Saturday, 17 October 2009

FW: IYA2009 Newsletter: Twitter Moonwatch 26 & 27 October 2009

Please find attached if you're interested, Steven Owens is from Fed Astro to whom we are affiliated.


Jules


 

Subject: IYA2009 Newsletter: Twitter Moonwatch 26 & 27 October 2009
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:06:49 +0100
From: sto@roe.ac.uk
To: info@astronomy2009.co.uk

Dear Astronomy Enthusiasts,
 
During Autumn Moonwatch we will be running another Twitter-based event, Twitter Moonwatch. To find out more, including how to get involved, visit http://www.astronomy2009.co.uk/ and watch our trailer!
 
And to celebrate this unique event we are pleased to announce what might be the most exciting competition prize ever! You can win time obeserving on a professional 2m telescope. Check out our competition details here: http://www.astronomy2009.co.uk/index.php/news-mainmenu-37/22-announcements/136-twitter-moonwatch-competition-your-chance-to-control-a-professional-telescope
 
Good luck!
 
Regards
 
Steve Owens
International Year of Astronomy 2009
UK Co-ordinator
t 0141 420 5010 ext 299
m 07717720479
 
Follow astronomy2009uk on Twitter! twitter.com/astronomy2009uk
 
 


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Friday, 9 October 2009

Astronomy Talk to Astwood Bank Cubs.

We've received a request from Sarah Duffin of Astwood Bank Cubs to give a talk to the Cubs who are doing their astronomy badges. Its been pencilled in for 4th Nov. 6:30 to 7:45pm. I've sent a quick reply and would like to let them know something definate next week.
I think Chelsea and Karen, and perhaps Derek, have done this before. If no-one is free at that time I could go but would need help with what sort of thing to talk about, pictures, diagrams, or whatever's needed. If anyone who's willing/able would let me know I'll get back to the lady.
Thanks,
Have a good weekend
Joan

Sunday, 4 October 2009

RE: Meeting Agenda Proposals

 Hi everyone, here's the agenda for tomorrow night, kindly put together by Patrick.

Jules


 
> Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2009 11:24:44 +0000
> Subject: Meeting Agenda Proposals
> From: p.ward.ramdohr@googlemail.com
> To: jules-rules-@hotmail.co.uk
>
> I've shared a document with you:
>
> Meeting Agenda Proposals
> http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AWN8O3Qtq2muZGdyYzMyZG5fMThoamdwODdnNA&hl=en
>
> It's not an attachment -- it's stored online at Google Docs. To open this
> document, just click the link above.
>
> Please review agenda for tomorrow.
>
> I will prepare a "The Night Sky" 10 minute discussion.
>
> Nick can you do another 10min talk?
>
> Ron/Chelsea please review the "Chairman" bit and review.


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Sunday, 27 September 2009

Julia - astro related enquiries

Hello everyone
 
Just a quickie to let you know that I shall be off-line till at least Tuesday evening due to family circumstances so if you have any astro-related enquiries please contact Joan on 01527 542471 or text me 07719246113.
 
Thank you and I'll be in touch again asap

Jules




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Wednesday, 23 September 2009

FW: IYA2009 Newsletter: Winter Solstice Event at Stonehenge

This  may be of interest

Jules


 

Subject: IYA2009 Newsletter: Winter Solstice Event at Stonehenge
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:56:00 +0100
From: sto@roe.ac.uk
To: info@astronomy2009.co.uk

Dear Astronomy Enthusiasts,
 
It is well known that there is a connection between Stonehenge and sunrise and sunset on the longest and shortest days of the year. To celebrate this connection between the stones and the sky, in the International Year of Astronomy 2009, a special event has been organised by the Royal Astronomical Society together with English Heritage.
 
Including:

Free talks and tours by leading archaeologists and astronomers
An opportunity to view the sunset itself
See the night sky from the stones (advance bookings only)
From Earth to the Universe" exhibition

To find out more, visit our website at: http://www.astronomy2009.co.uk/index.php/news-mainmenu-37/22-announcements/129-winter-solstice-event-at-stonehenge
 
Regards
 
Steve Owens
 
PS Keep even more up-to-date with all IYA2009 events and activities by following us on twitter at twitter.com/astronomy2009uk

Steve Owens

International Year of Astronomy 2009
UK Co-ordinator
t 0141 420 5010 ext 299
m 07717720479
 
Follow astronomy2009uk on Twitter! twitter.com/astronomy2009uk
 
 


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Saturday, 19 September 2009

Tuesday, 7 July 2009

Bibliography_20090226_v4

Pluto & the outer Solar System
References & bibliography

 

 

1.1 Books (specifically about Pluto and the outer Solar System)

 

John Davies, Beyond Pluto: Exploring the outer limits of the Solar System, Cambridge UP, 2001

David H Levy, The Quest for Comets, Oxford UP, 1995

NASA/Southwest Research Institute/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, New Horizons The First Mission to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt: Exploring Frontier Worlds Mission Guide, January 2006

Govert Schilling, The Hunt for Planet X: New Worlds and the Fate of Pluto, Copernicus Books/Springer, 2009

Tom Standage, The Neptune File: Planet Detectives and the Discovery of Worlds Unseen, Allen Lane/The Penguin Press, 2000

Carl Sagan & Anne Druyan, Comet, Headline, 1997

Alan Stern & Jacqueline Mitton, Pluto and Charon: Ice worlds on the Ragged Edge of the Solar System, Wiley-Interscience, 1999

 

1.2 Books (with some coverage of Pluto and the outer Solar System)

 

Robert H Baker, Astronomy: A Textbook for University and College Students, D van Nostrand Company, 3rd edition, 1938

J Kelly Beatty, Carolyn Collins Petersen & Andrew Chaikin, The New Solar System, Sky Publishing Corp/Cambridge UP, 4th edition, 1999

T Encrenaz, J-P Bibring, & M Blanc, (Translated by S Dunlop), The Solar System, Springer, 2nd edition, 1995

Fred Hoyle, Frontiers of Astronomy, William Heinemann, 1955

John S Lewis, Physics and Chemistry of the Solar System, Academic Press, 1997

Katharina Lodders & Bruce Fegley, Jr., The Planetary Scientist’s Companion, Oxford UP, 1998

Neil McBride & Iain Gilmour (eds), An Introduction to the Solar System, The Open University/Cambridge UP, 2004

Paul Murdin & Margaret Penston (eds), The Canopus Encyclopedia of Astronomy, Canopus, 2004

Ian Ridpath & John Woodruff (eds), Philip’s Astronomy Dictionary, George Philip Ltd/Reed International, 1995

Richard P Wayne, Chemistry of atmospheres, Oxford UP, 3rd edition, 2000

 

2 Papers & articles

 

Kulvinder Singh Chadha, Should Pluto count?, Astronomy Now, 20:9, September 2006, pp26 – 32

Marcus Chown, Strange attraction, New Scientist, 175:2352, 20 July 2002, pp28 – 32

Stuart Clark, Pluto to be or not to be?, Astronomy Now, 20:10, October 2006, pp28 – 31

Owen Gingerich, Losing it in Prague: The Inside Story of Pluto’s Demotion, Sky & Telescope, 112:5, November 2006, pp34 – 39

David W Hughes, Quaoar and the Edgeworth–Kuiper  Belt, Astronomy & Geophysics, 44:3, June 2003, pp3.21 – 3.22

William B McKinnon, Out on the Edge, Nature, 416, 11 July 2002, pp135 – 137

Patrick Moore, The Universe according to Patrick Moore, BBC Sky at Night, 17, October 2006, pp5 – 6

Justin Ray, The Race to Reach Pluto, Astronomy Now, 20:1, January 2006, pp24 - 26

Karen H Robinett, The Voyager Interstellar Mission, Astronomy Now, 4:3, March 1990, pp25 - 28

John Spencer, On to Pluto: New Horizons heads off to explore the new frontier, Planetary Report, XXVI:2, March/April 2006, pp24 - 26

Duncan Steel, Mystery at the edge of the Solar System, BBC Sky at Night, 16, September 2006, pp26 – 32

Duncan Steel, Mysteries of the frozen frontier, BBC Sky at Night, 10, March 2006, pp 38 – 43

S Alan Stern, Journey to the furthest planet, in Sci. Amer. Special Edition, 13:3, 2003, pp84 – 91

Paul R Weissman, The Oort Cloud, in Sci. Amer. Special Edition, 13:3, 2003, pp92 – 100

Iwan Williams & Jocelyn Bell-Burnell, Meeting Report: What it takes to make a planet, Astronomy & Geophysics, 47:5, pp5.16 – 5.17, October 2006

Eliot F Young, Richard P Binzel & Keenan Crane, A two-color map of Pluto’s sub-Charon hemisphere, The Astronomical Journal, 121, January 2001, pp552 – 561

 

3 Websites

 

Pluto: http://sse.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Pluto

 

International Astronomical Union: http://www.iau.org/

 

New Horizons: http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/

http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/links/index.html

 

Planetary Society Pioneer Anomaly Project: http://planetary.org/programs/projects/pioneer_anomaly/

 

Voyager Interstellar Mission:http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/interstellar.html