Selfdoen: `n Sterwiel vir die fynproewer en die beginner..

Hier is `n selfdoenprojek vir sterkykers. Dit is `n sterwiel (Planisphere) vir die suidelike halfrond wat Auke Slotegraaf ontwerp het. Wat dit so `n uitsonderlike sterwiel maak is dat jy dit kan verander vir minder sterrre (ligbesoedelde gebiede) of meer sterre vir die fynproewer, of net die konstellasies, of die bekende inheemse sterre en sterpatrone eie aan die Suide.

Besoek Auke se blog: www.psychohistorian.org en laai die Pdf-lêer (1.7M) af. Maak vir jou uitdrukke: A3-grootte en op effens dikker pappier. Dit werk ook op A4-grootte. Lamineer die uitdrukke vir beskerming. Die instruksies is ingesluit.

• Auke Slotegraaf is die huidige Direkteur van die ASSA* Dieplug waarnemingsafdeling.
  Besoek die amptelike Dieplugwebtuiste
  

Thanx Auke! Dis `n wenner!

* Astronomical Society of Southern Africa

Endeavour vertrek eindelik!

Source: Spaceflight Now

More launch images...

NASA managers downplay ascent debris strikes
BY WILLIAM HARWOOD
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS "SPACE PLACE" & USED WITH PERMISSION
Posted: July 15, 2009;
Updated after news conference

Running a month late because of hydrogen leaks and stormy weather, the shuttle Endeavour finally roared to life and blasted off Wednesday on its sixth try, rocketing away through a hazy sky toward a Friday rendezvous with the International Space Station.

Multiple pieces of foam insulation fell from the ship's external tank during the early moments of flight, but it was not immediately clear whether the shuttle's fragile heat shield suffered any significant damage.
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