Updates in this Newsletter- One Month Until Xmas - Calendars running out!
- ISS Transit in front of the Moon
- Observatory To Be Built for High School Students in Canberra
* One Month Until Xmas - Calendars running out!
With only a month until Xmas, now's the perfect time to stock up on the great gift of an
IceInSpace Astronomy Calendar.
Stock is running low, with only just over 50 Astronomy Calendars and about 100
Southern Sky Calendars left.
So get in quick and grab that stocking filler for your family, friends, work colleagues etc.. secret santa anyone?
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They look great in your kitchen or in the workplace cubicle!
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IceInSpace Astronomy Calendar 2016.
* ISS Transit in front of the Moon
This amazing capture shows the International Space Station (ISS) transiting the Moon from Brisbane on the 21st November 2015.
The whole event lasted only 0.49 seconds, so takes careful preparation and planning, including being in the right place at the right time - usually a ground track of only 7km wide. So for a given location on Earth, it is quite rare.
Captured with a C9.25, Canon 7D Mk II, Tak Mewlon 180 F12, and ASI 174MM ccd camera. Both mounted side-by-side on a Tak EM200 Mount.
View the full image as well as others, on the
Forum Thread at IceInSpace.
* Observatory To Be Built for High School Students in Canberra
"Canberra's high school students staring into space can soon be doing it for a good reason after the approval of the first Astronomical Teaching Observatory to be located at Mount Stromlo.
The project is set to be complete by June next year after Melrose High teacher Geoff McNamara, arguably one of the most passionate science teachers in the country, secured funding and saved his own money to make the observatory possible.
The telescope will be open to students to carry out their own research projects. It will be managed and operated by Mr McNamara, with astronomers from the ANU Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics providing assistance to students who use it."
Read more on the Canberra Times.
Thanks for reading! Keep looking up!
