Articles in The Planetarian,
Quarterly Journal of the International Planetarium Society
Feature Articles
Walsh, Glenn A.
"Celestial Navigation Classes Return to Naval Academy After Absence of Nearly a Decade." Blog-Post.
SpaceWatchtower 2016 Dec. 7.
During World War II several planetaria, including Pittsburgh's original
Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science,
taught Celestial Navigation classes to military servicemen bound for service in the War. In fact, Buhl Planetarium
premiered a public planetarium program on Celestial Navigation, titled “Bombers By Starlight,” just two and
one-half weeks before the surprise Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 1941 December 7 – 75 years ago, today.
This new “sky show” premiered on 1941 November 19, the same evening when famous astronomer Harlow Shapley
(then Director of the Harvard College Observatory) gave the keynote address at the dedication of Buhl Planetarium's
new, and rather unique,
10-inch Siderostat-Type Refractor Telescope. And after the sky show, a new Buhl Planetarium
gallery exhibit opened, with the-then intriguing title, “Can America Be Bombed?”
Special Note: This article was reprinted in the
2017 March issue (Volume 46, Number 1, Pages 56 to 58, of the .pdf file) of the
Quarterly Journal of the International Planetarium Society,
Planetarian.
Walsh, Glenn A.
"WHEN PITTSBURGH GOT ITS PLANETARIUM
"The 75th anniversary of America's 5th major planetarium." (.pdf file)
Planetarian 2014 December: V.43,N.4, P.50-56.
Published in the
Planetarian, the Quarterly Journal of the International Planetarium Society.
Ventre, John E.
"Presidents' Day: The Astronomy President." Blog Post and Article.
SpaceWatchtower 2014 Feb. 17.
Biography of U.S. President John Quincy Adams by John E. Ventre, Historian for the Cincinnati Observatory.
Special Note: This article was reprinted in the
2014 June issue (Volume 43, Number 2, Pages 34 to 36, 42, of the .pdf file) of the
Quarterly Journal of the International Planetarium Society,
Planetarian.
"Forum" Column Articles:
The Planetarian,
Quarterly Journal of the International Planetarium Society
Walsh, Glenn A. (Editor: Steve Tidey)
"Forum." (.pdf file) Column.
Planetarian 2005 June: V.34,N.2, P.35-36.
Glenn A. Walsh's contribution is one of several replies to the quarterly Forum question published in
the
Planetarian, the Quarterly Journal of the International Planetarium Society.
From "Forum" column of the Planetarian - 2005 June,
Quarterly Journal of the International Planetarium Society -
"Forum" question for this issue:
Question: How realistic is President Bush's new Space Initiative? Will astronaut safety issues hold NASA back from achieving the initiative's stated goals of establishing a base on the Moon and Mars, or will it forge ahead and view this as its new reason for being, for which the Agency has been searching these last few decades?