Archives for July 2005
Posted by Davin Flateau on 5 Jul 2005 at 12:47 pm.
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If a picture is worth a thousand words, is a short movie worth 400,000 words or so? That sure will save me a lot of typing.
Check out the Deep Impact Impactor movie, made of still images taken by the impactor all the way until 3 seconds before hitting the comet. […]
Read ‘Deep Impact: Home Movies’
Posted by Davin Flateau on 5 Jul 2005 at 3:50 pm.
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[Updated on 7/8 with a newly processed image]
Deep Impact isn’t the only celestial explosion in the sky right now. As we reported last week, a new supernova designated SN2005cs has been discovered in M51, The Whirlpool Galaxy. Exploration Place’s Martin Ratcliffe captured the incredibly bright exploding star on July 1 from the grounds […]
Posted by Davin Flateau on 6 Jul 2005 at 12:00 am.
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Join us in one of the world’s most advanced digital planetariums, the CyberDome Theater at Exploration Place, as we present a special edition of Stars Over Kansas highlighting the results from Deep Impact. Director of Theaters and Astronomy Magazine Contributing Editor Martin Ratcliffe will present the latest spectacular images and science results on the […]
Read ‘Deep Impact Results at EP 7/5-7/8 2pm’
Posted by Davin Flateau on 7 Jul 2005 at 12:00 am.
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Join us in one of the world’s most advanced digital planetariums, the CyberDome Theater at Exploration Place, as we present a special edition of Stars Over Kansas highlighting the results from Deep Impact. Director of Theaters and Astronomy Magazine Contributing Editor Martin Ratcliffe will present the latest spectacular images and science results on the […]
Read ‘Deep Impact Results at EP 7/5-7/8 2pm’
Posted by Davin Flateau on 8 Jul 2005 at 12:00 am.
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July 8-9 - Observing at Lake Afton Public Observatory (Wichita) 9-11pm, Program: “Big, Bigger, Biggest”
[Updated with Book Signing info]:
Former Observatory Assistant Director, Melanie Melton Knocke, will be available to sign copies of her recently published book From Blue Moons to Black Holes. This books is treasure of clear answers to common questions […]
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Posted by Davin Flateau on 8 Jul 2005 at 12:00 am.
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Join us in one of the world’s most advanced digital planetariums, the CyberDome Theater at Exploration Place, as we present a special edition of Stars Over Kansas highlighting the results from Deep Impact. Director of Theaters and Astronomy Magazine Contributing Editor Martin Ratcliffe will present the latest spectacular images and science results on the […]
Read ‘Deep Impact Results at EP 7/5-7/8 2pm’
Posted by Davin Flateau on 8 Jul 2005 at 2:10 pm.
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CyberDome Presenter and WSU Physics student Vicki Sieglen lets us know about a special event going on at Lake Afton Public Observatory this weekend.
Former Observatory Assistant Director, Melanie Melton Knocke, will be available to sign copies of her recently published book From Blue Moons to Black Holes. This book is a treasure of clear […]
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Posted by Davin Flateau on 8 Jul 2005 at 2:43 pm.
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Take a look at these nifty 1890s photographs of Jupiter shot from Lick Observatory. I can’t read French all that well, but I assume it’s taken from the 36-inch refractor.
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Posted by Davin Flateau on 9 Jul 2005 at 12:00 am.
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July 9 - The North Central Kansas Astronomical Society (Manhattan, Kansas) public observing at Spillway State Park in Tuttle Creek.
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Posted by Davin Flateau on 9 Jul 2005 at 12:00 am.
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July 9 - Kloudbusters Rocketry Fun Fly in Argonia, Kansas. - open to the public.
