Updates in this Newsletter- IISAC2014 - Registration now open!
- Saturn occulted by the Moon
- Remaining calendars now half-price!
* IISAC2014 - Registration now open!
IIASC2014 (the IceInSpace AstroCamp) is being held on the 24th - 26th April 2014, again in the beautiful Hunter Valley region of NSW, at Lostock.
Registrations are now open! The event is now only 2 months away, and this year is being held during the school holidays and a public holiday (ANZAC Day), so you can minimise the annual leave you need to take, AND bring the family along!
Find out more about
IISAC on the info page, or jump straight to registration at the
IceInSpace Shop.
If you've never been to a star party before, if you've never seen the Milky Way under a dark sky, you just have to come along. It's a great event for the whole family - you don't need to own a telescope, and you don't need to be an IceInSpace member. Everyone is welcome, and I hope to see you there.
* Saturn occulted by the Moon
Colin Legg from Western Australia captured an amazing occultation video showing Saturn pass behind the Moon.
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Watch the video on Vimeo.
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Read his thread on IceInSpace.
The occultation (when one celestial body covers another) occurred on Sunday morning, 23rd February right on dawn, West Australian time. Colin used a Celestron C8 at f/10 prime focus and captured the video using a Canon 5D2. Each exposure was 1/60 sec exposure, ISO 200, 10 fps.
These events really show the scale of the Solar System - when you can see Saturn at the same scale as the Moon as viewed from Earth.
The occultation was the first of three that will occur this year from Australia - the next ones will take place on:
- 14th May 2014
- 11th June 2014 (Southern WA only)
Congrats to Colin for an amazing capture!
* Remaining calendars now half-price!
I've just reduced my remaining stock of calendars to half-price. I have limited stock (about 6) of Astronomy 2014, and about 30 Southern Sky 2014.
If you order 2 or more, you can still get the 20% discount which brings them down to only $7.60 each. Add to that, cheap flat-rate shipping no matter how many you order, and it's a bargain to get some great monthly images and celestial events up on your wall.
Order online at the
IceInSpace Shop. We ship international too and accept 3 forms of payment including Paypal.
Just a reminder: the shop login is separate from your forum login.
Thanks for reading! Keep looking up!
