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From: TerryMoselaol.com
Subject: AGM Update, ISS, Faulkes project, Dark sky site launch, weblinks
Date: 17 April 2013 01:24:30 BST
Hi all,
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1. IAA AGM: UPDATEá The IAA's AGM will be on Wednesday 17 April, 7.30 p.m. As well as the business,á I will be giving a short (~30 mts)á illustrated tribute lectureá aboutá the late Sir Patrick Moore, whom I knew very well.
And there will also be a 'Bring and Buy' event, for all your surplus items, or for you to grab a bargain yourself.
Admission is free,á including light refreshments, and all are welcome, but only current members of the IAA can vote in the official business.
Thisá meeting will as usualá be in theá Bell Lecture theatre, Physics building, main QUB Campus, 7.30 p.m.
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2. ISS The International Space Station Visibleá in Evening Skies
Theá International Space Station (ISS),á is making another series of evening passes over Ireland, and will continue toá do soá until April 22nd.
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3. The Faulkes Telescopeá Discover the Cosmosá Project is part of an EU-funded project aimed at inspiring young people in STEM subjects. This project, consisting of partners from across the EU is called 'Discover the Cosmos' and we'd like to draw your attention to some of the exciting resources and opportunities that the project has for you (and they're all free!).
Discover the Cosmos (DtC) portal: The DtC portal is a repository of free educational material (educational scenarios and lesson plans, students projects, animations, online tools and laboratories guidelines for interactive experiences with Astronomy and High Energy Physics resources) which has been peer-rated by educators across the EU. You have to register and log-in to view the material in the portal, but once done, you can search the vast archive of resources to find activities on anything from particle accelerators to the Universe! You can also design your own activities and upload it on here for others to use, so this is a great way of sharing your knowledge and good practise with others. The portal can be accessed from: http://portal.discoverthecosmos.eu/á
Discover the Cosmos Competitions: In collaboration with the other UK partners of the DtC project (Liverpool John Moores University, University of Birmingham and Cambridge University) we are holding 2 competitions - one for teachers and one for students. Teachers can win a place at the DtC summer school in Volos, Greece, this summer - all expenses paid! Students can win the chance to name an asteroid, and a real meteorite! The closing date for both these competitions is 24th April 2013. With only a limited number of entries for both competitions so far, your chances of winning are looking good!
More information on the competitions can be found here: http://www.faulkes-telescope.com/news/2519á
á á If you need any other information or have any questions on the Discover the Cosmos project and/or opportunities, then please feel free to email Sarah Robertsá at sarah.robertsfaulkes-telescope.com
4. Dark Sky Site Launch at LNDC: The first official Dark Sky Site in Northern Ireland, and maybe in the whole Island, will be officially opened on the weekend of 27-28 April at Lough Neagh Discovery Centre, Oxford Island, near Lurgan, Co Armagh.
á á This site is designated as 'Milky Way Class', since the MW can be seen fromá there on a clear Moonless night. While it is obviously not as dark as some sites in the country, it gets the award for being a site dark enough to see the MW, for minimising localá light pollution, forá promoting Dark Sky awareness, for facilitating public access, andá for being within reasonable travelling distance for a large population, i.e. Craigavon and Greater Belfast.
á á The official opening of the spectacular andá artistic new Analemmatic Human Sundial, originally planned for that W/E, has been postponed because of delays in site work due to the recent bad weather.
Location: Oxford Island is just a few miles from Junction 10á on the M1, and is well signposted from that junction.
More details of the eventsá when available:
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5. INTERESTING WEBLINKS:á
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22149161
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22162806
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/04/16/markarian-421-blazar-erup_n_3090561.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/04/16/physicists-find-dark-matter_n_3090149.html
http://www.inspirationmars.org/
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/04/16/inspiration-mars-foundation-applicants_n_3089923.html
http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2013/14apr_ams/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54AxeJFlVgI
http://www.space.com/20583-crowdfunding-science-moon-alan-stern.html?cmpid=520736
http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1318/
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6. TWITTER:á Follow theá IAAá on Twitter:á IaaAstro
7. BBC THINGS TO DO WEBSITE: See theá forthcoming IAA events on á
http://www.bbc.co.uk/thingstodo. Look under 'Countryfile'.
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8. JOINING the IRISH ASTRONOMICAL ASSOCIATION is easy: This link downloads a Word document to join the IAA. http://irishastro.org.uk/iaamembership.doc. If you are a UK taxpayer, please tick the 'gift-aid' box, as that enables us to reclaim the standard rate of tax on your subscription, at no cost to you.á You can also make aá donation via Paypal if you wish: just click on the 'Donate' button.á á See also www.irishastro.org.á
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Clear skies,
Terry Moseley
mob: (0044) (0) 7979 300842
Twitter: @terrymoseley2
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