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23-06-2014, 06:31 AM
Updates in this Newsletter
Voting now open in the IceInSpace Calendar Competition!
Vale Bill Bradfield
Stunning Night Sky Images in TWAN Contest!
How Far Away is the Moon?
The Dog Astronomer - Caption This!
* Voting now open in the IceInSpace Calendar Competition!
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/scripts/calendar-competition/voting/2015-voting-selection-300px.jpg
Voting for the IceInSpace Calendar Competition for 2015 is now open! Just by voting, you can win a prize pack valued at $100.
Click here to vote (http://iceinspace-calendar-2015.questionpro.com/).
So it's over to you! During May and June, we had some of IceInSpace's best astrophotographers submit their images. We had an amazing response, with 255 images submitted by 63 different photographers. The quality of images was absolutely stunning - we were blown away by the talent and will be pleased to feature ANY of those images in the 2015 calendar!
David (Astrovisuals) and I have now narrowed those images down to 5 in each category across 13 categories, and now it's up to you! You get to select your favourite (http://iceinspace-calendar-2015.questionpro.com/) images in each category, and the winning images will be used in the 2015 IceInSpace Astronomy Calendar.
So get voting, and please share the link with your friends.
http://iceinspace-calendar-2015.questionpro.com
For all the information, see the IceInSpace Calendar Competition Rules and Info Page here (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/index.php?id=73,756,0,0,1,0).
* Vale Bill Bradfield
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/newsletter/images/20140623-bradfield.jpg
Words by Suzy.
William A. Bradfield, 1928-2014.
There's many sad faces in the astronomical community at the moment due to the passing away of Bill Bradfield after a long battle with illness on 9th June.
Bill Bradfield is history's most prolific visual comet hunter, credited with the discovery of 18 comets visually between 1972 and 2004- six more than any other amateur astronomer alive. He was a rarity and in a class of his own using nothing but his eyes and a homemade telescope.
Between 1995 and his last comet discovery in 2004 (comet 2004 F4 Bradfield) there was a nine year spell involving 900 hours of searching. Not surprising, as by this stage, computerised searches using digital equipment were making it difficult for people like Bradfield to find their own comets. In fact, for that 16 month period during January 2003 and May 2004, he was only one of two people in the world to have outsmarted those robots.
That final comet discovery in 2004 earned him the prestigious Edgar Wilson award for amateur comet discovery. Not forgetting he was also made a Member of the Order of Australia in 1989 and had an asteroid officially named after him during his successful amateur career.
R.I.P Bill Bradfield.
Discuss on IceInSpace (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=122117).
* Stunning Night Sky Images in TWAN Contest!
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/newsletter/images/20140623-twan.jpg
Each year, The World at Night (TWAN) runs an international competition to find the most beautiful Earth & Sky Photos.
This year, the winners were selected from images taken in 55 countries (during 2013-14), and they highlight the beauties of night sky and its battle with light pollution.
The winning images and a selection of notable mentions have been compiled into this stunning ~10 minute video. Watch online at Vimeo (https://vimeo.com/98478669), and read more about the contest on the TWAN website (http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/news.asp?newsID=6097).
* How Far Away is the Moon?
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/newsletter/images/20140623-moon.jpg
Earth's moon is the brightest object in our night sky and the closest celestial body. Its presence and proximity play a huge role in making life possible here on Earth. The moon's gravitational pull stabilizes Earth's wobble on its axis, leading to a stable climate.
The moon's orbit around Earth is elliptical. At perigee — its closest approach — the moon comes as close as 363,104 kilometers. At apogee — the farthest away it gets — the moon is 405,696 km from Earth. On average, the distance from Earth to the moon is about 384,400 km. However, the moon is moving away from Earth at a rate of about 1.5 inches (4 cm) per year.
From a great space.com article: How Far is the Moon? (http://www.space.com/18145-how-far-is-the-moon.html) Check it out for more Moon facts.
* The Dog Astronomer - Caption This! :)
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/newsletter/images/20140623-dogtelescope.jpg
Suzy found this picture and shared it on the IceInSpace Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/iceinspace) page, and asked for some funny captions.
The suggestions were great! Let's keep it going on the IceInSpace Forum too!
Post your captions here on this IceInSpace Thread (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=122397).
Thanks for reading! Keep looking up!
Voting now open in the IceInSpace Calendar Competition!
Vale Bill Bradfield
Stunning Night Sky Images in TWAN Contest!
How Far Away is the Moon?
The Dog Astronomer - Caption This!
* Voting now open in the IceInSpace Calendar Competition!
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/scripts/calendar-competition/voting/2015-voting-selection-300px.jpg
Voting for the IceInSpace Calendar Competition for 2015 is now open! Just by voting, you can win a prize pack valued at $100.
Click here to vote (http://iceinspace-calendar-2015.questionpro.com/).
So it's over to you! During May and June, we had some of IceInSpace's best astrophotographers submit their images. We had an amazing response, with 255 images submitted by 63 different photographers. The quality of images was absolutely stunning - we were blown away by the talent and will be pleased to feature ANY of those images in the 2015 calendar!
David (Astrovisuals) and I have now narrowed those images down to 5 in each category across 13 categories, and now it's up to you! You get to select your favourite (http://iceinspace-calendar-2015.questionpro.com/) images in each category, and the winning images will be used in the 2015 IceInSpace Astronomy Calendar.
So get voting, and please share the link with your friends.
http://iceinspace-calendar-2015.questionpro.com
For all the information, see the IceInSpace Calendar Competition Rules and Info Page here (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/index.php?id=73,756,0,0,1,0).
* Vale Bill Bradfield
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/newsletter/images/20140623-bradfield.jpg
Words by Suzy.
William A. Bradfield, 1928-2014.
There's many sad faces in the astronomical community at the moment due to the passing away of Bill Bradfield after a long battle with illness on 9th June.
Bill Bradfield is history's most prolific visual comet hunter, credited with the discovery of 18 comets visually between 1972 and 2004- six more than any other amateur astronomer alive. He was a rarity and in a class of his own using nothing but his eyes and a homemade telescope.
Between 1995 and his last comet discovery in 2004 (comet 2004 F4 Bradfield) there was a nine year spell involving 900 hours of searching. Not surprising, as by this stage, computerised searches using digital equipment were making it difficult for people like Bradfield to find their own comets. In fact, for that 16 month period during January 2003 and May 2004, he was only one of two people in the world to have outsmarted those robots.
That final comet discovery in 2004 earned him the prestigious Edgar Wilson award for amateur comet discovery. Not forgetting he was also made a Member of the Order of Australia in 1989 and had an asteroid officially named after him during his successful amateur career.
R.I.P Bill Bradfield.
Discuss on IceInSpace (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=122117).
* Stunning Night Sky Images in TWAN Contest!
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/newsletter/images/20140623-twan.jpg
Each year, The World at Night (TWAN) runs an international competition to find the most beautiful Earth & Sky Photos.
This year, the winners were selected from images taken in 55 countries (during 2013-14), and they highlight the beauties of night sky and its battle with light pollution.
The winning images and a selection of notable mentions have been compiled into this stunning ~10 minute video. Watch online at Vimeo (https://vimeo.com/98478669), and read more about the contest on the TWAN website (http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/news.asp?newsID=6097).
* How Far Away is the Moon?
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/newsletter/images/20140623-moon.jpg
Earth's moon is the brightest object in our night sky and the closest celestial body. Its presence and proximity play a huge role in making life possible here on Earth. The moon's gravitational pull stabilizes Earth's wobble on its axis, leading to a stable climate.
The moon's orbit around Earth is elliptical. At perigee — its closest approach — the moon comes as close as 363,104 kilometers. At apogee — the farthest away it gets — the moon is 405,696 km from Earth. On average, the distance from Earth to the moon is about 384,400 km. However, the moon is moving away from Earth at a rate of about 1.5 inches (4 cm) per year.
From a great space.com article: How Far is the Moon? (http://www.space.com/18145-how-far-is-the-moon.html) Check it out for more Moon facts.
* The Dog Astronomer - Caption This! :)
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/newsletter/images/20140623-dogtelescope.jpg
Suzy found this picture and shared it on the IceInSpace Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/iceinspace) page, and asked for some funny captions.
The suggestions were great! Let's keep it going on the IceInSpace Forum too!
Post your captions here on this IceInSpace Thread (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=122397).
Thanks for reading! Keep looking up!