1. R e a l - t i m e D a t a S t a n d a r d s f o r t h e P l a n e t a r i u m Brian Abbott Department of Astrophysics & Hayden Planetarium American Museum of Natural History New York, NY USA

2. American Museum of Natural History Founded 1869 200 Active Researchers Partnerships with hundreds of universities, research centers, governments and cultural institutions worldwide Degree-Granting

3. Digital Universe A scientifically accurate, interactive atlas of the universe Convergence of scientific knowledge and the power of visualization Strong academic partnerships ensure its continual growth and evolution continually provide context

4. DU Distribution Free version on web Science Bulletins Hayden Programs Space Shows Global audience of millions

5. Space Show Distribution Beijing Planetarium – Beijing, China Cunard – Queen Mary 2 Futuroscope – Paris, France Houston Museum of Natural Science – Houston, TX Denver Museum of Nature and Science – Denver, CO Papalote Museo del Nino – Mexico City, Mexico Osaka Science Museum – Osaka, Japan LodeStar Astronomy Center – Albuquerque, NM South Florida Museum – Bradenton, FL Oregon Museum of Science and Industry – Portland, OR Louisiana Art and Science Museum – Baton Rouge, LA Hamburg Planetarium – Hamburg, Germany State Museum of Pennsylvania – Harrisburg, PA Clarkstown School District – Nyack, NY City of Rocky Mount Children’s Museum – Rocky Mount, NC Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium – Brisbane, Australia Sunshine Planetarium – Tokyo, Japan EcoTarium – Worchester, MA Nihonbashi HD DVD Planetarium – Tokyo Heureka – The Finnish Science Centre – Helsinki, Finland Scitech Discovery Centre – Perth, Australia Melbourne Planetarium – Melbourne, Australia Chabot Space and Science Center – Oakland, CA Shanghai Science and Technology Museum, Shanghai, China Asahikawa Planetarium – Asahikawa, Japan Cite de l’espace – Toulouse, France Fels Planetarium, The Franklin Institute – Philadelphia, PA Ｍ iyazaki Science Center – Miyazaki City, Japan (GOTO) Cite des Sciences et de l'industrie – Paris, France Clark Planetarium – Salt Lake City, UT L’Hemispheric – Valencia, Spain GOTO Inc. - Tokyo Eugenides Planetarium - Athens, Greece Exploration Place – Wichita, KS Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum – Washington, DC Yokahama Science Center – Yokohama, Japan (GOTO)

6. DU in Planetariums Partners with SCISS, Sky-Skan, and Evans & Sutherland Bring DU to planetariums worldwide Efficient delivery demands a standard

7. DU Standards Adopt or create data standards Data format Distribution standard Naturally, VO AVM / VAMP FullDome

8. Challenges Distance Information Delivery via distribution, streaming Updating Presentation metadata