News, Tuesday, 06 June 2006 Refractor Level 2 Thursday Bruce Grim reports he plans on holding a refractor level 2 class this coming Thursday. If you have completed a refractor level 1 class and could like to take Thursday's class, please contact Bruce at bgrim@erda.net. +++++ Final 2006 Ealing Level 1 Set One final Ealing level 1 (introductory) class has been scheduled for the evening of Saturday, 17 June starting _promptly_ at 7:30 and going to 9:00 p.m. You do not need to be a member of SLAS to take this class. To register for the class please email paw@wirelessbeehive.com. While this is the last level 1 class currently scheduled for this season, if the backlog of level 2 students can be taken care of, the instructors may schedule additional classes later in the season. +++++ Andromeda Adrift in Sea of Dust in New NASA Image The Andromeda galaxy, named for the mythological princess who almost fell prey to a sea monster, appears tranquil in a new image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/Media/releases/ssc2006-14/ +++++ NASA Awards Mars Science Lab Launch Contract NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida has selected Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services Inc. to deliver an Atlas V rocket for the Mars Science Laboratory mission, which aims to land a large rover on the red planet in the fall of 2009. http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/NASA_Awards_Mars_Science_Lab_Launch_Contra... +++++ STS UPdate Now less than 1 month from the opening of the next shuttle launch window. http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/shuttleoperations/status/2006/status-200... +++++ ************************************************** ************************************************** Images and Data From Cassini-Huygens At: 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 asked to be subscribed. 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://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/ 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://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/ 435.882.1209 801.918.9092