Cassini Scientist for a Day Essay Competition
WOW !! A really cool competition open to all students in Ireland
(11 to 18 years).
Just 500 words on why Cassini should image either Saturn and its Rings, Tethy's and Saturns Rings or Titan Saturn's largest moon.
So if you are a teacher , have a good read and a good look at the video's and requirements.
Perhaps you have a budding scientist sitting in your class room ? Feel free to pass on this information to a teacher or a pupil you know .
Prizes include vouchers for Amazon, a trip to London and, if you’re specific target is chosen, Cassini itself will take an image of your chosen subject!
The Cassini Mission to Saturn and Titan is one of the greatest exploration missions of our time.
This is your chance to be part of this wonderful science experience.
Watch all the videos at http://www.youtube.com/user/
Deadline for submission in Ireland is 30th Oct
Good Luck
Dublin Institute of Advanced Studies - Statutory Lecture 2009 Oct 12th 2009 8pm UCD
All from Nothing: the structuring of our UniverseTelescopes are time-machines. They allow us to see into the distant past. Our deepest images show the Universe not as it is today, but as it was just 400,000 years after the Big Bang. At that time there were no galaxies, no stars, no planets,
no people, no familiar elements other than hydrogen and helium. The cosmos contained
nothing but weak sound waves in a near-uniform fog. Spercomputers can compress thirteen billion years of cosmic evolution into a few months of calculation to show how these sound waves
developed into the rich structure we see around us today. A study of their harmonic content gives clues to their origin. They appear to be an echo of quantum zero-point fluctuations occurring a tiny fraction of a second after the Big Bang. Thusour
entire world may be a consequence of the nature of this early vacuum.
In a very real sense, everything may have come from nothing.
Lecture Theater C005
Health Sciences Building
University College Dublin
October 12th 2009 8 p.m.
Professor Simon D.M. White
Director at the Max Plank Institute for Astrophysics
Irish Astronomical Society October Talk
- All welcome its free click on the image see it large
Lets DO It in the Park again
October 22nd - Wicklow Mountains National Park - 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm - Upper Lake Car Park
A call for telescopes and their people to help show our moon , Jupiter's moons
and the lovely Jupiter to the public in the park .
Our last major public outreach event 100 Hours of Astronomy brought amateur astronomers
in this country together to share the night sky with the public. What an incredible amount of public service astronomy went on that week in April .
We all learned from that very positive experience , and now we have the opportunity to to do it again and build on what we learned.
Let me know asap if you are taking part and what you intend to do in your area. No need to get complicated , just share the sky in your neighbourhood . Watch the IFAS forum for updates
http://www.irishastronomy.org/cms/
A familiar voice talks Stars
@365DaysOfAstro Sept. 30 podcast: The Delight of Stars by Brother Guy Consolmagno http://bit.ly/YYhpM
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