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Latitude 40º08' Longitude 75º25'
Welcome Everyone!
The Mallon Planetarium services all students of the Methacton School District. We are within Lower Providence township just north of Valley Forge in Eagleville Pennsylvania. The planetarium is on the campus of the Arcola Intermediate School at 4000 Eagleville Road. The planetarium is utilized district-wide and services Skyview, Arrowhead, Audubon, Eagleville, Worcester and Woodland Elementary Schools along with Arcola Intermediate and Methacton High School.
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Planetarium Director: Mr. Ted Williams. Mr. Williams celebrates his 20th year at Methacton. He was recently named a fellow of the Middle Atlantic Planetarium Society, and has received their Exceptional Service Certificate. He is a member of The International Planetarium Society, and is currently educator and secretary for the Rittenhouse Astronomical Society. The Society meets at the Fels Planetarium in the Franklin Institute the second Wednesday of the month (September to June) at 7:15 PM, and you (both students and adults) can now consider yourself invited! Free admission ! Mr. Williams is also a regular evening presenter for Celestial Highlights at the Hayden Plantarium in the Rose Science Center at the American Museum of Natural History, New York City.
Also on staff for our community presentations is Mr. Brian Paton, a Methacton graduate. Mr. Paton earned his degree in Physics and Astronomy at Ursinus College and currently works at Lockheed Martin Corporation.
Upcoming Evening Planetarium Presentations (2010-2011):
Home and School Association Night ~ (Tuesday) October-12-2010 ~ 8:00 pm
Closed to Public, Presentation for H & S Volunteers
Moon Witch ~ (Thursday) October-21-2010 ~ 4:30 & 6:30 pm
Open to the public, community members invited
Senior Presentation ~ (Thursday) November-18-2010 ~ 2:30 & 6:30 pm
Senior presentation ~ Preview of upcoming new planetarium presentation ~ Hubble Vision !
'Tis the Season ~ (Saturday) December-11-2010 ~ 6:00 & 7:15 pm
Open to the public, family night
"What's Up?" An informative star talk highlighting what is visible in the current night sky is included with each presentation. (Conducted by Mr. Brian Paton and/or Mr. Ted Williams)
Advance registration ensures admittance, seats not reserved will be available at the door.
Contact Janeen Marzewski, Community Programs Coordinator at: 610-489-5000, ext. 15034.
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Mallon Planetarium Seasons demonstration
MALLON PLANETARIUM :The planetarium is named in honor of the founding director; Dr. Gerald Mallon. At the time of Dr. Mallon's death, he was the president-elect of the International Planetarium Society. He was awarded the International Planetarium Society Distinguished Service Award. Dr. Mallon served as our first planetarium director from 1974 through 1991. Dr. Mallon's work in Participatory Oriented Presentations and his extensive array of lab experiments to use in the planetarium are in use in many educational planetariums and starlabs across the country.
Our Planetarium projector is a Spitz 512 originally installed when Arcola opened in 1971. In 2003 the district installed the Spitz ATM4 to control a full multimedia display including 10 slide projectors, DVD, MP3(via PowerPoint) and Video playback through a projection system utilizing 3 digital light projectors. An additional CRT projector is still maintained and used to simulate images suspended in the planetarium star field.
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WebCasting Direct with NASA on model rocket design
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Multi Media Array used for G. Holst "The Planets" - Music Classes
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Exploring the Surface of Mars
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