[telescoperos] Re: Fwd: AWB Updates
- From: Roberto Zepeda <caylo20@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: telescoperos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, Rafael Gonzalez Droguett <rafaelgd@xxxxxxx>, "m.alejandro60" <m.alejandro60@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 13:21:40 -0400
Hola Elias , Rafael y Alejandro:
Gracias por el dato para seguir el cometa.
Saludos
Caylo.
2013/2/15 Elias Mella <mellelias@xxxxxxxxx>
> Hola a todos
> aquí va información de lo que sucederá hoy a las 16 hrs
> de Chile aproximado, el Asteroide 2012 DA14 ,espero les sirva como
> información.
> Saludos
>
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> Date: 2013/2/15
> Subject: AWB Updates
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> [image: AWB-Header]
> AWB Updates
> Latest News: Track Asteroid 2012 DA14 on Your
> Smartphone<http://www.astronomerswithoutborders.org/index.php?option=com_acymailing&no_html=1&ctrl=url&urlid=327&mailid=65&subid=704>
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> [image: 2012DA14]On Friday, February 15th, a 45-meter wide asteroid named
> 2012 DA14 will pass within 17,200 miles of Earth – closer than our orbiting
> geosynchronous communication satellites. It’s an historic event that
> amateurs worldwide will be watching.
>
> AWB partner Southern Stars has released an update to its SkySafari Plus
> and Pro apps for iOS, Mac OS X, and Android that will allow real-time
> tracking of the asteroid during its close approach to Earth. It’s the only
> app that calculates the asteroid’s position dynamically, taking into
> account Earth's gravity as it passes. Developed with assistance from solar
> system dynamicists at NASA’s JPL, the app computes positions continuously,
> a first for a mobile device.
>
> Continue
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> Watch 2012 DA14’s Earth
> Fly-By<http://www.astronomerswithoutborders.org/index.php?option=com_acymailing&no_html=1&ctrl=url&urlid=328&mailid=65&subid=704>
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> Two AWB Affiliates, the Virtual Telescope and Bareket Observatory, will be
> streaming live coverage of the asteroid 2012 DA14 during its historic close
> encounter with Earth on February 15.
>
> Continue
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> Saving Hubble and the Hubble
> Roadshow<http://www.astronomerswithoutborders.org/index.php?option=com_acymailing&no_html=1&ctrl=url&urlid=329&mailid=65&subid=704>
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> [image: saving hubble small]Saving Hubble, a new, independently-produced
> documentary, tells the inspirational story of the unprecedented grassroots
> effort that emerged to save the Hubble Space Telescope after its
> cancellation in 2004. Screened at venues ranging from public outreach
> events (as part of the Hubble Roadshow) to scientific conferences, this
> dramatic retelling of the popular movement to preserve a scientific
> cultural icon has been enjoyed by thousands. Independent filmmaker David
> Gaynes, an avowed "Hubble Hugger", personally financed the making of Saving
> Hubble, as well as its distribution and screenings so far. Now David and
> Saving Hubble need the support of that same grassroots community to put the
> final technical touches on the film and produce multiple formats for global
> distribution. Saving Hubble will be part of an ongoing astronomy outreach
> and education effort, the Hubble Roadshow, that will continue to give back
> to the community just as Hubble itself has.
>
> Continue
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> Uwingu Creates the
> Future<http://www.astronomerswithoutborders.org/index.php?option=com_acymailing&no_html=1&ctrl=url&urlid=330&mailid=65&subid=704>
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> [image: uwingu small]Someone once said that the best way to predict the
> future is to invent it. That certainly is true for Uwingu, a new
> organization that seeks to kick-start the future through a website that
> connects people to the sky via commercial products, and uses the profits to
> fund education. The company’s name, in case you’re wondering, means “sky”
> in Swahili.
>
> Uwingu, which became a sponsor of Astronomers Without Borders in December
> 2012, aims to be a destination for teachers and parents interested in
> bringing space science to their children. The organization is made up of
> astronomers, planetary scientists, and science educators—including its
> founder Alan Stern, team leader for the New Horizons probe to Pluto, and
> exoplanet discoverer Geoff Marcy.
>
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> Mike Simmons on The Cosmic Ray
> Show<http://www.astronomerswithoutborders.org/index.php?option=com_acymailing&no_html=1&ctrl=url&urlid=331&mailid=65&subid=704>
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> Astronomers Without Borders president Mike Simmons was a featured guest on
> the January episode of The Cosmic Ray Show, and Mike’s interview—which was
> streamed live on January 23—is now available for your viewing on YouTube.
>
> Continue
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> TWAN Feb. 2013 Newsletter Now
> Available<http://www.astronomerswithoutborders.org/index.php?option=com_acymailing&no_html=1&ctrl=url&urlid=332&mailid=65&subid=704>
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> The World At Night Newsletter February 2013 issue features; an exhibition
> at Qatar National Convention Center in Doha - Qatar, a workshop on
> capturing the natural colors of the night sky, at the Ars Electronica
> Center in Linz - Austria, TWAN’s 5th Anniversary: a look-back at milestones
> since its founding, and many more.
>
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> From Dark Skies Awareness Blog: A Story on the Founding
> of International Dark-Sky Association by Tim
> Hunter<http://www.astronomerswithoutborders.org/index.php?option=com_acymailing&no_html=1&ctrl=url&urlid=333&mailid=65&subid=704>
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> [image: IDA original logo]Unfortunately, most people today live in urban
> and suburban communities filled with light pollution. They have not
> experienced the dark skies that were found everywhere in the United States
> a generation ago. Unless someone has lived on a farm, gone to camp in the
> mountains or woods away from the city, or joined an astronomy club, he or
> she has no idea what constitutes a dark sky or what has been lost in the
> last generation. Light pollution is a pernicious evil that has crept up on
> us slowly. Older persons remember what it was like to see the stars at
> night, even in the middle of a city. They more acutely feel the loss of the
> stars. They did not grow up with bright yellow skies.
>
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> From AstroArt Blog: Yoshiyuki Koinuma - Astro-Artist of the Month -
> February
> 2013<http://www.astronomerswithoutborders.org/index.php?option=com_acymailing&no_html=1&ctrl=url&urlid=334&mailid=65&subid=704>
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> [image: Yoshiyuki Koinuma news]Artist Yoshiyuki Koinuma, based in
> Rotterdam, The Netherlands, works with painting, drawing and collage. His
> work—which he says is influenced by computer games, biology, science
> fiction, and Japanese comics—invites spectators to “enjoy themselves,
> evoking their surreal imagination, made of fantasy worlds and outer space.”
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