Updates in this Newsletter- Terry Lovejoy does it again!
- Siding Spring Star Party in October
- Tell us about your Astro Pets!
- Goodies at the IceInSpace Shop!
* Terry Lovejoy does it again!
Everyone will remember the name Terry Lovejoy - he's a humble IceInSpace member who famously discovered the Christmas comet of 2011, C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy). It was an incredibly bright comet for the Southern Hemisphere, and was the first Kreutz Sungrazing comet discovered by ground based observation in over 40 years.
Well, he's done it again. He's discovered his 4th comet, designated C/2013 R1 (LOVEJOY) and the discovery magntitude was 14.4.
According to
Ernesto Guido and Nick Howes, the comet isn't expected to be another dazzler (unfortunately), predicted to only reach magnitude 8 or 9, but it's still a fantastic achievement for Terry.
For more information, follow
this IceInSpace thread.
* Siding Spring Star Party in October
The Siding Spring Starfest (Festival of the Stars) is a set of events run by Siding Spring Observatory from October 5th-7th 2013.
StarFest will include the usual events of the Bok Lecture, Science in the Pub and the SSO Open day – and this year introduces a Star Party so people can participate in sky tours, telescope education and so much more.
For more information, check out the Starfest website at
http://www.starfest.org.au/.
* Tell us about your Astro Pets!
We had a nice discussion on Facebook recently about those of us who name our pets after our hobby
I thought it'd be nice to start the same discussion here, for those who aren't members of Facebook.
Tell us about your astro/science-named pets etc . My dogs name is 'Astro'
Join the discussion
here on IceInSpace.
* Goodies at the IceInSpace Shop!
What goodies can you get your hands on at the IceInSpace Shop? How about this list to get you started:
Order online at the
IceInSpace Shop. We ship international too and accept 3 forms of payment including Paypal.
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