Merry Christmas from IceInSpace!

[iceman]

Taken from the IceInSpace Homepage (http://www.iceinspace.com.au):

Hi all

The admins and mods at IceInSpace would like to take this opportunity to wish the amateur astronomy community a happy, healthy and cloud-free Christmas and New Year, and thank you for loyalty and contirbutions to IceInSpace over the past 12 months.

It's been an exciting year with some very memorable events. Who could forget starting the year with the incredible Comet McNaught and IISAC2007! Long-time forum member Terry Lovejoy discovered 2 comets, we had a great Jupiter apparition, some fantastic star parties and the Total Lunar Eclipse in August. IceInSpace launched the IceTrade Classifieds (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=27) and we passed two significant milestones - over 3000 registered members and our 3rd Birthday! The end of 2007 has brought us a few more comets (including naked eye Comet Holmes and the fainter Comet Leonos) and the Mars opposition is coming up on the 24th December.

2008 is shaping up to be a great year, starting with a Partial Solar Eclipse (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/index.php?id=63,448,0,0,1,0) in February and IISAC2008 (http://www.iceinspace.com.au/iisac) in late October. Make sure you keep an eye on IceInSpace to keep yourself informed and have the opportunity to discuss these and other exciting astronomical events in 2008!

I'd like to thank the moderators for their help over the past 12 months, and thanks again to the IceInSpace community for their continuing support.

Have a great time over the Christmas break and I look forward to seeing you all again in 2008!

- Mike Salway and Terry Mohan

[sheeny]

Merry Christmas Mike, Terry, the moderators and all the members!

Hope you all have a safe, happy Christmas and Santa is generous with the astro pressies!

Al.

[erick]

:thumbsup: Thanks to all, especially to Mike and Terry. Everyone, have a safe and happy time over the next weeks. Eric :)

[Dennis]

Hello,

Wow – was it me; did I blink or did 2007 whizz by at 0.97c?

It has been another very enjoyable, entertaining, educational and interesting year on Ice In Space, a remarkable 12 months of fun and adventures.

Thank you Mike, Moderators, Terry (Mojo), Members, Sponsors and all the other helpers who keep this community afloat. Thanks also to all the members with whom I have interacted, as well as those that have posted inspirational images, astro-news, tips, reviews and all the other contributions that make this such as rich, diverse and nice place to be.

Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas, a safe, peaceful, prosperous New Year and clear and steady skies!

Cheers

Dennis

[mill]

Merry Christmas to everyone on this forum, what the heck!! merry Christmas to every one out there.:eyepop:

[Ric]

To Mike, Terry, the Mods and all the members, thankyou for making IIS the fantastic community that it is.

A very Merry Christmas to you all and I hope that the Astronomy Gods smile upon us in 2008 with 366 days of 10/10 seeing in crystal skies.

Have a good one everybody.

[Outbackmanyep]

MERRY CHRISTMAS to all the IIS's!

I am hoping to meet many of you throughout next year so i can put faces to names!
I'd like to thank GlenC for suggesting to joining IIS during a presentation he gave at UNENTAS astro club, ( a very interesting talk on James Dunlop ), and to all of you who have made me feel welcome!
You're all a wonderful bunch and im hoping to see some of you soon throughout 2008!

Cheers!
Merry Xmas!

[fringe_dweller]

:cheers: :cheers: :drink: :xmas: :2thumbs:

[cahullian]

Merry Christmas Mike and the gang. Remember if your on the roads this hols please drive safe and take lots of breaks. see you all in the New Year.


Gazz

[Orion]

Merry Christmas to all and God Bless!

[h0ughy]

Merry Christmas Peoples - I am wishing Santa will bring some clear skies:whistle:

[Garyh]

Ah that says it all!!..:)

Merry xmas Mike, Terry and everyone in this great community and have a safe holiday season!
cheers :cheers: everyone
Gary

[leon]

To all my friends on IIS, and to all those wonderful people who have helped me over the past year, without your help i wouldn't be at the stage of learning that i am at presently, Thank You. :thumbsup:

Please have a safe and happy Christmas, and may it bring families closer in the coming year. :xmas:

Leon :)

[norm]

Merry Christmas and thankyou to the Gang. Its been an enjoyable year !:):xmas::party2::party2::cheers:

[acropolite]

Merry Christmas to everyone and have a happy and safe New Year. You're right about the years flying by Dennis, must be something about getting older...:xmas:

[Aster]

Merry Xmas to All. Terrific Site, full of friendly helpful people.

[leon]

OMG, Houghy you have actually spotted Santa, nice capture. :eyepop:

Leon :thumbsup:

[Hagar]

Merry Christmas everyone. Thanks to Mike and the gang for a wonderful web site which has given us a great deal of knowledge, information and pleasure. Those cloudy nights wouldn't be the same without you guys.

Thanks
Doug

[matt]

Merry Xmas folks.

Thanks to those good friends who've been a source of support and inspiration throughout 2007. I hope 2008 will be equally as exciting:)

Congratulations too to IIS.

May it continue to lead the way and be a beacon of light for the Oz/NZ amateur astro scene/s.

All the best.

Matt.

[Tamtarn]

A very Happy Christmas to Mike and the Gang and to all IIS members.

IIS has been a wealth of help enjoyment and inspiration to us both which we appreciate enormously.

Can't believe how much time we spend on this site :scared:

All the best for a great 2008 :astron:

[iceman]

hahah it's not a good idea to add up the hours :)

[DARKMATTER]

Seasons greetings and thankyou for a great site!

Paul

Terrigal

[RB]

Have a Wonderful Christmas and a Happy and Safe New Year.

Looking forward to a great 2008 here on IIS.

Thanks for your company everyone.

:)

[GTB_an_Owl]

yes - Merry Xmas to the IIS Family from the Owl and family

geoff

[DobDobDob]

Merry Christmas (Woof) :P

[xstream]

May you all have a Merry and Holy Christmas.

Thanks all for wonderful and entertaining year on IIS.

:2thumbs: :xmas:

[Mick]

Merry Christmas everyone :reindeer:

[jjjnettie]

I'd like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas.
May the Jolly Gent in the Red Suit bring you all lots of Astro Goodies.

[astroron]

:hi:I hope evberyone on iis has a :xmas:and a great 2008:astron:
:thumbsup:Ron

[johnno]

Hi all,

Merry Christnas to all,
Hope everyone has A very Happy Christmas,and a Happy,Healthy new year.

From John,and Kathy Olding.

[stephend]

hey the original Christmas from one point of view was all about pursuing a star. this makes it an especially significant occasion for astronomers.

there is a fairly good theory that the star in question was in fact an astrological configuration portending a new ruler. this would explain why just three wise men pursued it, and not every idle bystander and his dog.

Newton saw the apple fall and wondered why the moon didn't fall, then it hit him that the moon WAS falling. Newton noted that his discoveries, which confirmed his Christian faith, would tend to weaken the faith of lesser mathematicians.

it was actually Newton's maths lecturer, Barrow, who first realised that the area-under-the-curve problem and the rate-of-change problem were simply the inverse of each other. this was probably the greatest eureka moment of all time, apart from what the three wise men discovered.

i think i have starred in this post long enough. happy Christmas everyone, all year long.