20th century astronomer Harlow Shapley, has won the 2012 Nobel Prize in Economics, sharing the prize with Alvin E. Roth of Harvard University... "Harlow Shapley also supported planetaria and science museums. While Director of the Harvard College Observatory, he delivered the keynote address at the dedication of the rare 10-inch Siderostat-type Refractor Telescope at Pittsburgh's original Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science on 1941 November 19." Walsh, Glenn A. "Brashear House & Factory: Nomination to National Register of Historic Places ." Blog Posting. SpaceWatchtower 2012 Oct. 11. Comments of Glenn A. Walsh, Project Director of Friends of the Zeiss, in support of nomination. Both Henry Clay Frick and Andrew Carnegie were good friends of John Brashear. John Brashear accompanied Andrew Carnegie to the dedication of the Andrew Carnegie Free Library and Music Hall, in Carnegie, Pennsylvania, on 1902 April 22. Walsh, Glenn A. "Historic Nomination: John Brashear House & Factory, Pittsburgh ." Blog Posting. SpaceWatchtower 2012 Sept. 13. Both Henry Clay Frick and Andrew Carnegie were good friends of John Brashear. John Brashear accompanied Andrew Carnegie to the dedication of the Andrew Carnegie Free Library and Music Hall, in Carnegie, Pennsylvania, on 1902 April 22. Walsh, Glenn A. "Centennial: New Allegheny Observatory Dedication ." Blog Posting. SpaceWatchtower 2012 Aug. 28. Both Henry Clay Frick and Andrew Carnegie made large contributions toward the construction of the new Allegheny Observatory. Also, John Brashear accompanied Andrew Carnegie to the dedication of the Andrew Carnegie Free Library and Music Hall, in Carnegie, Pennsylvania, on 1902 April 22. Walsh, Glenn A. "NASA Strategic Direction Study: Glenn Walsh's Public Comments." Blog Posting. SpaceWatchtower 2012 Aug. 18. "Vi ‘Nanna’ R. Marich." Obituary. Parkersburg News and Sentinel 2012 Aug. 12. Vi Marich worked as the Chief Accountant at Pittsburgh's original Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science during the 1980s and 1990s, along with her daughter Kathy Schoen. Walsh, Glenn A. "Pittsburgh's Allegheny Observatory History Video Now Available." Blog Posting. SpaceWatchtower 2012 July 25. Walsh, Glenn A. "Telstar Satellite Accidentally "Nuked" 50 Years Ago." Blog Posting. SpaceWatchtower 2012 July 12. Pittsburgh's original Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science displayed a model of Telstar 1, first in an AT&T exhibit, and then in Buhl's Siderostat Observatory. Walsh, Glenn A. "Buhl Community Park at Allegheny Square Opens." Blog Posting. SpaceWatchtower 2012 June 25. Rebuilt Allegheny Square Plaza/Park, in front of Pittsburgh's original Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science and the original Carnegie Free Library of Allegheny, opens to the general public. "look up!" Column: "down in front." Mt. Lebanon Magazine 2012 June. Article about upcoming Transit of Venus public viewing event at the Mount Lebanon Public Library on the early evening of June 5. (E-Book version of print edition; article at top of page 7.) "venus on the move." Column: "down in front." Mt. Lebanon Magazine On-Line 2012 June. Article about upcoming Transit of Venus public viewing event at the Mount Lebanon Public Library on the early evening of June 5. (Third of three brief news articles in "down in front" column.) "JUNE 5 - SAFE PUBLIC VIEWING OF RARE ASTRONOMICAL EVENT WITH 4.5-INCH REFLECTOR TELESCOPE AT MT. LEBANON PUBLIC LIBRARY. News Release. Friends of the Zeiss 2012 May 29. Includes Transit of Venus - Frequently Asked Questions. "June 5 - Safe Public Viewing of Rare Astronomical Event." Poster/Flyer 2. Friends of the Zeiss 2012 May 23. "June 5 - Safe Public Viewing of Rare Astronomical Event." Poster/Flyer 1. Friends of the Zeiss 2012 May 13. Walsh, Glenn A. "Mystery: Brashear Telescope Donated by Frick to Pittsburgh Suburb Missing for Decades." Blog Posting. SpaceWatchtower 2012 May 7. John Brashear telescope donated to Mount Pleasant PA, by industrialist Henry Clay Frick (then an executive with the Carnegie Steel Company), has been missing for decades after being removed for restoration. Walsh, Glenn A. "Buhl Planetarium Poem by Ann Curran." Blog Posting. SpaceWatchtower 2012 May 3. Poem "At the Late Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science," written by Pittsburgh Poet and former Buhl Planetarium employee Ann Curran, who held a poetry reading at the Main Branch of The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh on 2012 April 15. Walsh, Glenn A. "Pittsburgh's Allegheny Observatory: New History Film." Blog Posting. SpaceWatchtower 2012 April 19. New film documentary regarding the largest astronomical observatory located within the city limits of a major American city. Henry Clay Frick and Andrew Carnegie helped John Brashear construct the new Allegheny Observatory building. Samuel Pierpont Langley, James E. Keeler, and John Brashear were Directors of the original Allegheny Observatory. Walsh, Glenn A. "Buhl Planetarium Chick Curator Revisits Chickens at Carnegie Library." Blog Posting. SpaceWatchtower 2012 April 11. Regarding former Buhl Planetarium Embryology Exhibit Curator Glenn A. Walsh's attendance of an urban chicken farming program at the historic West End Branch of The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. Includes a photograph of Mr. Walsh holding a mature chicken during the program. Walsh, Glenn A. "Indiana Newspaper: Walsh on Carnegie Library History." Blog Posting. SpaceWatchtower 2012 April 8. Friends of the Zeiss Project Director Glenn A. Walsh quoted on Carnegie Library history in the Sunday edition of The Tribune-Star of Terre Haute, Indiana. Walsh, Glenn A. "1 Week: Pittsburgh Subway Extension Open Precise Times of First Subway Trains." Blog Posting. SpaceWatchtower 2012 April 1. New North Side Subway Station is only three blocks from Pittsburgh's original Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science and Carnegie Free Library of Allegheny and Carnegie Hall, in Allegheny Square. Smydo, Joe. "North Side park could get new name." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette On-Line 2012 March 6. Allegheny Public Square on the North Side may be getting a new name. Pittsburgh City Council President Darlene Harris today introduced legislation that would rename the space "Buhl Community Park at Allegheny Square," reflecting the Buhl Foundation's support for the Pittsburgh Children's Museum. The museum, which is raising more than $6 million to renovate the park, requested the name change. Pittsburgh's original Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science and Carnegie Free Library of Allegheny and Carnegie Hall sit on Allegheny Square. Walsh, Glenn A. "Former Buhl Planetarium & Observatory Lecturer Bestowed as Kent State University Professor Emeritus." Blog Posting. SpaceWatchtower 2012 Feb. 17. * Rutkoski, Rex. "WDVE Morning Show faces change but formula remains the same." Valley News Dispatch Tarentum/New Kensington PA 2012 Feb. 10. * McCoy, Adrian. "Jim Krenn out, Scott Paulsen back at WDVE." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2012 Jan. 20. * "Krenn's friends set Ross benefit for animal shelter." Pittsburgh Tribune-Review 2012 Jan. 20. * McCoy, Adrian. "Paulsen to rejoin WDVE-FM morning show." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette On-Line 2012 Jan. 19. * Rutkoski, Rex. "Scott Paulsen, Bill Crawford joining WDVE-FM." Valley News Dispatch, Tarentum/New Kensington PA 2012 Jan. 19. * Fuoco, Michael A. "Krenn's disappearance from 'DVE airwaves unexplained." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2011 Dec. 15. ** Long-time (since 1988) and popular WDVE-FM radio morning personality, Jim Krenn, was employed on the Floor Staff of Pittsburgh's original Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science in the 1970s. Walsh, Glenn A. "Former Buhl Science Center President Dies." Obituary. SpaceWatchtower 2012 Jan. 29. Joshua Whetzel, who transformed Pittsburgh's original Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science and spearheaded construction of The Carnegie Science Center, dies at age 90. Spatter, Sam and Rachel Weaver. "Rust threatens to mothball Science Center's Requin submarine." Pittsburgh Tribune-Review 2012 Jan. 28. The USS Requin submarine started as a special exhibit of Pittsburgh's original Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science in the Autumn of 1990. Walsh, Glenn A. "What was the Star of Bethlehem? Recollections from Buhl & Hayden Planetaria." Blog Post. SpaceWatchtower 2011 Dec. 24. This age-old question was the topic of the classic "The Star of Bethlehem" planetarium sky drama, performed each Christmas season 1939 through 1990, in the The Theater of the Stars of Pittsburgh's original Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science. * Fontaine, Tom, "Rides could be free on part of North Shore Connector." Pittsburgh Tribune-Review On-Line 2011 Dec. 21. * "Free T Rides Proposed Between Downtown & North Side T Station." News Release. Port Authority of Allegheny County 2011 Dec. 21. * Schmitz, Jon and Mark Belko, "Free 'T' on subway to North Shore in works. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2011 Dec. 21. * Schmitz, Jon. "Port Authority gets sponsors for free North Shore subway rides." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette On-Line 2011 Dec. 20. ** Subway rides between Downtown Pittsburgh and the North Side Subway Station, close (within three blocks) to the original Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science and Carnegie Free Library of Allegheny (including the world's first Carnegie Hall, a.k.a. New Hazlett Theater) buildings, will be free-of-charge when the North Side subway extension opens 2012 March 25. Schulman, John. "'Palace of Culture': An elegant history of the Carnegie museums and library that 'greatly enhances our appreciation'." Book review: 'Palace of Culture: Andrew Carnegie's Museums and Library in Pittsburgh,' Robert J. Gangewere. University of Pittsburgh Press, $35. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2011 Nov. 27. This handsome, meticulously researched and beautifully written book comprises the histories of many separate but linked institutions: Carnegie Library, the Museums of Art and Natural History, Carnegie Music Hall, Buhl Science Center and The Andy Warhol Museum. Walsh, Glenn A. "70th Anniversary: Buhl Planetarium Observatory." Blog Posting. SpaceWatchtower 2011 Nov. 19. Walsh, Glenn A. "Buhl Planetarium History in New Book." Electronic Mail Group Message. South Hills Backyard Astronomers Mail Group 2011 Oct. 16. "Danny Litwhiler." Obituary. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette On-Line 2011 Sept. 23. "Michigan State said he helped develop one of the first radar guns for use in clocking pitches, one of dozens of inventions for the game." In the mid-1980s, "The Right Moves" exhibit, located in the Octagon Gallery of Pittsburgh's original Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science, included a "Pitching Cage" which used a radar gun to clock the speed of baseball pitches by members of the general public. Wikipedia.com biograpy of Danny Litwhiler. Walsh, Glenn A. "Space Nebula "Chicken" from Buhl Planetarium?" Electronic Mail Group Message. FOTZeiss Mail Group 2011 Sept. 21. Walsh, Glenn A. "Allegheny Sq Rehab Construction Underway." Electronic Mail Group Message. FOTZeiss Mail Group 2011 Sept. 19. Rehabilitation has begun for the Allegheny Square Plaza, located in front of Pittsburgh's original Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science. Olson, Thomas and Sam Spatter. "History weighs heavily on landmark." Pittsburgh Tribune-Review 2011 Sept. 17. Henry Clay Frick's Union Trust Building (originally Union Arcade) may face second foreclosure. "The building has large floor plates - about 40,000 square feet - and for a small user of about 10,000 square feet, that may not be comfortable located in such a large area," said Mark Anderson, vice president of Pennsylvania Commercial Real Estate, based Downtown. Pittsburgh's original Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science building has a total square-footage of about 40,000. Walsh, Glenn A. "20 Years Ago..." Electronic Mail Group Message. FOTZeiss Mail Group 2011 August 31. Regarding the 20th anniversary of the closing of Pittsburgh's original Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science (a.k.a. Buhl Science Center) as a public museum. Buckley, Madeline. "St. Vincent College opens first part of science center." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2011 June 26. Saint Vincent College on Saturday dedicated the first phase of the $39 million Sis and Herman Dupré Science Pavilion, a state-of-the-art research center with a digital imaging laboratory and a planetarium. St. Vincent College, in Westmoreland County, is located 33 miles east of Pittsburgh. Francis, Cody. "St. Vincent dedicates science pavilion." Tribune-Review, Greensburg PA 2011 June 25. Smetanka said the planetarium and other technology, which will also be used for public shows, are recruitment tools as much as educational tools. St. Vincent College, in Westmoreland County, is located 33 miles east of Pittsburgh. Thomas, Mary. "Military to get free museum admission." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2011 June 14. Other regional museums participating include the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Museums of Art and Natural History, The Andy Warhol Museum, the Frick Art & Historical Center, Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area in Homestead, and the Foster and Muriel McCarl Coverlet Gallery at Saint Vincent College, Latrobe. (During the public operation of Pittsburgh's original Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science, 1939-1991, it was standard policy to give free admission to active members of the military in uniform.) Nelson Jones, Diana. "The $30 question." Blog: City Walkabout. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette On-Line 2011 May 3. Comments to Blog: "...On the Northside, Allegheny Traditional Academy (the back, across from the aviary) is beautiful, as are AGH, and Buhl Planetarium. Buhl is my favorite utilitarian example in Pittsburgh..." Cataldi, James F. "Storytelling: With clear recall, he spells out his 'portentous' fall." Column: PG Portfolio - "Storytelling." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2011 April 1. "In 1962, eighth grade at St. Mary's in McKees Rocks, Sister Madeline picked me to go to the regional spelling bee at Buhl Planetarium." In the first three months of each year, The Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science hosted the spelling bee rounds which lead to the final Western Pennsylvania Spelling Bee championship round (which was usually held at a larger auditorium, such as in Schenley High School). These spelling bee rounds, co-sponsored by The Pittsburgh Press, took place in Buhl's 250-seat Lecture Hall (a.k.a. Little Science Theater), with two spelling bee sessions occurring on Saturday mornings, for several weeks. The Pittsburgh Press rented the Lecture Hall for these spelling bee rounds and paid for an additional Buhl Planetarium staff person (Floor Aide) to manage the needs for this rental. The student contestants were seated just in front of the small and low Lecture Hall stage, and the Lab Table on the stage, on old-style, black folding-chairs (which were replaced and donated to the Salvation Army in the late 1980s). Thomas, Kelly. "Feelings mixed on Northside Catholic school merger." The Northside Chronicle On-Line 2011 March 10. "Two Catholic schools on North Side to merge." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2011 March 7. LaRussa, Tony. "Catholic schools in Brighton Heights, North Side to combine." Pittsburgh Tribune-Review 2011 March 7. "Two parochial schools to merge." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette On-Line 2011 March 6. "Two Pittsburgh diocese elementary schools to merge." Pittsburgh Tribune-Review On-Line 2011 March 6. The Cardinal Wright Regional Catholic Elementary School building which will close, which is the former St. Peter's Catholic Elementary School at 711 West Commons Street on the North Side, is located one block from Pittsburgh's original Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science. During his tenure at Buhl Planetarium, the author donated surplus Buhl educational materials to St. Peter's School. Additionally, students from St. Peter's School often visited Buhl Planetarium, including a complementary visit to Buhl's Little Science Theater to watch the launch of the first teacher-in-space aboard the Challenger Space Shuttle, which resulted in tragedy on 1986 January 28 (See The Challenger Disaster Viewed at Pittsburgh’s Buhl Planetarium). Mullaney, James. "Cambridge Atlas of Herschel Objects." Electronic Mail Message 2011 Feb. 9. "Just a note to let you know that the Cambridge Atlas of Herschel Objects has finally been released and it's magnificent - largely due to the amazing celestial cartography of Wil Tirion! It's intended as a companion volume to our earlier work, The Cambridge Double Star Atlas." James Mullaney is a former Curator of Exhibits and Astronomy at Buhl Planetarium and Staff Astronomer at Allegheny Observatory. Gannon, Joyce. "Pittsburgh Foundation offers a sheltering roof to small family foundations concerned about costs and survival." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2011 Feb. 8. "While in his late 20s, Robert M. Thompson Jr. became a multimillionaire through the sale of Redshaw, the Pittsburgh software company he founded with his parents... "His own passion for science dates to time he spent as a child at the Buhl Planetarium. He earned a physics degree from Carnegie Mellon University and in 2007 finished building a solar- and geothermal-powered home in Murrysville where he resides." "Majetich Receives Carnegie Science Center Award." News Release. Carnegie Mellon University 2011 Feb. 4. Daly, Jill. "Carnegie Science Awards announced." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette On-Line 2011 Feb. 3. Includes award: Emerging Female Scientist -- Sara Majetich, Carnegie Mellon University. Dr. Majetich listed herself as an alumnus of the Pittsburgh Regional School Science and Engineering Fair, of Pittsburgh's original Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science, for the 1989 publication: "Lives Touched...Worlds Changed," Fifty Years of Alumni Achievements. News Articles Regarding Carnegie Science Center Awards Ceremony Keynote Address: Brandolph, Adam. "As cost falls, final frontier will open." Pittsburgh Tribune-Review 2011 May 7. Sheridan, Patricia. "Patricia Sheridan's Breakfast With ... Anousheh Ansari." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2011 May 2. Nelson Jones, Diana. "Reader squares accounts of Allegheny plaza." Blog: City Walkabout. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette On-Line 2011 Jan. 24. Reader Glenn Walsh corrects timing of deterioration of Allegheny Square Plaza. Nelson Jones, Diana. "Children's Museum nears goal for new park." Blog: City Walkabout. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette On-Line 2011 Jan. 21. Nelson Jones, Diana. "Children's Museum has bulk of funds to build park." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2011 Jan. 21. Gormly, Kellie B. "Children's Museum to turn unused plaza into green haven." Pittsburgh Tribune-Review On-Line 2011 Jan. 20. Biller, Rob. "Holiday Herald: Heavenly Buhl trips helped make season a time to treasure." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2010 Nov. 26. Thomas, Frank. "We used to be captains of the universe; soon we'll be hitchhikers in space." Commentary. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2010 Nov. 7. "For me, the journey began at the Buhl Planetarium on the North Side, where promises of spacesuit adventures mixed with the mechanics of rocket assembly." "TESLA DOESN’T STAND ALONE." Letter-to-the-Editor. Long Island Press 2010 Sept. 30. Nikola Tesla worked for more than a year in Pittsburgh for George Westinghouse, and he helped Westinghouse succeed in establishing alternating current as the primary form of electrical distribution, as opposed to Thomas Edison's direct current distribution system. A one-million volt Oudin-type Tesla Coil often enthralled visitors at Pittsburgh's original Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science, usually following the conclusion of a planetarium show. Rumsey, Spencer. "Tesla’s Last Stand on Long Island The visionary scientist’s Shoreham lab is for sale– and his priceless legacy soon could be lost." Long Island Press 2010 Sept. 16. Nikola Tesla worked for more than a year in Pittsburgh for George Westinghouse, and he helped Westinghouse succeed in establishing alternating current as the primary form of electrical distribution, as opposed to Thomas Edison's direct current distribution system. A one-million volt Oudin-type Tesla Coil often enthralled visitors at Pittsburgh's original Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science, usually following the conclusion of a planetarium show. *** Also see: Friends of Science East/Tesla Science & Technology Center and Museum regarding efforts to save Tesla's Long Island laboratory. "Fall Arts Preview: Head out and have fun at these Pittsburgh places." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2010 Sept. 9. CARNEGIE SCIENCE CENTER One Allegheny Ave., North Side. 412-237-3400 EXHIBITS: Astronomy Exhibits in Buhl Digital Planetarium lobby -- Newton's Hockey, Hologram Planets, Planetary Weights (opens Oct. 7); Zeiss Model II Star Projector Exhibit -- Historical Zeiss planetarium projector from the original Buhl Planetarium and interactive exhibits (ongoing); Miniature Railroad & Village (opening Nov. 20); If a Starfish Can Grow a New Arm, Why Can't I? -- Exhibit focuses on tissue engineering and regenerative medicine (ongoing). Smith, Pohla. "Star projector returns to the spotlight at Pittsburgh's science center." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2010 July 14. Smith, Pohla. "Facts about the Zeiss Model II Star Projector." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2010 July 14. Walsh, Glenn A. "Zeiss II Projector Exhibit at CSC." Electronic Mail Group Message. Friends of the Zeiss Mail-Group 2010 July 10. "Zeiss Star Projector shines in new exhibition at Science Center." The South Pittsburgh Reporter 2010 July 6. Mitchell, Ellen. "Old Buhl Planetarium's projector still draws fans." Pittsburgh Tribune-Review 2010 July 2: B3. Walsh, Glenn A. "Zeiss Projector Exhibit Opens at CSC." Electronic Mail-Group Message. South Hills Backyard Astronomers Mail-Group 2010 July 1. * "Old Star Projector Part of Science Center Exhibit." Video News Report. KDKA-TV 2, Pittsburgh 2010 July 1. (Search KDKA-TV 2 video library, at this link, using search terms "star projector".) * "Carnegie Science Center PRESENTS Iconic Zeiss Star Projector in New Historic Exhibition." News Release. The Carnegie Science Center 2010 June 30. Display of historic Buhl Planetarium Zeiss II Planetarium Projector, in Carnegie Science Center Atrium Gallery, begins 2010 July 1. * Walsh, Glenn A. "Musical Tribute to Buhl Planetarium!" Electronic Mail-Group Message. South Hills Backyard Astronomers Mail-Group 2010 June 29. * Nelson Jones, Diana. "Musicians to add notes to North Side tour sites." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2010 June 25. "At the New Hazlett, seven musicians -- vocalists and percussionists -- will present a piece inspired by the fact that the building shares space with what was Andrew Carnegie's second oldest library. The percussionists will be playing typewriters. "At the Children's Museum, three glockenspiels, singers and a bass guitar will provide music inspired by the science exhibits that once were at the Buhl Planetarium on the same site." * Nelson Jones, Diana. "How to charm a rodent." Blog: City Walkabout. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2010 June 14. "Your ideas for repurposing Mellon Arena." Letters-to-the-Editor. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2010 June 22. Includes letter (12th letter on web page) from Phil and Margaret Rostek of Shadyside, who wrote: "...The name would remain the "Igloo" -- "where the 'Burgh chills." In summer, dancing under the stars with the dome open as weather permits. Outdoor decor could include a brightly lit, hanging icicle and Broadway-style entrance with red carpet. Interior to include stars projected on the dome interior like the old Buhl Planetarium -- or some twinkling star motif -- perhaps blue lights like PNC Park..." * "Snowballs fly on first day of summer at Carnegie Science Center." Pittsburgh Tribune-Review/AP 2010 June 22. * "Science Center Welcomes Summer With Snowballs." KDKA-TV 2, Pittsburgh 2010 June 21. Snowballs on Summer Solstice Day began in 1985 at Pittsburgh's original Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science. Carnegie Science Center resumed snowball tradition in 2007. * Majors, Dan. "Obituary: Jerome "Jerry" Apt Jr. / Mechanical engineer who held seven patents." Obituary. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2010 June 21. * Vondas, Jerry. "Inventive engineer Jerry Apt inspired son to become astronaut." Obituary. Pittsburgh Tribune-Review 2010 June 21. Father of former NASA Space Shuttle Astronaut Jay Apt who studied at Pittsburgh's original Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science. Chun, Sonya. "Children's Museum gets Curious George." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2010 May 17. New traveling science exhibit, in the former Hall of the Universe exhibit gallery of the original Buhl Planetarium building from 2010 June 19 to Oct. 3. Also see Curious George Exhibit web site. McCoy, Adrian. "Home sweet home: Things to do locally this summer." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2010 May 14. "The Zeiss projector enchanted generations of kids on field trips to the original Buhl Planetarium. The Zeiss is moving to its new home at the Carnegie Science Center, where visitors can learn about the history of this planetarium projection technology... "CARNEGIE SCIENCE CENTER One Allegheny Ave., North Side. 412-237-3400. EXHIBITS: Zeiss Exhibit -- The Zeiss II Star Projector from the original Buhl Planetarium moves to its new home in the Science Center Atrium, along with interactive exhibits that highlight the technology used at the time (opens in July);..." Belko, Mark. "Obituary: Truman P. Kohman / Chemistry professor with eyes always on stars." Obituary. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2010 May 1. Also see Death Notice. In 2002, Truman Kohman strongly supported maintaining Buhl Planetarium's historic, 10-inch Siderostat-type Refractor Telescope in the Buhl Planetarium building, to help educate children visiting the Children's Museum. See Letter of Support. Malerbo, Dan. "Let's Talk About: The Great Debate." Column. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2010 April 22. In 1920 Heber D. Curtis became Director of Pittsburgh's Allegheny Observatory, and on 1941 November 19 Harlow Shapley gave the keynote address at the dedication of Buhl Planetarium's 10-inch Siderostat-type Refractor Telescope. Column author Dan Malerbo is Educational Coordinator for the Henry Buhl, Jr. Planetarium and Observatory at Pittsburgh's Carnegie Science Center. He also served as a Planetarium Lecturer at Pittsburgh's original Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science (a.k.a. Buhl Science Center). Also see web site: "The 1920 Great Debate on the Scale of the Universe." "Passing of Former Astronomical League Executive Secretary." Death Notice. South Hills Backyard Astronomers Mail Group 2010 Feb. 16. Wilma A. Cherup, in addition to being Astronomical League Executive Secretary for 23 years, she was a life member of the Amateur Astronomers's Association of Pittsburgh, which helped found The Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science. "MONDAY - Lecture: Einstein in Pittsburgh." News Release. South Hills Backyard Astronomers Mail Group 2010 Feb. 13. David Topper, Professor of the History of Science at the University of Winnipeg and strong supporter of the original Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science will discuss Albert Einstein's visit to Pittsburgh 75 years ago, in the same Carnegie Mellon University lecture hall where Einstein lectured. Green, Elwin. "Obituary: John M. Arthur / Longtime president of Duquesne Light Co." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2010 Feb. 2. John M. Arthur was a member of the Board of Directors of the Buhl Science Center (a.k.a. Buhl Planetarium). For many, many years, until the mid-1980s, Duquesne Light sponsored a popular exhibit on the Mezzanine, a stationary bicycle people would pedal to light-up light bulbs of greater wattage, as the bike was pedaled faster. Walsh, Glenn A. "Chronology: American Presidential Inauguration of Barack H. Obama (2009)."Web Site Post. History of Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science, Pittsburgh 2010 Jan. 20 Presidential Inauguration Chronology of 2009 January 20. Sciullo, Maria. "Obituary: Nat Youngblood / Popular local painter, newspaper art director for 30 years." Obituary. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2009 Dec. 22. Nat H. Youngblood painted "The Rise of Steel Technology" mural, commissioned by the United States Steel Corporation, mounted on the south wall of the first floor's Great Hall of Pittsburgh's original Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science. McNulty, Timothy. "Dok Harris is running for mayor as his own man." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2009 Oct. 26. "A precocious kid, Mr. Harris attended preschool science classes at Buhl Planetarium and then kindergarten at the former St. Peter's school on the North Side." Walsh, Glenn A. "70th Anniversary: Buhl Planetarium." Electronic-Mail Message. South Hills Backyard Astronomers Message-Group 2009 Oct. 24. Mendenhall, Jim. "Clyde W. 'Red' Hare / Photojournalist known for realistic style." Obituary. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2009 Oct. 16. Official photographer of The Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science in the 1980s. Thomas, Mary. "Obituary: Charles Clinton 'Charlie' Pitcher / Artist known for his paintings of Western Pa. woodlands." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2009 Oct. 9. "Mr. Pitcher taught art in the Pittsburgh city schools from 1957 to 1965, was Buhl Planetarium director of education from 1965 to 1971 and operated the Charles Pitcher Gallery in Shadyside from 1970-73." Tannler, Albert M. "Secrets of the Buhl Building revealed." Pittsburgh Tribune-Review 2009 Oct. 4. Fifth Avenue building purchased by Henry Buhl, Jr. in 1913. Heinrichs, Allison M. "Science Center to revive Zeiss II Planetarium Star Projector." Pittsburgh Tribune-Review 2009 Aug. 19. Walsh, Glenn A. "Zeiss to be Reassembled: Science Center Announcement." News Release. Friends of the Zeiss 2009 Aug. 18. Friends of the Zeiss statement regarding Carnegie Science Center announcement that historic Zeiss II Planetarium Projector would be reassembled as exhibit, to be displayed in Carnegie Science Center atrium by late 2010. "New science center exhibit to feature Buhl star projector." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette On-Line 2009 Aug. 18. "Historic planetarium projector is Science Center's next exhibit." Pittsburgh Tribune-Review On-Line 2009 Aug. 18. "Carnegie Science Center Plans New Astronomy Exhibit Featuring Historic Zeiss II Star Projector." News Release. Carnegie Science Center 2009 Aug. 18. Shalaway, Scott. "Volunteers wanted for Lost Ladybug Project." Column. Charleston Gazette 2009 Aug. 8.; Article mentions new Citizen Science web page on the History of Buhl Planetarium Web Site. Shalaway, Scott. "Get Into Nature: Citizen Science and the Lost Ladybug Project." Column. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2009 Aug. 2.; Article mentions new Citizen Science web page on the History of Buhl Planetarium Web Site. Olson, Thomas and Kim Leonard. "Pittsburgh Opera joins city's 'green' renaissance with renovated building." Pittsburgh Tribune-Review 2009 July 21: A1. Leonard, Kim and Thomas Olsen. "Pittsburgh Opera building to go green." Pittsburgh Trib p.m. 2009 July 21: 4. Articles included listing of "Green Geezers," seven buildings constructed before World War II, which have been rehabilitated to obtain LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification. The youngest building, of the seven listed, is the original Buhl Planetarium building (built in 1939), now operated as part of the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh. By year's end, it is expected that the Pittsburgh Opera's Strip District building (Liberty Avenue and 25th Street--where, originally, George Westinghouse first built railroad locomotive air-brakes) will join this list. Walsh, Glenn A. "The Historic Mission of Apollo 11 Man Walks on the Moon for the First Time A Personal Remembrance From 40 Years Ago." History of Buhl Planetarium Web Site 2009 July 20. < http://buhlplanetarium2.tripod.com/bio/Apolloremembrance.htm >. Erdley, Debra. "Pittsburgh pegs zoo, Aviary, Phipps' free water use at $500,000." Pittsburgh Tribune-Review 2009 June 24. 1939 newspaper reports indicate that City Council considered providing free water service to the original Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science which was officially dedicated 1939 October 24. Apparently, this proposal never came to fruition; Buhl Planetarium never enjoyed free water service. French, Sue. "As the Crow Flies." Column: Deep Sky Wonders. Sky and Telescope Magazine 2009 May: 48. Former Buhl Planetarium Floor Manager and South Hills Backyard Astronomers club founder Eric G. Canali cited for asterism "Canali" (a.k.a. "Canali's Cluster"). The following is an excerpt from page 49 of the magazine column: * Next, soar 1.1 degrees west-southwest from M104 to the multi- ple star Struve 1659. In my 105-mm scope at 47x, I see a 5-minute isosceles triangle of stars with a smaller isos- celes triangle centered inside it. My 10-inch scope shows color in all but the dimmist of the six stars. In order of decreasing brightness, I see them as yellow-white, deep yellow, pale yellow, yellow, and gold. * I was first introduced to this sextuplet by John Wag- oner in the 1980s at the Texas Star Party. He dubbed the group Stargate, because it reminded him of the hyperspace stargate used by the hero Buck Rogers in the 1979-1981 television series. Wagoner created and ran the Astronomical League's Bulletin Board Service, which he named Stargate. Not surprisingly, others have discovered this group as well. Australian amateur Perry Vlahos wrote to tell me he knows these stars as the Double Triangle, and the book Star Clusters (Brent A. Archinal and Steven J. Hynes; Willmann-Bell, 2003) lists it as Canali -- named for Pennsylvania amateur Eric Canali, who calls it "that pretty little triangle-asterism-thingy." For a short time in 1939 and 1940, Sky and Telescope predecessor magazine, The Sky, was co-published by Pittsburgh's original Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science and New York City's original Hayden Planetarium. Baltimore, Chris. "Obama quizzes astronauts about life in space." Yahoo/Reuters 2009 March 24. U.S. President Barack Obama, along with several Washington-area school children, quizzed several astronauts in orbit aboard the International Space Station, including Mike Fincke, who credits Pittsburgh's original Buhl Planetarium for his interest in becoming an astronaut. Howell, Donna. "John Brashear Kept His Goals In Sharp Focus." Investor's Business Daily 2009 March 5: A3. < http://finance.yahoo.com/news/ >. Posted 2009 March 4. Viewed 2009 March 5. (Reprint of 2006 Oct. 18 article) Howell, Donna. "John Brashear Kept His Goals In Sharp Focus." Investor's Business Daily 2006 Oct. 18: A3. (Donna Howell, Technology Reporter, Investor's Business Daily) Friends of the Zeiss Project Director Glenn A. Walsh is extensively quoted in this national business newspaper article, regarding the life of famous 19th century astronomer and lens maker John A. Brashear, who was a confidant of Andrew Carnegie and Henry Clay Frick. Science/nature traveling exhibit in Buhl Planetarium's Hall of the Universe -- "Exploring Trees Inside and Out," sponsored by the Arbor Day Foundation and Doubletree Hotels, exhibited 2009 Feb. 6 to May 17 in the Hall of the Universe exhibit gallery of Pittsburgh's original Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science building, now known as the traveling exhibits gallery of the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh: O'Driscoll, Bill. "Taking It Outside." Pittsburgh City Paper 2009 Feb. 26. "Falling leaves in February at Children's Museum exhibit." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2009 Feb. 7. Gormly, Kellie B. "Get to know nature inside out at Children's Museum." Pittsburgh Tribune-Review 2009 Feb. 5. Lowry, Patricia. "City's Friendship Quilt back for show." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2009 Jan. 24. Great Pittsburgh Friendship Quilt, created at Pittsburgh's original Buhl Planetarium in 1988, found in basement of Carnegie Science Center's original SportsWorks/warehouse building, after being unseen for 20 years. Quilt includes quilt strip dedicated to original Buhl Planetarium Observatory. Walsh, Glenn A. "Chronology: American Presidential Inauguration of Barack H. Obama (2009)."Web Site Post. History of Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science, Pittsburgh 2010 Jan. 20 Presidential Inauguration Chronology of 2009 January 20. Belko, Mark. "Buhl Building signs its first tenant." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2008 Dec. 4. "Panel OKs Buhl Building restoration." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2008 Nov. 6. Belko, Mark. "Buhl Building rehab unveiled." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2008 Oct. 24. 2008 Oct. 24 is also 69th anniversary of Pittsburgh's original Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science, constructed by the Buhl Foundation after the death of Henry Buhl, Jr. Lowry, Patricia. "Buhl Building ready for its closeup." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2008 July 4. Six-floor office building at 200 Fifth Avenue (corner of Fifth Avenue and Market Street, Downtown), purchased by Henry Buhl, Jr. in 1923 (built ten years earlier), whose Buhl Foundation built Buhl Planetarium in 1939. "Space tourist returns from $30M orbital trip." CNN 2008 Oct. 24. "Expedition 17 Crew Returns From International Space Station." NASA 2008 Oct. 23. Walsh, Glenn. "Fw: New Crew Blasts Off for International Space Station." E-Mail List Message. South Hills Backyard Astronomers 2008 Oct. 13. Crew includes Richard Garriott, son of former NASA astronaut Owen Garriott (first son of a former U.S. astronaut to fly into space), and NASA veteran astronaut E. Michael Fincke, who credits Pittsburgh's original Buhl Planetarium for his interest in becoming an astronaut. Buhl Planetarium celebrated 69th anniversary of dedication on 2008 Oct. 24. More information and mission updates Walsh, Glenn. "Historic Plaque Erected on Buhl Planetarium." E-Mail List Message. South Hills Backyard Astronomers 2008 Oct. 11 Boren, Jeremy. "Historian focuses on telescope pioneer Brashear." Pittsburgh Tribune-Review 2008 Sept. 29. Also reprinted -- Boren, Jeremy. "Historian Focuses on Telescope Pioneer Brashear." Sky and Telescope Magazine On-Line 2008 Sept. 29. Mentions architectural tours of the Buhl Planetarium and old Allegheny Post Office. "Planning commission OKs several requests." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2008 Sept. 24. Boren, Jeremy. "Panel approves South Side restaurant." Pittsburgh Tribune-Review 2008 Sept. 24. City Planning Commission approved Science Center Master Plan, after Carnegie Science Center Interim Co-Director Ron Baillie stated that failure of the Master Plan to show a Siderostat Observatory on the roof of the proposed 80,000 square-foot west building addition was simply because planning for the building addition had not yet reached that "level of detail." At the request of the City Planning Commission, Mr. Baillie also agreed to provide the Commission with a copy of the legal Memorandum of Understanding, between the City and the Science Center, which states that the Science Center agreed to reassemble and reuse the 10-inch Siderostat-type Refractor Telescope on their expansion of the Science Center building. More information Also see: Sale and Demolition of Carnegie Warehouse for Construction of PAT Rail Station Walsh, Glenn. "Science Center Master Plan: Siderostat Observatory Missing." Address. Pittsburgh City Planning Commission. 2008 Sept. 23. More information Also see: Sale and Demolition of Carnegie Warehouse for Construction of PAT Rail Station "Astronaut's son spending his fortune to fly." CNN/AP 2008 July 31. Richard Garriott will become the first child of an American astronaut to reach outer space on Oct. 12. Sergei Volkov, son of former cosmonaut Alexander Volkov, has been living on the International Space Station since April, Russia's first second-generation space traveler; Richard Garriott and Sergei Volkov will return to Earth together. Launching with Richard Garriott in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft will be NASA Astronaut Mike Fincke, who credits Pittsburgh's original Buhl Planetarium for his interest in becoming an astronaut. Mike Fincke will be staying on the International Space Station for his second tour-of-duty, for six months. McClelland, Clark C. "A past Space Shuttle ScO, admits ET's are Real. And this ScO has seen them, himself with another witness!" Stargate Chronicles 2008 July 29 < http://www.stargate-chronicles.com/release_mitchell.html >. Clark C. McClelland was an Astronomy instructor at Pittsburgh's original Buhl Planetarium, for several years in the middle of the twentieth century. Mr. McClelland strongly supports similar statements recently broadcast in a British radio interview by former NASA Astronaut Dr. Edgar Mitchell, who walked on the Moon during the mission of Apollo 14. More information: "Ex-Astronaut: Aliens Are Real and NASA Knows It." FOX News 2008 July 24. Belko, Mark. "Buhl Building rehab unveiled." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2008 Oct. 24. 2008 Oct. 24 is also 69th anniversary of Pittsburgh's original Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science, constructed by the Buhl Foundation after the death of Henry Buhl, Jr. Lowry, Patricia. "Buhl Building ready for its closeup." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2008 July 4. Six-floor office building at 200 Fifth Avenue (corner of Fifth Avenue and Market Street, Downtown), purchased by Henry Buhl, Jr. in 1923 (built ten years earlier), whose Buhl Foundation built Buhl Planetarium in 1939. * Walsh, Glenn A. "Science Center Space Lost for Display of Planetarium Artifacts." Address. Pittsburgh City Council. 2008 April 29. Prepared Text *** Large-Print Version * Walsh, Glenn A. "Science Center Space Lost for Display of Planetarium Artifacts." Address. Board of Directors, Allegheny Regional Asset District. 2008 April 28. Prepared Text *** Large-Print Version * Graham, Francis. " Science Center Space Lost for Display of Planetarium Artifacts." Letter. To City and County Public Officials. 2008 April 24. * Letters to Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh President Dr. David M. Hillenbrand, regarding refusal to allow Friends of the Zeiss Project Director Glenn A. Walsh to tour Carnegie Science Center Warehouse (where historic Buhl Planetarium artifacts are stored), with Port Authority of Allegheny County tour group: ** Walsh, Glenn A. Letter to Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh President Dr. David M. Hillenbrand. 2008 April 10. Letter *** Attachment including Inventory of Buhl Artifacts Moved to Carnegie Science Center ** Graham, Francis G. Letter to Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh President Dr. David M. Hillenbrand. 2008 April 9. * Walsh, Glenn A. Letters-to-the-Editor: "About my views." (Last letter of six letters on web page) Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 2008 March 29. Response to letter-to-the-editor personal attack, regarding both Carnegie Library and Buhl Planetarium, published in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on 2008 January 1. Original, more detailed response was e-mailed to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on 2008 January 5. * Walsh, Glenn A. Letter-to-the-Editor: "Demanding transparency from local museum." (Second of two letters on web page) Pittsburgh City Paper 2008 March 19. Regarding current Carnegie Science Center "Bodies" exhibition, and the sale, in the 1990s, of original Buhl Planetarium human-anatomy exhibit, "Transpara," to the Cleveland Health Museum to be used as spare parts for their transparent woman exhibit. * Walsh, Glenn A. "Response to Personal Attack in Post-Gazette." Address. Allegheny County Council. 2008 March 18. Response of Glenn A. Walsh to personal attack in "Belated opposition" letter-to-the-editor in 2008 Jan. 1 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, regarding both Carnegie Library and Buhl Planetarium. * Walsh, Glenn A. "Response to Personal Attack in Post-Gazette." Address. Pittsburgh City Council. 2008 March 18. Response of Glenn A. Walsh to personal attack in "Belated opposition" letter-to-the-editor in 2008 Jan. 1 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, regarding both Carnegie Library and Buhl Planetarium. * 2008 Feb. - Recent News of Controversy Regarding "Bodies...the Exhibition" at The Carnegie Science Center, Including claims of use of bodies of Chinese political prisoners by the ABC-TV news show "20/20." * NASA Space Shuttle Atlantis Mission STS 122 Updates Click Here -- Mission STS 122 commanded by Pittsburgh-area native Stephen N. Frick, who was inspired by Pittsburgh's original Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science. * Walsh, Glenn A. "Response to Personal Attack in Post-Gazette." Address. Board of Directors, Allegheny County Library Association. 2008 Feb. 18. Response of Glenn A. Walsh to personal attack in "Belated opposition" letter-to-the-editor in 2008 Jan. 1 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, regarding both Carnegie Library and Buhl Planetarium. * Rothstein, Edward. "Planetarium Review, Looking at the Stars From Angles Old and New." The New York Times 2008 Feb. 16. Regarding Adler Planetarium, Chicago. * Space Shuttle Atlantis Launched 2008 Feb. 7, 2:45:31 p.m. EST, commanded by Pittsburgh-area native Stephen N. Frick, who was inspired by Pittsburgh's original Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science -- ** Zapadka, Pete. "Space shuttle commanded by Richland grad lifts off." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette On-Line 2008 Feb. 7. ** "NASA was anxious to get Atlantis flying." Pittsburgh Tribune-Review/AP 2008 Feb. 8. * LATE Wednesday Night/EARLY Thursday Morning, January 16-17, 2008 - Former Buhl Planetarium Curator James J. Mullaney will be interviewed on the nationally-syndicated, overnight radio program, Coast to Coast AM LATE Wednesday Night/EARLY Thursday Morning, January 16-17, 2008, which begins at 1:00 a.m. EST (interview will probably occur 2:00 to 5:00 a.m.). In Pittsburgh, the interview can be heard on WPGB-FM 104.7 MHZ and WPTT-AM 1360 KHZ. Additionally, you can scan the AM radio dial at night and find the program on numerous out-of-town AM radio stations from cities such as Charlotte, Richmond, Cleveland, Des Moines, Philadelphia, New York, Chicago, Albany, Louisville, and Youngstown. More Details. * 2008 Jan. 7 - Reuse, by The Carnegie Science Center (beginning in 2007) of original Buhl Planetarium "Snowballs on Summer Solstice Day" promotion (from 1985). * 2007 Oct. 23 - The Times-Herald, Newnan GA: Carnegie Library prospects hailed by an expert on Carnegie libraries, Glenn A. Walsh. By W. WINSTON SKINNER (Article appeared under banner headline, at top of first page.) Mentions Friends of the Zeiss, The Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science, and the historic Zeiss II Planetarium Projector. * 2007 Oct. - Historic Abraham Lincoln Artifacts Sold-off by County of Allegheny, Pennsylvania to the Senator John Heinz Pittsburgh Regional History Center * 2007 Aug. 27 - Public Statement: Before Allegheny Regional Asset District By Glenn A. Walsh: Children’s Museum Needs Additional Revenue Prepared Text *** Large-Print Version Utilizing historic Buhl Planetarium equipment and artifacts will produce additional revenue, to help offest the loss of $200,000 of State funding, while helping teach Science to children visiting Children's Museum. Also, money for additional computers would provide more public benefit by being granted to the library systems' Electronic Information Network. * 2007 July 19 - New Interactive On-Line Guide to International Space Station -- With video introduction and narration by NASA Astronaut Mike Fincke, who credits Pittsburgh's original Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science for his interest in becoming an astronaut. Mike Fincke served as a science officer and flight engineer on the International Space Station during Expedition 9. NASA News Release *** Science Daily/UPI News Story ISS Web Site with On-Line Interactive Tour *** Biography of NASA Astronaut Mike Fincke * 2007 March 27 - News Release: Science Center Misses Second Deadline to Reassemble Historic Zeiss Projector Despite $1 Million Planetarium Rehab in 2006 “It is now quite clear that The Carnegie Science Center has no interest in the historic Buhl Planetarium artifacts and has no intentions of reassembling them; they do not see display of these artifacts as part of their mission. All of their ‘delays’ are simply meant to drag-out the process, hoping that people will forget these artifacts exist—the old adage: ‘out of sight, out of mind’ !” according to Friends of the Zeiss Project Director Glenn A. Walsh. Newly-Created Web Pages on History of Buhl Planetarium and Friends of the Zeiss Web Sites Walsh, Glenn A. "Eve Pierce, European Correspondent Reporting for SpaceWatchtower." Friends of the Zeiss 2013 May 4. < http://buhlplanetarium2.tripod.com/weblog/spacewatchtower/pearcee/index.html >. Walsh, Glenn A. "Transit of Venus - Frequently Asked Questions." Friends of the Zeiss 2012 May 29. "JUNE 5 - SAFE PUBLIC VIEWING OF RARE ASTRONOMICAL EVENT WITH 4.5-INCH REFLECTOR TELESCOPE AT MT. LEBANON PUBLIC LIBRARY. News Release. Friends of the Zeiss 2012 May 29. Includes Transit of Venus - Frequently Asked Questions. "June 5 - Safe Public Viewing of Rare Astronomical Event." Poster/Flyer 2. Friends of the Zeiss 2012 May 23. "June 5 - Safe Public Viewing of Rare Astronomical Event." Poster/Flyer 1. Friends of the Zeiss 2012 May 13. Walsh, Glenn A. "Public Observation: 1761 Venus Transit." Internet Web Page. History of Buhl Planetarium Web Site 2011 June 21. < http://buhlplanetarium.tripod.com/venustransit/1761public.html > Possible first documented observation, by members of the general public, of a Transit of the Planet Venus across the image of the Sun. Walsh, Glenn A. "John D. Weinhold, 1929 to 2011." Internet Web Page. History of Buhl Planetarium Web Site 2011 May 16. < http://buhlplanetarium2.tripod.com/bio/fotz/jaydee/ > Memorial page for former Buhl Planetarium Observatory volunteer John D. Weinhold. Walsh, Glenn A. "Astronomical Calendar - A.D. 2011." Internet Web Page. History of Buhl Planetarium Web Site 2011 Jan. 1. < http://buhlplanetarium4.tripod.com/astrocalendar/2011.html > This Internet Web Page is updated each month, with that month's Astronomical Calendar. Walsh, Glenn A. "The 1920 Great Debate on the Scale of the Universe." History of Buhl Planetarium Web Site 2010 May 11. < http://buhlplanetarium2.tripod.com/bio/greatdebate.html >. Debate between Heber D. Curtis, Director of the Allegheny Observatory, and Harlow Shapley, who gave the keynote address at the 1941 dedication of the 10-inch Siderostat-type Refractor Telescope of Pittsburgh's original Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science. Walsh, Glenn A. "American Presidential Inauguration of Barack H. Obama, Chronology." History of Buhl Planetarium Web Site 2010 Jan. 20. < http://buhlplanetarium.tripod.com/archivenews/spacefaring/Inaug-Chron.htm >. National Institute of Standards and Technology time signals used, to provide precise chronology of inauguration events. Walsh, Glenn A. "Astronomical Calendar - A.D. 2010." Internet Web Page. History of Buhl Planetarium Web Site 2010 Jan. 1. < http://buhlplanetarium4.tripod.com/astrocalendar/2010.html > This Internet Web Page is updated each month, with that month's Astronomical Calendar. Walsh, Glenn A. "A Brief History of Analog Television Broadcasting in Pittsburgh." History of WQEX-TV 16 Web Site 2009 July 24. < http://andrewcarnegie2.tripod.com/wqex/Brief_History_of_Analog_TV_Pgh.htm >. Walsh, Glenn A. "The Historic Mission of Apollo 11 Man Walks on the Moon for the First Time A Personal Remembrance From 40 Years Ago." History of Buhl Planetarium Web Site 2009 July 20. < http://buhlplanetarium2.tripod.com/bio/Apolloremembrance.htm >. Walsh, Glenn A. "Sighting Opportunities -- International Space Station." History of Buhl Planetarium Web Site 2009 July 6. < http://buhlplanetarium2.tripod.com/FAQ/sightopportun/ISS.html >. Walsh, Glenn A. "Citizen Science Projects." History of Buhl Planetarium Web Site 2009 June 9. < http://buhlplanetarium2.tripod.com/FAQ/citizenscience.html >. Walsh, Glenn A. "Children's Planetarium Shows at Pittsburgh's Original Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science." History of Buhl Planetarium Web Site 2009 May 22. < http://buhlplanetarium3.tripod.com/skyshow/children/ >. Walsh, Glenn A. "Foreign Language Festival at Pittsburgh's Original Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science." History of Buhl Planetarium Web Site 2009 May 20. < http://buhlplanetarium3.tripod.com/skyshow/foreignlanguage/ >. Walsh, Glenn A. "Historic "The Star of Bethlehem" Planetarium Sky Drama At Pittsburgh's Original Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science." History of Buhl Planetarium Web Site 2009 May 13. < http://buhlplanetarium3.tripod.com/skyshow/bethlehem/ >. Walsh, Glenn A. "Planetarium Sky Dramas at Pittsburgh's Original Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science - The Sky Shows." History of Buhl Planetarium Web Site 2009 May 13. < http://buhlplanetarium3.tripod.com/skyshow >. Walsh, Glenn A. "Visit to the Astronomical Observatory of Pittsburgh's Original Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science by the Alternative Curriculum Astronomy Workshop, The Tripoli Federation 1975 April 2 And Annual Workshop Exhibit at Buhl Planetarium." History of Buhl Planetarium Web Site 2009 March 14. < http://buhlplanetarium3.tripod.com/observatory/tripolivisit.html >. Walsh, Glenn A. "Astronomical Calendar - A.D. 2009." Internet Web Page. History of Buhl Planetarium Web Site 2009 Jan. 1. < http://buhlplanetarium4.tripod.com/astrocalendar/2009.html > This Internet Web Page is updated each month, with that month's Astronomical Calendar. Walsh, Glenn A. "Art in Pittsburgh’s Original Buhl Planetarium." History of Buhl Planetarium Web Site 2008 April. < http://buhlplanetarium2.tripod.com/art-buhlplanetarium.htm >. Walsh, Glenn A. "Allegheny Public Square Plaza/Park, North Side, Pittsburgh (formerly Ober Park)." History of Buhl Planetarium Web Site 2008 Jan. < http://buhlplanetarium.tripod.com/allegsq/EM-AllegSq.htm >. Walsh, Glenn A. "Astronomical Calendar - A.D. 2008." Internet Web Page. History of Buhl Planetarium Web Site 2008 Jan. 1. < http://buhlplanetarium4.tripod.com/astrocalendar/2008.html > This Internet Web Page is updated each month, with that month's Astronomical Calendar. Walsh, Glenn A. "Astronomical Calendar - A.D. 2007." Internet Web Page. History of Buhl Planetarium Web Site 2007 Jan. 1. < http://buhlplanetarium4.tripod.com/astrocalendar/2007.html > This Internet Web Page is updated each month, with that month's Astronomical Calendar. Walsh, Glenn A. ""Firsts" & World Records of The Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania." History of Buhl Planetarium Web Site 2006 Oct. 11 < http://buhlplanetarium.tripod.com/Buhl_Planetarium_Firsts.htm >. Walsh, Glenn A. "The Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania U.S.A. Quick History and Current Use of Building by Children's Museum." History of Buhl Planetarium Web Site 2006 March. < http://venustransit.pghfree.net/fotz/quickhistory.html >. Walsh, Glenn A. "The Challenger Disaster Viewed at Pittsburgh’s Buhl Planetarium A Personal Remembrance From 20 Years Ago." History of Buhl Planetarium Web Site 2006 Jan. < http://buhlplanetarium2.tripod.com/bio/2006ChallengerBuhl.htm >. Walsh, Glenn A. "Astronomical Calendar - A.D. 2006." Internet Web Page. History of Buhl Planetarium Web Site 2006 Jan. 1. < http://buhlplanetarium4.tripod.com/astrocalendar/2006.html > This Internet Web Page is updated each month, with that month's Astronomical Calendar. Walsh, Glenn A. "Amateur Science Clubs at The Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science Pittsburgh." History of Buhl Planetarium Web Site 2005 June 3. < http://buhlplanetarium3.tripod.com/amateurscience.html >. 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NASA Watch ALSO SEE: Current Astronomy, Space, and Science News International Space Station Viewing Opportunities Other Space Shuttle Missions: * STS-126 Commanded by Pennsylvania (Philadelphia) Native Chris Ferguson (2008 November) * STS-122 - Commanded by Pittsburgh-area native Stephen N. Frick, inspired by Pittsburgh's original Buhl Planetarium (2008 February) * STS-118 - Teacher-in-Space Mission Completed (2007 August) * STS 51-L - Tragedy of Space Shuttle Challenger, as viewed from Pittsburgh's original Buhl Planetarium (1986 January) ALSO: * 1969 July 20 - The Historic Mission of Apollo 11, Man Walks on the Moon for the First Time *** New Books - Astronomy, Space, Science Nicholas Nicastro, "Circumference: Eratosthenes and the Ancient Quest to Measure the Globe." New York: St. Martin's Press, 2008. Pp. xi, 223. ISBN 9780312372477. $23.95. Review of Book. Marchant, Jo. "Review: Time in Antiquity by Robert Hannah." New Scientist Magazine 2009 Jan. 28. Pelling, Nick. Review of “The Long Route to the Invention of the Telescope." CipherMysteries.com 2008 Nov. 16. Acocella, Joan. "The Forbidden World Did a sixteenth-century heretic grasp the nature of the cosmos?" The New Yorker Magazine 2008 Aug. 25. 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For Year 2013. * March 30 to May 5 - National Kite Month. * April 29 to May 8, - CITIZEN SCIENCE - Annual Globe at Night campaign, to raise public awareness of the impact of light pollution by encouraging everyone everywhere to measure local levels of night sky brightness and contribute observations on-line to a world map. * May - First Week - National Lab Day (First week of May). * May 1 to 7 - Choose Privacy Week. * Wed., May 1 - Traditional Astronomical Cross-Quarter Day Beltaine, better known as May Day ( Second traditional Astronomical Cross-Quarter Day of year; approximate mid-way point in Spring season) (May 1). Actual Cross-Quarter Day. * Wed., May 1 - Law Day (May 1). * Wed., May 1 - Loyalty Day (May 1). * Thur., May 2, 7:14 a.m. EDT - Moon Phase: Last Quarter. * Sat., May 4 - Space Day (First week in May). * May 4 to 12 - National Travel and Tourism Week (First full week of May). * May 5 to 11 - Arson Awareness Week. * Sat., May 5 - Cinco de Mayo - Mexico (May 5). * Sun., May 5, 2:00 a.m. EDT - Peak of n-Aquarid (Eta Aquarid) Meteor Shower - remnants from Halley's Comet. * Sun., May 5, 4:03 p.m. EDT - Actual Astronomical Cross-Quarter Day Beltaine, better known as May Day ( Second traditional Astronomical Cross-Quarter Day of year; mid-way point in Spring season). Traditional Cross-Quarter Day. * May 6 to 12 - National Nurses Week (from May 6, also known as National Nurses Day, through May 12, the birthday of Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing). * May 6 to 10 - National PTA Teacher Appreciation Week (First full week of May). * Mon., May 6 - National Nurses Day/National RN Recognition Day (May 6). * Tue., May 7 - National Teacher Day (Tuesday of Teacher Appreciation Week). * Wed., May 8 - National Student Nurses Day (May 8). * Wed., May 8 - National Bike to School Day. * Wed., May 8 - Holocaust Remembrance Day (USA) (May 8). * Wed., May 8 - National School Nurse Day (Wednesday Of National Nurses Week). * Wed., May 8 (1945) - Victory in Europe Day (May 8). ** May 9 - 10 - Solar Eclipse ( Annular and Partial Eclipses) visible in Australia and the Pacific Ocean --- * Thur., May 9, 8:26:19.9 p.m. EDT - Time of greatest eclipse for the Annular Eclipse of the Sun (similar to a total solar eclipse, except solar disk is not completely covered by the Moon). This Annular Eclipse of the Sun will be visible in a narrow path from Australia through the eastern section of Papua New Guinea, Solomon and Gilbert Islands, and the central part of the South Pacific Ocean. A partial eclipse of the Sun could be observed over a broader section of the South Pacific Ocean. SAFE WAY TO VIEW A SOLAR ECLIPSE OR ECLIPSE OF THE SUN.. * Thur., May 9, 8:28 p.m. EDT - Moon Phase: New Moon - Lunation 1118. * Fri., May 10, 5:00 p.m. EDT - Asteroid Pallas in conjunction with the Sun (Pallas not visible, even with a telescope). * May 11 to 19 - Armed Forces Week (USA) - (Second Saturday to Sunday of following week in May). * Sat., May 11 - International Migratory Bird Day (Second Saturday in May). * Sat., May 11 - National Train Day (celebrated on the Saturday closest to the anniversary of the driving of the Golden Spike for the completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad in the United States of America: 1869 May 10). * Sat., May 11, 5:00 p.m. EDT - Mercury in superior conjunction with the Sun (Mercury not visible, even with a telescope). * May 12 to 18 - Women's Health Week (Week that begins on Mothers' Day). * May 12 to 18 - Food Allergy Awareness Week (FAAW). * May 12 to 18 - National Hospital Week. * May 12 to 18 - National Police Week (Week including May 15). * Sun., May 12 - Mothers' Day (Second Sunday in May). * Sun., May 12 - International Nurses Day, the birth date of pioneering nurse Florence Nightingale, and the end of the annual Nurses Week (May 12). * Sun., May 12, 9:00 a.m. EDT - Jupiter 3 degrees north of the Moon. * May 13 to 19 - Children's Book Week (Moved from 2007 Nov. 12 to 18). * Mon, May 13 (1611) - “Galileo Confirmation Day,” anniversary of the day Jesuit priests held a banquet in honor of Galileo Galilei, for his discovery of four moons orbiting the planet Jupiter (May 13). * Mon., May 13 - Women's Checkup Day (Monday of Women's Health Week/Monday after Mothers' Day). * Mon., May 13, 10:00 a.m. EDT - Moon at apogee: 405,825 kilometers. * Wed., May 15 - National Peace Officers' Memorial Day (May 15). * Thur., May 16 - Mercury at perihelion. * Fri., May 17 - Bike-to-Work Day (Third Friday in May). * May 18 to 24 - National Safe Boating Week. * Sat., May 18 - International Museum Day (May 18). * Sat., May 18 - Armed Forces Day (USA) - (Third Saturday in May). * Sat., May 18 - Visit Your Relatives Day (May 18). * Sat., May 18, 12:34 a.m. EDT - Moon Phase: First Quarter. * May 19 to 25 - Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Week. * Mon., May 20 - Victoria Day - In Canada, informally considered the beginning of the Summer season (last Monday before May 25). * Tue., May 21, 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. EDT - Primary Election Day: Pennsylvania (Third Tuesday in May except during Presidential Election Years when it is held on the Fourth Tuesday in April). * Tue., May 21 (1881) - Founding of the American Red Cross (May 21). * Wed., May 22 - National Maritime Day (May 22). Pittsburgh's original Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science displayed the largest Mercator's Projection Map of the World, originally produced by the U.S. Maritime Commission for display at the 1939 World's Fair in New York City. * Wed., May 22 - Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) Day (Wednesday of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Week). * Wed., May 22, 7:00 a.m. EDT - Star Spica 0.005 degree south of the Moon; occultation: Southeast Asia, Philippines, Indonesia, northeastern portion of Australia, Melanesia, French Polynesia, Pitcairn Islands. * Thur., May 23, 6:00 a.m. EDT - Saturn 4 degrees north of the Moon. * Fri., May 24, 11:00 p.m. EDT - Mercury 1.4 degrees north of Venus. * Sat., May 25 - National Missing Children's Day (May 25) * Sat., May 25 (1961) - Anniversary of when U.S. President John F. Kennedy, in a special speech before a joint session of the U.S. Congress, proposes a new national goal: "First, I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth." * Sat., May 25, 12:10:00 a.m. EDT - Time of greatest eclipse for the Penumbral Eclipse of the Moon, visible from most of the Americas and western Africa. This Lunar Eclipse or Eclipse of the Moon is safe to view with the naked-eyes, binoculars, or a telescope. However, this particular Penumbral Lunar Eclipse will be so faint to be practically undetectable, without professional observing equipment ! * Sat., May 25, 12:25 a.m. EDT - Moon Phase: Full Moon (Flower Moon). * Sat., May 25, 10:00 p.m. EDT - Moon at perigee: 358,377 kilometers. Large tides predicted. * Mon., May 27 - Memorial Day - USA (Last Monday in May); originally observed as Decoration Day - USA (May 30). * Mon., May 27, 5:00 a.m. EDT - Mercury 2 degrees north of Jupiter. * Tue., May 28, 4:00 p.m. EDT - Venus 1.0 degree north of Jupiter. * Thur., May 30 - Decoration Day - USA (May 30) - now observed as Memorial Day on last Monday in May. * Fri., May 31 - World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) (May 31). * Fri., May 31, 2:58 p.m. EDT - Moon Phase: Last Quarter. Astronomical Glossary of Terms Used Astro Calendar Current Month Astro Calendar Archives 10,000 Year Calendar

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