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    Wip February 2023 Challenge: The Planetarium

    This was filed away in my brain for perhaps just such a challenge, Behold, the Planetarium!

    Well first, some background.The real star here is Etienne-Louis Boullee, who in 1784 imagined, but never built, a grand memorial to Newton.
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    The vast spherical interior of the monument would serve a dual purpose. At night, it would be illuminated by a great spherical lamp.
    Coupe_du_Cénotaphe_de_Newton_[...]Boullée_Etienne-Louis_btv1b53164599c_1.jpg

    And by day, an impression of the night sky would be created by sunlight streaming through perforations in the dome.
    Vue_intérieure_du_Cénotaphe_de_[...]Boullée_Etienne-Louis_btv1b531799418_1.jpeg

    And now I, rank amateur, will seek to use this inspiring work in another foray into learning Blender. Below, I used both the plan and cross-section drawings as a guide to place and scale the basic shapes.
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    Ah yes and the star system part. The sun lamp is set, and next will be adding planets, moons? to round out the planetarium. We'll see where this goes... learning a lot so far.

    ### Latest WIP ###
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    A few links:
    Digital images from the National Library of France: https://gallica.bnf.fr/services/engi...#resultat-id-6

    A Cenotaph for Newton: The Poetry of Public Spaces, the Architecture of Shadow, and How Trees Inspired the World’s First Planetarium Design – The Marginalian
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