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Wednesday, September 26th, 2012
NASA has just released this extreme deep field view of the universe.
See it here. www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/science/xdf.html
September meeting
Thursday, September 20th, 2012
First, a very warm welcome to our new members. Good to meet you!
Thanks to Bill, Bud and Pete for those great images and to everyone who contributed to the ‘equipment show and tell’. Last but not least, our thanks to Zena for that delicious cake!
See you next month.
Ron
p s Bill’s Veil Nebula is now in the gallery.
New imgages in gallery
Monday, September 17th, 2012
Check out Pete Adshead’s images of M57,M27 and NGC6960 in the gallery.
Nice work Pete!
Opportunity rover puzzle
Saturday, September 15th, 2012
NASA Science News for Sept. 14, 2012
NASA’s Mars rover Opportunity, still active after all these years, has just discovered a dense accumulation of puzzling little spheroids in a rock outcrop on the Red Planet.
Full story here.
http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2012/14sep_mysteryspheres/
cygnus-veil-nebula
Saturday, September 8th, 2012
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Sunday, August 26th, 2012
CADAS salutes the late Neil Armstrong.
A brave man and a consumate professional.
Mars panorama
Monday, August 20th, 2012
Take an early look at Mars from the Curiosity mast camera. Great panorama!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19296006
Ron
Our last meeting
Friday, August 17th, 2012
Many thanks to Ann Davies and David Boyd for their entertaining talk at our last meeting. ‘Chasing the Moon’s shadow’ was hugely enjoyed by all.
Perseid viewing
Thursday, August 9th, 2012
Some of us are planning to go to our Hazellbury Plucknet site on Saturday night 11th (weather permitting) to try to catch some Perseids so why not join us.
Bring a chair or lounger and a blanket or similar to keep warm. A warm drink always helps too. (It can get surprisingly damp and chilly). Binoculars and ‘scopes would be handy but not essential. The grass has been cut so no machetes needed. Let’s hope for clear skies!
See you, Ron
On Mars
Monday, August 6th, 2012
Hats off to NASA. They actually pulled it off and landed Curiosity successfully! Now the fun begins.
Ron