News, Wednesday, 30 AUG 2006 Nova Updated I received one more SLAS board candidate statement. I added it to the on line version. http://utahastro.info/slas/nova/so2006/NOVASO2006.HTML +++++ SMART-1 To Crash the Moon A European spaceship is about to crash into the Moon. Amateur astronomers may be able to observe the impact. http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/30aug_smart1.htm?list864576 +++++ SMART-1 ‘Star Tracker’ Peeks at the Approaching Lunar Surface While ESA's SMART-1 mission is running on its last orbits around the Moon the spacecraft 'star tracker' – or attitude camera - is taking exciting pictures of the ever approaching surface. http://www.esa.int/esaMI/SMART-1/SEMPFY5LARE_0.html +++++ AKARI’s View on Birth and Death of Stars AKARI, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency infrared astronomical satellite with ESA participation, is continuing its survey of the sky. http://www.esa.int/esaSC/SEM4TU5LARE_index_0.html +++++ Cassiopeia A - The Colorful Aftermath of a Violent Stellar Death A new image taken with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope provides a detailed look at the tattered remains of a supernova explosion known as Cassiopeia A. http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/newsdesk/archive/releases/2006/30/ +++++ Spitzer Celebrates Terrific Threes! In three terrific years, NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has peered into the heart of our Milky Way galaxy... http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/Media/happenings/20060825/ +++++ Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Nears End of Aerobraking NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has begun the final and fastest-paced portion of its "aerobraking" process of using friction with the top of Mars' atmosphere to shrink the spacecraft's orbit. http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/mro/newsroom/pressreleases/20060825a.html +++++ Rare High Altitude Clouds on Mars Planetary scientists have discovered the highest clouds above any planetary surface. They found them above Mars. http://www.esa.int/esaSC/SEMC4JZ7QQE_index_0.html +++++ Closer and Closer to 'Victoria' Opportunity is healthy and located only 218 meters from the rim of "Victoria Crater." http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status_opportunityAll.html#sol913 +++++ Spirit Continues Mid-Winter Studies of Martian Rocks and Soil Spirit continued to make progress on the rover's winter campaign of science observations, acquiring microscopic images and data about rock composition... http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status_spiritAll.html#sol933 +++++ Traffic Jam on Mars When NASA launched a pair of rovers to Mars more than three years ago, no one ever thought the darn things would still be working by now... http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/ +++++ Key Stars Have Different Birthdays In a complex Universe, astronomers thought they had at least one simple system to tell them how stars are born. Turns out they were wrong. http://www.nature.com/news/2006/060821/full/060821-13.html +++++ Atlantis Rolls Back to Launch Pad Improving forecasts for Ernesto may allow for launch next week. http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2006/aug/HQ_06304_Atlantis_back_to_pad.html +++++ Toward Melanthius Cassini looks into the 245-kilometer wide crater Melanthius in this view of the southern terrain on Tethys. http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/images/image-details.cfm?imageID=2245 +++++ Opportunity Takes a Last Look at Rock Exposure Before Heading to 'Victoria Crater' NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity recently stopped to analyze an exposure of rock near "Beagle Crater," on a target nicknamed "Baltra." http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/press/opportunity/20060824a.html +++++ ************************************************** ************************************************** 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. 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