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The Mallon Planetarium
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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.
Planetarium Director: Mr. Ted Williams. Mr. Williams celebrates his 21st year at Methacton School District. Many are familiar wtih the Fels Planetarium at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia where Mr. Williams serves the Rittenhouse Astronomical Society (one of the oldest astronomical societes in the nation) as educator and secretary. The Society meets 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 and special event presenter at the Hayden Planetarium in the Rose Science Center at the American Museum of Natural History, New York City. 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 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. Mr. Paton has attended the Mallon Planetarium since 1st grade and returns to share his knowledge of astronomy with the Methacton community. Evening Planetarium Presentations (2011-2012): Advance registration ensures admittance, tickets may be available at the door. Please revisit website the week of your presentation to ensure it is still offered. Contact Janeen Marzewski, Community Programs Coordinator at: 610-489-5000, ext. 15034. October 26, 2011 (Wednesday) 100 Years of Girl Scouting ~ 4:30 pm. (By pre-registration only, not open to the public) Open to community, Family oriented, all ages invited What's Up? ~ 6:30 pm. Moon Witch ~ 7:15 pm. ##### November 17, 2011 (Thursday) 100 Years of Girl Scouting ~ 4:30 pm. (By pre-registration only, not open to the public) Open to community, Family oriented, all ages invited What's Up? ~ 6:30 pm. Hubble Vision~ 7:15 pm. ##### December 13, 2011 (Tuesday) 100 Years of Girl Scouting ~ 4:30 pm. (By pre-registration only, not open to the public) Open to community, Family oriented, all ages invited What's Up? ~ 6:30 pm. 'Tis the Season ~ 7:15 pm. ##### February 23, 2012 (Thursday) 100 Years of Girl Scouting ~ 4:30 pm. (By pre-registration only, not open to the public) Open to community, Family oriented, all ages invited Advanced reservation guarantees a seat Follow the Drinking Gourd~ 7:00 pm. What's Up? ~ 8:00 pm. ##### To be announced this Spring Check back for date to be posted shortly 100 Years of Girl Scouting ~ (By pre-registration only- please call to set up a date and time, not open to the public) Open to community, Family oriented, all ages invited Advanced reservation guarantees a seat Hubble Vision ~ What's Up? ~ "What's Up?" An informative star talk highlighting what's currently visible in the night sky is included with each presentation. (Conducted by Mr. Brian Paton and/or Mr. Ted Williams) Advance registration ensures admittance, tickets may be available at the door. Contact Janeen Marzewski, Community Programs Coordinator at: 610-489-5000, ext. 15034. Please check this website the day of your presentation for schedule changes or weather cancellations.   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.  WebCasting Direct with NASA on model rocket design .jpg) Multi Media Array used for G. Holst "The Planets" - Music Classes .jpg) Exploring the Surface of Mars   |
