Star Observer

Received from my good friend who runs the Star Observer website. Enjoy:

Hi all,

I just posted two new observing reports on my new website, Starobserver.eu.

The first is on NGC 6910, a small and compact open cluster in Cygnus. When observing this open cluster you see bright yellow stars, that are in fact B-stars. So they should appear white. What causes the yellowish appearance is explained in this article, where I got some great help from Professor James Kaler, author of some of the best books on stars, and Dr. Franz Gruber, who sent me a few magnificent deepsky images of the Cygnus area to illustrate the high degree of nebulosity in the Cygnus area. To read the full report, follow this link:

http://www.starobserver.eu/openclusters/ngc6910.html

The second is about

eta Persei is a bright double star, placed within a striking asterism. When I was writing my notes on this double, I found out the collecting the right data is sometimes much more complicated than you think. I got some help from an Austrian astro-photograpeher, Peter Wienerroither. His image of eta Persei was a great help in identifying all the components of eta Persei. To read the full report, just follow this link:

http://www.starobserver.eu/multiplestars/etapersei.html

Clear skies!

Math

http://www.backyard-astro/blog

http://www.starobserver.eu

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

Send your name to Mars (2)

Received this from my good friend Carol:

Please enter the following link and type your name in to be sent on microchip with the Mars next rover. You can enter your children and friends also.

http://mars9.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/participate/sendyourname/index.cfm

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

NASA's Space Place on Facebook

We have created a Facebook page for the NASA Space Place. Please encourage your fellow educators to "become a fan" of the Space Place Facebook page -- by publishing and circulating the paragraph below.

Our Facebook page contains original activities NOT on the Space Place -- as well as highlights of the new activities on our site.

Thanks for helping us get out the word on this new feature!

Colleen

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For those of you with Facebook pages, we just created a page for NASA’s Space Place Web site, http://spaceplace.nasa.gov. The Space Place an extensive, content-rich Web site for upper elementary age kids, their teachers, parents, and anyone else who likes a simple, readable, fun presentation of a wide range of space and Earth science and technology topics. Most of the site is great for kids to explore on their own, with interactive games, hands-on projects, and fun facts. But it also has lots of stuff for teachers. Teachers especially appreciate the bi-monthly Space Place Newsletter for educators, which has lots of suggestions for how to use the resources of this Web site in the classroom. See the "Teacher's Corner" at http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/en/educators.

Check out “NASA’s The Space Place” new page on Facebook, where you will also find exclusive content only for our Facebook fans! Become a fan, and we'll also let you know whenever we add a new game, animation, cartoon “talk show,” fun fact, or any other interesting stuff. It’s a great way to explore space!

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Thanks much!

Colleen Barboza
Space Place Coordinator
Phone: (818) 393-5936
FAX: (818) 354-9068

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

Send your name to Mars

NASA invites you to submit your name to be included on a microchip that will be sent to Mars as part of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission, scheduled to launch in 2011. Mars Science Laboratory is a rover that will assess whether Mars ever was, or still is, an environment able to support microbial life.

The "Send Your Name to Mars" Web page enables anyone to take part in the mission by sending his or her name to the Red Planet. Participants can print a certificate of participation and view a map showing where other contributors are from.

To submit names, visit http://marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/participate/sendyourname/.

To learn more about the Mars Science Laboratory mission, visit http://marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/.

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