Indiana University , Dr.
"In this bowl of stars we see the entire formation history of Orion
printed into the features of the nebula: arcs, blobs, pillars, and rings of
dust that resemble cigar smoke," Robberto said.
The Hubble Space Telescope is a project of international cooperation
between NASA and the European Space Agency.org/news/2006/01

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The dome is powered by a 24-processor SGI Onyx visualization system with
12GB RAM and six SGI (R) InfiniteReality4(TM) graphic pipes, each with 1GB of
dedicated texture memory.
The interactivity of the SGI Digital Space Theatre means visitors can have
an entirely unique experience. The Space Telescope Science
Institute conducts Hubble science operations.

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The world's
first digital all -dome laser-projected real-time planetarium is powered by a
Zeiss All Dome Laser Image Projection system driven by SGI(R) Onyx(R)
visualization computers. Arriving on the second floor by escalator , visitors can
see the 200-seat SGI Digital Space Theatre with its 18-meter dome, tilted 15
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Comparing the characteristics of newborn stars and brown dwarfs in their natal
environment provides unique information about how they form.,
Washington.

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Located behind the old planetarium , the brand-new dazzling glass building
is 30 meters high, occupying 20 thousand square meters, and has three theaters
and two observatories. Priscilla Frisch of the Department of Astronomy
and Astrophysics, University of Chicago and SGI produced the "Solar Journey"
show, a NASA-funded production that was specially created for the Beijing
Planetarium Dome. Whether it's sharing images to aid in brain surgery, finding oil
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owners. This turbulent star formation region
is one of astronomy's most dramatic and photogenic celestial objects .
Among the stars Hubble spotted for the first time in visible light in
Orion were young brown dwarfs and a small population of possible binary brown
dwarfs (two brown dwarfs orbiting each other ). We can then sort the
stars by mass and age and look for trends.

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The heliosphere, roughly twice the size
of the orbit of Pluto, is shown in the dome powering its way smoothly through
interstellar medium and sheltering the solar system from much of its dust and
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image of the region reveals a treasure-house of beauty and astonishing detail
for comprehensive scientific study," said Jennifer Wiseman, NASA's Hubble
program scientist.

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To enhance the entertainment and educational value even further, the
planetarium has been equipped with a special interactive digital audience
voting system built into the armrest of each of the 200 seats.

NASA's Hubble Reveals Thousands of Orion Nebula Stars

WASHINGTON, In one of the most detailed
astronomical images ever produced, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captured an
unprecedented look at the Orion Nebula. Brown dwarfs are so-called
"failed stars. Astronomers have a clear view into this crowded stellar
maternity ward, because massive stars in the center of the nebula have blown
out most of the dust and gas in which they formed, carving out a cavity in the
dark cloud of gas and dust.

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"The world 's first digital, all-dome-laser-projected, real-time
planetarium is truly spectacular," said Bill La Rosa, senior vice president
and general manager, ICON, SGI. "Our goal is to calculate the masses
and ages for these young stars, so that we can map their history and get a
general scenario of the star formation in that region."
Orion is a perfect laboratory to study how stars are born , because it is
1,500 light-years away, a relatively short distance within our 100,000 light-
year wide galaxy. This appears to be a typical star-forming
environment."
This extensive study took 105 Hubble orbits to complete.

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For science accuracy and expertise, SGI collaborated with
Dr .
"The new Beijing Planetarium also includes the Beijing Ancient Observatory
which has eight astronomical instruments from the Qing Dynasty and is located
near the Jian Guo Gate. This unique
installation is now linked to the immense resources of the Virtual Science
Network, a group of scientists and researchers, all of whom are SGI customers
that exchange and contribute an amazing variety of visualization content
developed on the SGI platform to museums, science centers and educational
outreach institutions. Through the Virtual Science Network, Beijing
Planetarium audiences will be connected to endless worlds of discovery. For images and information about this
research on the Web, visit:

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An additional 3-pipe Onyx system with
InfiniteReality3 (TM) graphics is installed in the dome for show development
and pre-show presentations.

The Digital Universe
SGI Professional Services specially created the Digital Universe
application that can be used to run real-time shows and also create new shows. The SGI architecture allows the entire dome
display to be controlled from a wireless PDA so that even a child can visit
constellations or tour the galaxies with the press of a button. With this
feature audiences can make choices about where they wish to go in the Cosmos
and even chose the specific routes they want the presenter to take.5 billion years ago in a cloud like
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see visualization of the heliosphere. "SGI Reality Center environments have been
deployed all around the world in a vast variety of areas.

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SGI's vision is to provide technology
that enables the most significant scientific and creative breakthroughs of the
21st century. Our sun may have been born 4.

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addition, the Planetarium can be used for special events.

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In the newly opened SGI(R) Digital Space Theatre,
visitors will -- for the first time -- see spectacular high-contrast color
images including more than 37,000 stars, 30,000 galaxies , constellations,
nebulae, planets, spacecraft, and deep space objects.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050120/SFTH021 )
Since its founding in 1957, the Beijing Planetarium has played a national
role in Chinese astronomical education resulting in many textbooks,
audiovisual aids and scientific works. This new world-class planetarium preserves our past
while providing a window to the future," said a Beijing Planetarium
expert/specialist."

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In a mosaic containing a billion pixels, Hubble's Advanced Camera for
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are merely one-hundredth the brightness of previously viewed Orion stars .

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Philip Fu and a team of scientists at the Indiana
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In 2002, after intense reviews, the
Beijing Planetarium contracted Silicon Graphics (NYSE: SGI) to build a digital
planetarium solution that would represent a paradigm shift in how planetariums
can become destination spots to educate and entertain visitors.
This real-time database of our known Universe will keep growing as we make
more discoveries.

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Silicon Graphics, Inc. "Each one tells a story of
stellar winds from young stars that impact the environment and the material
ejected from other stars.

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Digital Space Theatre in New Beijing Planetarium Powered by SGI and Zeiss Provides Immersive Hands-On Window to the Universe

Andrew Hanson, Dr.

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, For
an experience that's truly out of this world, visitors to the 2008 Summer
Games will need to go no further than the new Beijing Planetarium.
Other contributing partners for SGI were Leonard Wickberg III, Hubble
Space Telescope Science Institute, NASA; Brent Tully, University of Hawaii;
University of Queensland; David Malin and the American Museum of Natural
History-New York provided the "Search for Life" show." These cool objects are too small to be ordinary stars, because
they cannot sustain nuclear fusion in their cores the way the sun does.

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SGI also provided 580GB of SGI(R) InfiniteStorage
TP9100 and TP900 systems , enough to run two playback and two real-time shows.
Robberto presented the findings today at the 207th meeting of the American
Astronomical Society in Washington.

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Presenters are
able to move seamlessly between real-time and playback mode, simulating events
such as eclipses and the passage of comets to create new shows to immerse,
entertain, and educate audiences. The latest
innovations in automotive and aerospace design, surgical procedures, modeling
of biological molecules or virtual reconstructions of heritage sites can all
be brought into the dome., and can be found on the Web
at http://www.
"The wealth of information in this Hubble survey, including seeing stars
of all sizes in one dense place, provides an extraordinary opportunity to
study star formation," said observation leader Massimo Robberto of the Space
Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore.

We hope you find the category both relevant and informative.

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"Orion is a bustling cauldron of activity . The
Advanced Camera mosaic covers approximately the apparent angular size of the
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