Welcome to the new DIY Planetarium homepage.

This website has been developed to bring together a collection of knowledge enabling amateurs and professionals alike to build planetariums from start to finish. Gore dome construction to fulldome video animation. My name is Adam Goss and I am a 'hemispherically obsessed' fulldome enthusiast. The information and collected works on this site are a compilation of everything I have learned, designed, rendered, or been taught by others more skilled in the field of planetariums than I.

Each principle facet of planetarium construction is covered under:

• Domes: Full dome construction manuals are avaliable for download ranging in size from 3 meters to eight meters. These manuals are for gore-section planetarium domes.
• Software: JAVA software developed for designing the optimal planetarium dome. GoreCalculator allows the user to specify a dome of any size and width of material being used to generate construction patterns with up to infinite precision.
• Productions: Basic tutorials on fulldome production and OpenSource fulldome media for use in digital fulldomes. These fulldome videos are avaliable in fisyeye and warped mirrodome formats ranging from 1k to 3k.
• Media: Want to know what something looks like? Browse the media gallery for detailed photos of dome construction, Blender renders, and fulldome shows.