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Show travel Light show unlimited an’s fascination with the cosmosis as infinite as the universe itself. Even if “Milky Way” means “candybar” to you, you might still re- member when youfirst spotted the Big Dipper or the sparkling North Star : A fistful of flavor for small change. For a truly stellar experience, visit Pittsburgh's $3.1 million Henry Buh Jr. Planetarium & Pittsburgh’s state-of-the-art : planetarium debuts next weekend Observatory, part of the new Car negie Science Cen ter, which open: next Sunday. Buh! is billed as the planet's largest physically interactive and most mod- ern planetarium. Instead of the projection system found at most planetariums, called the Zeiss system, at Buhl’s heart is Digistar, a computer graphics projector that can simulate flight and create detailed seasonal skies. A “flight controller” at your seatlets you pick the celestial destination you'd like to visit next. With Digistar, “you don’t get as bright a sky (as with Zeiss), and images are not as sharp. But what you can do beyondthat is a quantum leap of technology,” says Von Del Chamberlain, a former International Planetarium Society president Among other highlights at Carnegie: Film fantasy. To the Limit, shown on the Omnimax Theater’s 79-foot screen, is designed to make youfeel as if you have stepped into the shoes of a ballerina, mountain climber and skier Water sculpting. Aquabatics Foun- tain, an interactive water sculpture, reaches nearly 30 feet and extends through thefirst-floor ceiling. At computerstations, you control the patterns ofthe streams as they go up and down. Applied science. The exhibits of Science Wayare linked to scientific principles. On Perception Porch, learn howthings would sound if your ears werereversed. In the Kitchen,there’s a tornado in the fridge, and the sink reallyis a gravity well, like a “black hole.” SURGEON GENERAL'S WARNING: Cigarette Smoke Contains Carbon Monoxide. Carnegie is on the Ohio River’s north shore. Admission depends on what you see. To knowmore, call 412-237-3400. By Leslie Ansiey G USA WEEKEND * September 27-29, 1991 |