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Omnibus (Sun. 9 p.m., ABC). The Star of Bethlehem, explained astronomically by the Hayden Planetarium...
Next day, the first day of school, Dean is greeted by his classmates as "a new disease," and during a field trip to the planetarium, a leather-jacketed roughneck slashes a tire on his car. "You read too many comic books." says Dean. They fight with knives. Dean wins. The boy challenges him to a "chickie run" -a dash to the edge of a cliff in two stolen cars; first man to jump out before the cars go over the brink is "chicken." Caught between folly and disgrace. Dean asks his father what to do. Father funks out. Dean makes...
Stargazing. A Junior Planetarium that projects 40 major constellations and 300 stars on the ceiling and walls of a darkened room is being sold by Harmonic Reed Corp. of Rosemont, Pa. The midget planetarium can be adjusted to different latitudes and dates, can simulate the nightly sweep of the stars. Price...
Camera fans can shoot the eclipse without much trouble. According to New York's Hayden Planetarium, the total eclipse can be shot with fast black and white film using a one-second exposure and f/4·5· Color film calls for one second and f/2. These settings will show the horizon faintly as well as silhouettes of nearby objects. The partial eclipse requires a filter (Kodak neutral density 4.0), 1/100 seconds and f/16 for black and white film...
...time. Zeiss has turned out periscopes for the U-boats of two World Wars, along with gun sights, range finders and other optical aids to destruction. But between the wars, it achieved its greatest name and fame with such peacetime products as telescopes, binoculars, microscopes and planetarium equipment. At the top of the combine today-and responsible for the rebuilding of Zeiss-are two crusty septuagenarians: Walter Bauersfeld, 72, inventor of the planetarium and a 46-year Zeissman; and Paul Henrichs, 71, who joined the company in 1901 and was longtime boss of its British operations. East & West. Zeiss...