Astronomic representation
August 28, 2007 12:03 AM   Subscribe

The Richard Mille Planetarium-Tellurium - 10 years in the making and looking absolutely fabulous.
posted by tellurian (12 comments total) 2 users marked this as a favorite
 
Very cool. I do not want my 5 minutes back.
posted by Poolio at 12:11 AM on August 28, 2007


epony- um...apt??
posted by UbuRoivas at 12:34 AM on August 28, 2007


Oh wow. Great find! And so apropos, because I'm staying up waiting to get a glimpse of the total lunar eclipse tonight. (I had to link to an unknown site because the main NASA link that I had been looking at all day seems to be broken, maybe from too much traffic?)
posted by amyms at 12:39 AM on August 28, 2007


the diameter of the earth has for practical and aesthetic reasons been notably enlarged in the Planetarium-Tellurium (in reality, the earth is 109 times smaller than the sun)

So, it's more like Astronomic Misrepresentation? I kid, though. It's technically impressive and aesthetically pleasing.
posted by preparat at 12:40 AM on August 28, 2007




It's obviously gorgeous, but isn't it missing a few planets?

And for what it (probably) costs, I hope it at least also functions as an alarm clock and AM/FM radio.
posted by endquote at 1:05 AM on August 28, 2007


I dunno, the sun/planets look a bit cheap.
posted by chrismear at 2:58 AM on August 28, 2007


I hope it at least also functions as an alarm clock

Even better, if you don't feel like getting out of bed the world will stop spinning.
posted by Serial Killer Slumber Party at 3:01 AM on August 28, 2007


I'm staying up waiting to get a glimpse of the total lunar eclipse tonight.
Yeah, saw that. Bit disappointing. I was expecting a full blood red moon and it ended up a dirty pink. Maybe that was on account of the city lights though.
And for what it (probably) costs
I heard a six figure sum being mentioned at some other sites.
posted by tellurian at 4:49 AM on August 28, 2007


Openning yesterday, the first laser Digistar in an educational institutaion.
posted by MrGuilt at 5:14 AM on August 28, 2007


That's not a clock. This is a clock!.

Got to admit, very pretty little thing, though.
posted by cptnrandy at 5:30 AM on August 28, 2007


I love the plane-arium!
posted by papakwanz at 7:49 AM on August 28, 2007


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