Updates in this Newsletter- Astronomy Calendar 2017 NOW AVAILABLE For Sale!
- Exoplanet Discovered Orbiting Proxima Centauri
- Plane and Moon Conjunction
* Astronomy Calendar 2017 NOW AVAILABLE For Sale!
The
Astronomy Calendar 2017 is now available for sale via the
IceInSpace Shop!
The Astronomy Calendar this year features the winning images from the “David Malin Awards 2016”, Australia’s premier photographic competition for amateur astronomers. The 12 images featured were the winners of the major categories, plus others that received honourable mentions.
The Astronomy Calendar 2017 provides a nightly guide to what’s visible in the sky, including moon phases, planetary positions, eclipses and meteor showers. The calendar features nightly moon phases and Monthly Star maps, plus a summary of the year indicating best time to view the planets. Size: 23 x 33cm, opening to 46 x 33cm.
SAVE: Order 2 or more calendars (of the Astronomy 2017 or the 2017 Southern Sky Calendar) and receive 20% off!
The calendar makes a fantastic gift – for yourself, your friends and family. Whether they’re hardcore amateur astronomers, have a casual interest in the night sky, or just like looking at pretty pictures, this calendar will be a great addition to any wall, kitchen cupboard or workplace cubicle.
Order online here:
Astronomy Calendar 2017.
Shipping available within Australia and Worldwide.
* Exoplanet Discovered Orbiting Proxima Centauri
Astronomers have discovered a new planet orbiting the closest star to the Sun! Astronomers have discovered a roughly Earth-size alien world around Proxima Centauri, which lies just 4.2 light-years from our own solar system. What's even more exciting, study team members said, is that the planet, known as Proxima b, circles in the star's "habitable zone" — the range of distances at which liquid water could be stable on a world's surface.
"We hope these findings inspire future generations to keep looking beyond the stars," lead author Guillem Anglada-Escude, a physics and astronomy lecturer at Queen Mary University of London, said in a statement."The search for life on Proxima b comes next."
Read more on
space.com or Phil Plait's write-up on
Slate.
* Plane and Moon Conjunction
The 82% waxing crescent Moon taken on August 14th 2016 @ 4.37pm AEST, in conjunction with a Qantas Boeing 737, flight QF662 Adelaide to Brisbane.
Captured by our own Suzy, using a Canon 1100D, handheld, f/8, 1/1000 sec, ISO 400 @260mm.
For a larger image, check it out on
Facebook.
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