News, Thursday, 10 AUG 2006 Harmons Observatory Opening Pictures (Finally) Posted Thanks to Carla Burningham and Ivo Stutznegger for the current pictures. Others have said they will be submitting pictures so check back again later to see those. In the "Harmons Observatory" section click on "Building Dedication & Official Opening". http://www.trilobyte.net/paw/slas/PW.HTML +++++ James A. Van Allen Dies Dr. James A. Van Allen, U.S. space pioneer and Regent Distinguished Professor of Physics in the University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, died yesterday, Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2006 at the age of 91. http://itsnt166.iowa.uiowa.edu/uns-archives/2006/august/080906van-allen-deat... +++++ An Oblique Look On the North Lunar Far West This image, taken by ESAÂ’s SMART-1 spacecraft, provides an 'oblique' view of the lunar surface towards the limb, around the Mezentsev, Niepce and Merrill craters, on the far side of the Moon. http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/SMART-1/SEM787BUQPE_0.html +++++ Hubble Identifies Stellar Companion to Distant Planet NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has for the first time identified the parent star of a distant planet discovered in 2003 through ground-based gravitational microlensing. http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/newsdesk/archive/releases/2006/38 +++++ Galaxy Clusters & the Hubble Constant Chandra independently determines Hubble constant. http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2006/clusters +++++ Coy Rhea The rings cannot hide the ragged, icy crescent of Rhea, here imaged in color by the Cassini spacecraft. http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/images/image-details.cfm?imageID=2228 +++++ Tiny Icy Objects Revealed in Outer Solar System Dozens of small icy objects are detected in the far reaches of the solar system, suggesting they are far more abundant than was thought... http://www.newscientistspace.com/article/dn9708-tiny-icy-objects-revealed-in... +++++ Mars Hoax Returns Don't be misled! An e-mail chain letter now making the rounds of the Internet suggests that Mars will look as big as the full Moon to the naked eye in late August. Nonsense! http://skytonight.com/news/3523496.html +++++ Top 10: Weirdest Cosmology Theories http://www.newscientistspace.com/popuparticle.ns?id=in163 +++++ ************************************************** ************************************************** Free Telescopes For SLAS Members SLAS has several scopes available for free, long term loan to current SLAS members who have belonged to SLAS for at least 30 days. http://slas.us/membership_benefits.htm +++++ Images and Data From Cassini-Huygens At:s http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/images/latest/index.cfm http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/press-releases.cfm +++++ Information On The Mars Rovers At: http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/home/index.html +++++ SLAS 2006 Star Party Schedule http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/LOCAL.HTML +++++ SSA / UMNH 2006 Southern Utah Public Star Party Schedule http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/STARPARTIES.HTML +++++ ************************************************** News is being sent to you because of your affiliation with the Salt Lake Astronomical Society or because you are subscribed to the Utah Astronomy Listserve. To unsubscribe please send your request to paw at wirelessbeehive dot com. Check out my NASA Solar System Ambassador web site at: http://www.umnh.utah.edu/utahsky and mirrored at http://utahastro.info/ For astronomy clubs in Utah see: http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/UTAHCLUBS.HTML For the Utah Astronomy Listserve see: http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy ************************************************** -- Patrick Wiggins NASA Solar System Ambassador to Utah & NE Nevada paw at wirelessbeehive dot com http://www.umnh.utah.edu/utahsky http://utahastro.info/ 435.882.1209 801.918.9092