Groot klip sommer baie naby verby.

Vroeër die week het 2005 YU55 so bietjie meer as 325 000 km van die aarde af verby beweeg. Dit is effens nader as die maan se afstand.

• Meer inligting: Asteroid Flyby: How Students Helped World See Giant Space Rock 2005 YU55 

• "On November 10, 2011 there were 1256 potentially hazardous asteroids."  (http://spaceweather.com/)  Onder aan die blad.
  
• Asteroid 2005 YU55 to Pass Earth; Closer Than Moon
  
• Asteroid 2005 YU55 facts & figures

Sonvlekke vir Afrika!

Hou bietjie die sonvlekke dop.  As jy Donderdagaand Sterre en Planete geluister het sou jy die waarskuwing vir die volgende paar dae gehoor het:  GPS, Internetverbindings en selfone gaan in die hek duik en dit as gevolg van al die sonaktiwiteite.

• Loer hoe lyk dit op die son by http://spaceweather.com/.  Wanneer laas was daar so baie aktiwiteit.  Klik op die klein sonnetjie links op die spyskaart.
  
  Onthou dit is gevaarlik om sonder die regte toerusting na die son te kyk. Jy het spesiale filters nodig. Moenie deur `n verkyker of teleskoop direk na die son kyk nie. Jy sal jou sig verloor!

Local is Lekker! Star Gazer's Deep Space Atlas!

This is a must for your Xmas-stocking

Wayne Mitchell is  offering his book, Star Gazer's Deep Space Atlas,  at R329 for the month of November for any persons interested when ordering directly from him. 

- Postage: R45.

For the special people must contact Wayne directly at wayne.mitchell@penbrogroupe.com and mention the special offer.

• Visit the website

The latest Stellarium available

2011/11/04

Stellarium 0.11.1 has been released!

The Stellarium team is proud to announce the release of version 0.11.1. This is an important bug fix release closing more than 20 bugs in the main application and in the plug-ins. It also brings small GUI usability improvements. A huge thanks to all community bug reporters who helped us a lot finding bugs! You can find the full list of changes the change log.

We have updated the configuration file and the Solar System file, so if you have an existing Stellarium installation, you need to reset the settings after you install the new version.

•  Download now (55MB)

• Bring a memory stick to the next meeting (ASSA Bloemfontein).  It will be available!

Hot News: Supernova 2011gv in Galaxy IC4901

Supernova 2011gv in Galaxy IC4901

by gregbradley

 

 

This image shows supernova SN2011gv, discovered last week by IceInSpace member Greg Bock as part of the amateur BOSS supernova searching team. The supernova is in the galaxy IC4901, in the constellation Pavo and is marked by the 2 lines near the centre of the galaxy. Greg Bock has taken tens of thousands of images hunting for supernova over the years, and to finally get one must be very satisfying for him. Image by Greg Bradley with an FLI Microline 8300 and Planewave CDK17, 70 mins exposure.

ASSA Johannesburg se besoek aan Boyden

 

Brett besig om foto's te neem

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