Julian Starfest in Aug 2008

Dear Astronomy friends,

Thanks again for your support of the Julian Starfest in August, 2008.

We need your help again. Even if you can't be here in person, we request that you help spread the word to everyone you know in California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah and the west.

Please read the links below, and let us know what you can do to help this year.

Regards,

-- Kurt Barnhart
Julianstars@expresswire.com

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http://julianstarfest.blogspot.com/

http://www.julianstarfest.com/

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Terri, Events Coordinator
Email: Events@PASAz.org
Phoenix Astronomical Society

New on The NASA/NOAA SciJinks Web Site

Find answers to hard questions at the SciJinks Weather Laboratory. Now,
students can find answers to tidal mysteries on our web site.

What causes the tides? We might remember that it has something to do with
the Moon. But then why do we have two high tides each day if the Moon only
rises and sets once? And why don't the tides occur at the same time every
day? All is revealed in a new "How & Why" page on the middle-school-level
NOAA/NASA SciJinks Weather Laboratory website, http://scijinks.gov. Click on
the "How & Why" button.

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Terri, Events Coordinator
Email: Events@PASAz.org
Phoenix Astronomical Society

Messier Marathon at Two Trees this weekend

Sirius Lookers and Friends..
The Messier star Party is still set for this weekend.... Some..are coming on Friday,, the main event is for Saturday night and Sunday is also viewable.. Hope to see you out there.. It tends to be a very good turnout, and seems to be getting bigger each year. Clear Sky clock shows excel skies for Friday night.. and normal weather shows clear weather on Fri and Sat evening with only partly cloudy for Sun...
Start time..is 630pmish..until ..??? ...please respect star party policies.. no white lights after dark.. Those coming in late...no headlights last 400ft. from observing field.. etc.... Of course this is at TWO TREES dark site halfway between Sedona and cottonwood.

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Terri, Events Coordinator
Email: Events@PASAz.org
Phoenix Astronomical Society

Some interesting articles from Sky & Tele

$15 Telescope
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/community/skyblog/newsblog/41772517.html

Venus at it's 8-year best
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/community/skyblog/observingblog/41202957.html

Catch a falling star
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/community/skyblog/newsblog/41873107.html

Drops of water on Mars
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/community/skyblog/newsblog/41728642.html

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!!!

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Terri, Events Coordinator
Email: Events@PASAz.org
Phoenix Astronomical Society

Shuttle & Station imaged from the ground

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/03/25/shuttle-and-station-imaged-from-the-ground/

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Terri, Events Coordinator
Email: Events@PASAz.org
Phoenix Astronomical Society

ISS gets new sings & Solar conjunction of Jupiter's Moons

Space Weather News for March 21, 2009
http://spaceweather.com

ISS GETS NEW WINGS: The International Space Station's solar arrays are the largest deployable space assemblies ever built. Yesterday, astronauts unfurled a pair on the starboard side of the outpost, adding more than 8000 sq. feet of light-collecting surface area to the station's profile. Hours after the new wings were deployed, the ISS flew over Europe where amateur astronomers photographed the changes. Their movies and photos are featured on today's edition of http://spaceweather.com.

SOLAR CONJUNCTION OF JUPITER'S MOONS: Another must-see movie comes from NASA's STEREO-B spacecraft. On March 15th and 16th, the solar observatory watched Jupiter and its moons converge on the sun just as a coronal mass ejection was exploding "overhead." Visit http://spaceweather.com for footage.

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Terri, Events Coordinator
Email: Events@PASAz.org
Phoenix Astronomical Society