iceman
23-08-2013, 12:19 PM
Updates in this Newsletter
We've got your Fathers Day gifts sorted - Calendars!
Mars Hoax doing the rounds
* We've got your Fathers Day gifts sorted - Calendars!
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/newsletter/images/20130802-calendar.jpg
Fathers Day is just around the corner, and what better gift than the IceInSpace Calendar (http://bit.ly/1cuNizy)!
Buy for yourself or buy for a Dad in your life - if you order before midday Sunday 25th August, I'll make sure they're in Monday's post and you'll receive them (in Australia) before Fathers Day (which is on Sunday 1st September).
The calendar features 12 great images of our night sky, and provides a nightly guide to what’s visible in the sky. The calendar also includes a summary of the year indicating best time to view the planets, as well as maps showing planetary alignments in the pre-dawn and post-sunset sky. It also includes monthly star charts, moon phases, conjunctions, eclipses and other major events as well as school holidays for all Australian states.
SAVE: Order 2 or more calendars and receive 20% off! You’ll also receive a free IceInSpace Sticker for every calendar you order.
You can mix and match with the Southern Sky 2014 calendar (http://bit.ly/13zmTKn) - a calendar of unique nightscape and landscape images by Mike Salway.
Whether they're for yourself, your friends and family, hardcore amateur astronomers, or just like looking at pretty pictures, these calendars make a great addition to any wall, kitchen cupboard or workplace cubicle.
Order online at the IceInSpace Shop (http://shop.iceinspace.com.au). We ship international too and accept 3 forms of payment including Paypal.
* Mars Hoax doing the rounds!
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/newsletter/images/20130823-marshoax.jpg
It's August again, which means the emails and memes on social media about "Mars being as big as the Full Moon" are doing the rounds again.
IceInSpace member Tom Harradine (von Tom) has created this excellent infographic (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=110878) which highlights the reality - Mars will never be as big or as bright as the Full Moon.
Feel free to share this with your friends who send the 'hoax email' to you! Thanks Tom!
* What's Hot This Week
NGC253 - The Sculptor Galaxy (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/iotw.html?iotwid=253) by Shiraz (IOTW)
The Tower in M16 (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/iotw.html?iotwid=252) by Bassnut (IOTW)
Antares and Rho Ophiucus (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/iotw.html?iotwid=251) by IanP (IOTW)
Amazing Antartic Solar Eclipse (http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap080504.html) (from 2008)
Incredible slow-motion footage (http://www.wimp.com/saturnlaunch/) of the launch of the Saturn V rocket for Apollo 11
Thanks for reading! Keep looking up!
We've got your Fathers Day gifts sorted - Calendars!
Mars Hoax doing the rounds
* We've got your Fathers Day gifts sorted - Calendars!
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/newsletter/images/20130802-calendar.jpg
Fathers Day is just around the corner, and what better gift than the IceInSpace Calendar (http://bit.ly/1cuNizy)!
Buy for yourself or buy for a Dad in your life - if you order before midday Sunday 25th August, I'll make sure they're in Monday's post and you'll receive them (in Australia) before Fathers Day (which is on Sunday 1st September).
The calendar features 12 great images of our night sky, and provides a nightly guide to what’s visible in the sky. The calendar also includes a summary of the year indicating best time to view the planets, as well as maps showing planetary alignments in the pre-dawn and post-sunset sky. It also includes monthly star charts, moon phases, conjunctions, eclipses and other major events as well as school holidays for all Australian states.
SAVE: Order 2 or more calendars and receive 20% off! You’ll also receive a free IceInSpace Sticker for every calendar you order.
You can mix and match with the Southern Sky 2014 calendar (http://bit.ly/13zmTKn) - a calendar of unique nightscape and landscape images by Mike Salway.
Whether they're for yourself, your friends and family, hardcore amateur astronomers, or just like looking at pretty pictures, these calendars make a great addition to any wall, kitchen cupboard or workplace cubicle.
Order online at the IceInSpace Shop (http://shop.iceinspace.com.au). We ship international too and accept 3 forms of payment including Paypal.
* Mars Hoax doing the rounds!
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/newsletter/images/20130823-marshoax.jpg
It's August again, which means the emails and memes on social media about "Mars being as big as the Full Moon" are doing the rounds again.
IceInSpace member Tom Harradine (von Tom) has created this excellent infographic (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=110878) which highlights the reality - Mars will never be as big or as bright as the Full Moon.
Feel free to share this with your friends who send the 'hoax email' to you! Thanks Tom!
* What's Hot This Week
NGC253 - The Sculptor Galaxy (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/iotw.html?iotwid=253) by Shiraz (IOTW)
The Tower in M16 (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/iotw.html?iotwid=252) by Bassnut (IOTW)
Antares and Rho Ophiucus (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/iotw.html?iotwid=251) by IanP (IOTW)
Amazing Antartic Solar Eclipse (http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap080504.html) (from 2008)
Incredible slow-motion footage (http://www.wimp.com/saturnlaunch/) of the launch of the Saturn V rocket for Apollo 11
Thanks for reading! Keep looking up!