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NASA's NightSky Network was created by ctr
I recently e-mailed the NightSky network to enquire if non-USA clubs can join but was told that this is not possible at the moment.
If anyone wants to join you can register at www.njnightsky.com as it is a registered club. For info on how to proceed then check out This Post for details.
I'll post the mails received from the Nightsky Network here for a while to give an idea of what its about.
Conor
If anyone wants to join you can register at www.njnightsky.com as it is a registered club. For info on how to proceed then check out This Post for details.
I'll post the mails received from the Nightsky Network here for a while to give an idea of what its about.
Conor
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NASA Night Sky Network members:
- This newsletter includes:
- Sun-Earth Day - Training Telecon this Friday Feb. 25
- Black Hole ToolKit Announcement
- Annual and Quarterly Drawing Winners
- Using the Club Roster System and Password Recovery
- Tell us about your events – with Photos!
- Setting goals for 2005
- More training and resources
> SUN-EARTH DAY
Sun-Earth Day is coming up March 20. To learn more about this event log-in to the Night Sky Network site and read the lead article. But suffice it to say that it is an amazingly cool opportunity to talk about the equinox.
The NASA Solar System Ambassadors have invited the Night Sky Newtwork clubs to join them in the Sun-Earth Day Ancient Observatories training to be held by telecon NEXT FRIDAY!!!
Date: February 25, Friday
Time: 3-4:00 pm PST (6-7:00 pm EST)
(Phone lines will open at 2:30 pm PST - 5:30 pm EST)
Call-In: 888-399-8606
Passcode: Observatory
Call Leader Name: Kay Ferrari
The materials to be reviewed during this training will come from the Ancient Observatories webpage on the Sun-Earth Connection website and from this year's Sun-Earth Day kit.
To receive a Sun-Earth Day kit, you must register through the following website:
sunearthday.nasa.gov/index.htm
This is an amazing program and set of materials made available to those like us who do public outreach through NASA’s Sun-Earth Conenection program. If you haven’t registered for a kit do so now before they are all gone!
To review Sun-Earth Day Kit materials online before the conference call, go to sunearthday.nasa.gov/2005/multimedia/kit.htm
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> BLACK HOLE TOOLKIT ANNOUNCEMENT
Get sucked in: Black Hole Survival ToolKit coming April 30th!
The next ToolKit to be released to qualified Night Sky Network member clubs is the Black Hole Survival ToolKit. Scheduled for release April 30, 2005, this ToolKit is named to explain:
1. How we survive in a galaxy full of black holes
2. How to survive an encounter with a black hole
3. How amateur astronomers can survive all the questions they get about blackholes!
To qualify: As of April 22, 2005, your club must have been an NSN member for at least six months and logged at least two events since October 1, 2004.
Featuring the topics of gravity and black holes as an extreme form of
gravity, the ToolKit is currently being tested by 14 member clubs around the country. What are the testers saying?
"It makes it easy to visually represent what space is doing around a black hole . . . it grabs their
attention!"
"Any club that gets this kit will have a fun time with it."
To get ready, you might want to review NASA’s Universe Forum on black holes: cfa-www.harvard.edu/seuforum/blackholelanding.htm
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> ANNUAL AND QUARTERLY DRAWING WINNERS
If you haven’t heard from us by now, sadly, you didn’t win the quarterly or annual drawing prizes. To read more about the lucky ones who did check out the online article
nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/club/news-display.cfm?News_ID=80
As winners of the annual drawing, these lucky members were selected by their clubs to attend this year’s JPL Open House this coming May:
Dave Hutchison, Texas Astronomical Society of Dallas
Mark Brown, River Bend Astronomy Club
Becky Lowder, Statesboro Astronomy Club
Doug Decker, Starlight Astronomy Club
Reagan Herman, Amarillo Astronomy Club
Coming up for the next quarterly drawing – back by popular demand the Night Sky Network embossed green laser pointers!
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> USING THE CLUB ROSTER AND PASSWORD RECOVERY
One of the great benefits of being a Member of the Night Sky Network is our Club Roster System.
nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/club/club-roster.cfm
Night Sky Network Club Coordinators can load club member emails into the system and use the interface to maintain a live and up-to-date registry of members as a downloadable Excel spreadsheet. Clubs can also use the system to generate broadcast emails to all club members about club events and activities. We also recently updated the way the system works so that you can generate your own custom subject lines. Attachments are not allowed at this time.
Things to keep in mind.
When you add club members to the roster, they will automatically receive a password to log in to the Night Sky Network site. This gives club members access to teleconference presentations, the discussion board and the ability to log Night Sky Network events (though only coordinators are allowed to approve events).
Club coordinators should keep the club roster emails fresh. Every time we email notices, we get an inbox full of returned emails. If you are already using the Club Roster system, please freshen up your email records.
If you or your club members lose or forget your user name and password, we have implemented an automatic password recovery feature. When you receive a new password, consider changing it and your user name to something memorable. We’ve found that most times people forget the under_score in their robot generated usernames.
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> TELL US ABOUT YOUR EVENT – WITH DESCRIPTIONS AND PHOTOS!
How do we pick stories to feature on the main Night Sky Network page? First we peruse the logged events for great stories that stand out.
The more you tell us about the details of your event the greater the chances are that your club or event will be featured in an online article!
What are we looking for? Mostly a good description of the impact you had on the audience. Yes we want to know you used our materials, but what is most interesting is how you used the materials, tailored them to meet your needs or how you delivered them to your audience.
A picture is worth a thousand words!
It’s cliché, but true. Photos bring your events to life for us, our NASA sponsers and others in the Network. Please post your event photos. Keep in mind, that for us to use photos with easily recognizable children, we need signed photo release forms. The simple way around this is clever photo framing and cropping - a whole classroom of kids can be useable photo for us when it is taken from the back or side of the room.
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> SETTING GOALS FOR 2005
We are setting goals here at the Night Sky Network and we want your club to consider doing it as well. One of our goals for 2005 is to help clubs reach the requirement of logging 5 outreach events each year. To do our part, we will be posting articles and hosting teleconfernces on topics we think clubs will find worthy of an outreach event.
When your club uses materials from one of the Night Sky Network supplied ToolKits, you can log the event. Remember, to maintain your NSN membership, your club must log at least 5 events a year using materials from one or more of the ToolKits. Each logged event also qualifies your club for a chance to win one of our quarterly drawing prizes.
If your club is struggling to meet this requirement, please contact us. Our goals is to help you succeed. So set your outreach goals for the year now and log those events!
---
> Training, Resources and Classes
Looking for resources, training opportunities or classes? There are a wide variety of resources available now or coming on line soon to help with astronomy outreach. We know amateurs doing outreach are not always interested in the same stuff professional teachers are, but these resources have materials amateurs can use.
Astronomical Society of the Pacific Education Resources - Outreach and education are what we do, there is a reason we host the Night Sky Network.
www.astrosociety.org/education/resources/resources.html
Astronomy Center and Compadre – Clearing houses sponsored by the American Association of Physics Teachers, the American Astronomical Society, and National Science Foundation
www.astronomycenter.org/
www.compadre.org
Center for Astronomy Education – Sponsored by JPL’s Navigator Program and supported by University of Arizona’s Conceptual Astronomy and Physics Education Research Team this initiative is geared to community colleges and those teaching introductory astronomy
astronomy101.jpl.nasa.gov/
caperteam.as.arizona.edu/
Planetary Society - Worldwide Astronomy 101! Free Astronomy Course Offered via Internet through the Planetary Society and California State University Dominguez Hills
www.planetary.org/news/2005/betts_class_0204.html
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Clear skies!
Mike Hart and Marni Berendsen
Astronomical Society of the Pacific
NASA Night Sky Network
- This newsletter includes:
- Sun-Earth Day - Training Telecon this Friday Feb. 25
- Black Hole ToolKit Announcement
- Annual and Quarterly Drawing Winners
- Using the Club Roster System and Password Recovery
- Tell us about your events – with Photos!
- Setting goals for 2005
- More training and resources
> SUN-EARTH DAY
Sun-Earth Day is coming up March 20. To learn more about this event log-in to the Night Sky Network site and read the lead article. But suffice it to say that it is an amazingly cool opportunity to talk about the equinox.
The NASA Solar System Ambassadors have invited the Night Sky Newtwork clubs to join them in the Sun-Earth Day Ancient Observatories training to be held by telecon NEXT FRIDAY!!!
Date: February 25, Friday
Time: 3-4:00 pm PST (6-7:00 pm EST)
(Phone lines will open at 2:30 pm PST - 5:30 pm EST)
Call-In: 888-399-8606
Passcode: Observatory
Call Leader Name: Kay Ferrari
The materials to be reviewed during this training will come from the Ancient Observatories webpage on the Sun-Earth Connection website and from this year's Sun-Earth Day kit.
To receive a Sun-Earth Day kit, you must register through the following website:
sunearthday.nasa.gov/index.htm
This is an amazing program and set of materials made available to those like us who do public outreach through NASA’s Sun-Earth Conenection program. If you haven’t registered for a kit do so now before they are all gone!
To review Sun-Earth Day Kit materials online before the conference call, go to sunearthday.nasa.gov/2005/multimedia/kit.htm
---
> BLACK HOLE TOOLKIT ANNOUNCEMENT
Get sucked in: Black Hole Survival ToolKit coming April 30th!
The next ToolKit to be released to qualified Night Sky Network member clubs is the Black Hole Survival ToolKit. Scheduled for release April 30, 2005, this ToolKit is named to explain:
1. How we survive in a galaxy full of black holes
2. How to survive an encounter with a black hole
3. How amateur astronomers can survive all the questions they get about blackholes!
To qualify: As of April 22, 2005, your club must have been an NSN member for at least six months and logged at least two events since October 1, 2004.
Featuring the topics of gravity and black holes as an extreme form of
gravity, the ToolKit is currently being tested by 14 member clubs around the country. What are the testers saying?
"It makes it easy to visually represent what space is doing around a black hole . . . it grabs their
attention!"
"Any club that gets this kit will have a fun time with it."
To get ready, you might want to review NASA’s Universe Forum on black holes: cfa-www.harvard.edu/seuforum/blackholelanding.htm
---
> ANNUAL AND QUARTERLY DRAWING WINNERS
If you haven’t heard from us by now, sadly, you didn’t win the quarterly or annual drawing prizes. To read more about the lucky ones who did check out the online article
nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/club/news-display.cfm?News_ID=80
As winners of the annual drawing, these lucky members were selected by their clubs to attend this year’s JPL Open House this coming May:
Dave Hutchison, Texas Astronomical Society of Dallas
Mark Brown, River Bend Astronomy Club
Becky Lowder, Statesboro Astronomy Club
Doug Decker, Starlight Astronomy Club
Reagan Herman, Amarillo Astronomy Club
Coming up for the next quarterly drawing – back by popular demand the Night Sky Network embossed green laser pointers!
---
> USING THE CLUB ROSTER AND PASSWORD RECOVERY
One of the great benefits of being a Member of the Night Sky Network is our Club Roster System.
nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/club/club-roster.cfm
Night Sky Network Club Coordinators can load club member emails into the system and use the interface to maintain a live and up-to-date registry of members as a downloadable Excel spreadsheet. Clubs can also use the system to generate broadcast emails to all club members about club events and activities. We also recently updated the way the system works so that you can generate your own custom subject lines. Attachments are not allowed at this time.
Things to keep in mind.
When you add club members to the roster, they will automatically receive a password to log in to the Night Sky Network site. This gives club members access to teleconference presentations, the discussion board and the ability to log Night Sky Network events (though only coordinators are allowed to approve events).
Club coordinators should keep the club roster emails fresh. Every time we email notices, we get an inbox full of returned emails. If you are already using the Club Roster system, please freshen up your email records.
If you or your club members lose or forget your user name and password, we have implemented an automatic password recovery feature. When you receive a new password, consider changing it and your user name to something memorable. We’ve found that most times people forget the under_score in their robot generated usernames.
---
> TELL US ABOUT YOUR EVENT – WITH DESCRIPTIONS AND PHOTOS!
How do we pick stories to feature on the main Night Sky Network page? First we peruse the logged events for great stories that stand out.
The more you tell us about the details of your event the greater the chances are that your club or event will be featured in an online article!
What are we looking for? Mostly a good description of the impact you had on the audience. Yes we want to know you used our materials, but what is most interesting is how you used the materials, tailored them to meet your needs or how you delivered them to your audience.
A picture is worth a thousand words!
It’s cliché, but true. Photos bring your events to life for us, our NASA sponsers and others in the Network. Please post your event photos. Keep in mind, that for us to use photos with easily recognizable children, we need signed photo release forms. The simple way around this is clever photo framing and cropping - a whole classroom of kids can be useable photo for us when it is taken from the back or side of the room.
---
> SETTING GOALS FOR 2005
We are setting goals here at the Night Sky Network and we want your club to consider doing it as well. One of our goals for 2005 is to help clubs reach the requirement of logging 5 outreach events each year. To do our part, we will be posting articles and hosting teleconfernces on topics we think clubs will find worthy of an outreach event.
When your club uses materials from one of the Night Sky Network supplied ToolKits, you can log the event. Remember, to maintain your NSN membership, your club must log at least 5 events a year using materials from one or more of the ToolKits. Each logged event also qualifies your club for a chance to win one of our quarterly drawing prizes.
If your club is struggling to meet this requirement, please contact us. Our goals is to help you succeed. So set your outreach goals for the year now and log those events!
---
> Training, Resources and Classes
Looking for resources, training opportunities or classes? There are a wide variety of resources available now or coming on line soon to help with astronomy outreach. We know amateurs doing outreach are not always interested in the same stuff professional teachers are, but these resources have materials amateurs can use.
Astronomical Society of the Pacific Education Resources - Outreach and education are what we do, there is a reason we host the Night Sky Network.
www.astrosociety.org/education/resources/resources.html
Astronomy Center and Compadre – Clearing houses sponsored by the American Association of Physics Teachers, the American Astronomical Society, and National Science Foundation
www.astronomycenter.org/
www.compadre.org
Center for Astronomy Education – Sponsored by JPL’s Navigator Program and supported by University of Arizona’s Conceptual Astronomy and Physics Education Research Team this initiative is geared to community colleges and those teaching introductory astronomy
astronomy101.jpl.nasa.gov/
caperteam.as.arizona.edu/
Planetary Society - Worldwide Astronomy 101! Free Astronomy Course Offered via Internet through the Planetary Society and California State University Dominguez Hills
www.planetary.org/news/2005/betts_class_0204.html
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Clear skies!
Mike Hart and Marni Berendsen
Astronomical Society of the Pacific
NASA Night Sky Network
Each of us is here on earth for a reason, and each of us has a special mission to carry out - Maria Shriver
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Replied by ctr on topic Re: NASA's NightSky Network
NASA Night Sky Network members:
This newsletter includes:
- Hubble’s Top 5 Discoveries
March 29 Teleconference
- Get Ready for Upcoming ToolKits
- Astronomy Day 2005! - April 16
- Make any day Astronomy Day
- Win a Green Laser Pointer for your Club!
Log your events before March 31st to qualify for Quarterly Drawing
> HUBBLE’S TOP 5 DISCOVERIES
Hubble’s Top Five Scientific Discoveries – Night Sky Network Teleconference
March 29 2005 at 6:00 p.m. PST (9:00 p.m. EST)
Since 1990, the Hubble Space telescope has circled 350 miles above the Earth going around once every 90 minutes. In that time (coming up on 15 years this April), the Hubble has been a key to unlocking some of the deepest secrets of the universe. Next Tuesday (March 29th) you can hear about the top discoveries straight from the source – and more importantly ask questions!
Mario Livio, Ph.D.,( www-int.stsci.edu/~mlivio/ )is the former head of the Science Division of the Space Telescope Science Institute ( www.stsci.edu/institute/sd ). Now working in public outreach, Dr. Livio will be sharing the top five discoveries from Hubble. After his presentation, Night Sky Network participants are invited to ask questions.
If you haven’t participated in a Night Sky Network teleconference this is your chance to truly broaden your horizons and participate in discussions with some of the best and brightest scientists in the nation.
The process to participate in the teleconference is a simple and everybody in a Night Sky Network club is welcome to join. Members will need a username and password if they wish to download the PowerPoint or PDF versions of the presentation. Club coordinators can provide any club member a username and password using the club roster system. The web version of the presentation is not password protected.
Step 1: Download the Presentation
If you have PowerPoint or Adobe Acrobat you can step through the slides as Dr. Livio presents the details to us. The presentation is on the Night Sky Network web site under "Toolkit Downloads" - "Tele-Conference" section.
Download large PowerPoint version (35 MB) at: nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/docs/LivioTop10.ppt
Download smaller (4 MB) PDF file at:
nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/docs/LivioTop10.pdf
If you have access to the web while on the call, you can view the presentation online at www.astrosociety.org/nsntelecon/march05.htm . The presentation will be uploaded later this week.
Step 2: Participate in the Call
Anyone in the Night Sky Network can participate as individuals or in groups. Just dial in anytime to the number below after 5:45 p.m. Pacific Time on Tuesday, March 29th
Toll-free conference call line at: 1-877-917-1549
• You will be asked for the passcode: NIGHT SKY NETWORK
• You will be asked for the call leader: MICHAEL GREENE
• You will be asked to give your NAME and the CLUB you belong to.
If you do not use the Night Sky Network club roster system, please forward this information to your other club members. We do ask that questions be focused on the topic of the presentation.
If you have any questions or are having any difficulties logging into the
Night Sky Network, send an email to nightskyinfo@astrosociety.
See you at the teleconference!
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> READY FOR UPCOMING TOOLKITS?
Model the universe: Our Galaxy, Our Universe ToolKits shipping April 4th
Get sucked in: NEW Black Hole Survival ToolKit coming April 30th
Sneak preview: Telescope ToolKit in October/November
"Our Galaxy, Our Universe" ToolKit: If you haven't received this one yet and
your club has posted at least two events using the PlanetQuest ToolKit, the
galaxy and the universe will be yours in early April!
"Black Hole Survival" ToolKit: The final touches are being completed for
this ToolKit's scheduled release April 30, 2005. On the subject of gravity
and black holes as an extreme form of gravity, this ToolKit explains:
1. How we survive in a galaxy full of black holes
2. How to survive an encounter with a black hole
3. How amateur astronomers can survive all the black hole questions they get!
To qualify: Your club must have received "Our Galaxy, Our Universe" before
the end of January 2005 and, as of April 25, 2005, your club must have been
a Night Sky Network member for at least six months and logged at least two events since October 1, 2004.
To get ready, you might want to review NASA’s Universe Forum on black holes:
cfa-www.harvard.edu/seuforum/blackholelanding.htm
Sneak Preview: Telescope ToolKit: Do you ever get questions like:
- Why doesn't it look like the pictures in magazines?
- Can you see the flag on the Moon?
- What power is this telescope?
Amateur astronomers use telescopes to allow the public to directly experience the universe. Scientists use telescopes to help us understand the universe. And the public has a lot of questions about them! Currently under development and scheduled for release in the late fall 2005, this ToolKit is on a subject near and dear to us all. Help us give it a name! Send your ideas to Marni Berendsen at mberendsen@astrosociety.org.
If you don't qualify for the ToolKits on their release date, don't despair!
We ship ToolKits to qualifying clubs at the end of every calendar quarter.
So be ready and make sure your events are logged!
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> ASTRONOMY DAY 2005
Astronomy Day is just around the corner (April 16, Astronomy Day;
April 11-17, Astronomy Week) and we encourage all Night Sky Network Clubs to register your club’s Astronomy Day event with the Astronomical League (a Night Sky Network partner) at:
www.astroleague.org/al/astroday/adactiv05.html
For those planning public observing sessions, the skies of mid-April feature the "big three" of the Moon, Jupiter and Saturn. On the 16th a high first-quarter Moon soars over Saturn, while Jupiter will be just two weeks past opposition.
To assist organizations and individuals in planning Astronomy Day programs, the Astronomical League and Sky & Telescope have prepared a fact-filled Astronomy Day Handbook. Written by David H. Levy, the 66-page guide offer time-tested suggestions for conducting large and small endeavors. It also includes the rules and entry forms for the Sky & Telescope Astronomy Day Awards, prizes given annually to the groups whose programs do the best job of "Bringing Astronomy to the People."
You can obtain a free printed copy of the handbook by sending a request to:
Astronomy Day Information
Sky Publishing Corporation
49 Bay State Road
Cambridge, MA 02138
e-mail: kwilliams@SkyandTelescope.com
To learn more about Astronomy Day check out these links:
take advantage of the numerous online resources to promote Astronomy. Be sure to
www.astroleague.org/al/astroday/adactiv05.html
www.astroleague.org/al/astroday/astroday.html
www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx?c=ps&id=80
skyandtelescope.com/resources/calendar/article_472_1.asp
www.cascaeducation.ca/files/genastro_astroday.html
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> MAKE ANY DAY ASTRONOMY DAY!
Scheduled events like Astronomy Day give your club a reason to host public outreach events. But it is pretty easy to find other good excuses to do public outreach. Your club may pick a certain weekend for observing because of the lunar phase, but it could also be the anniversary of a historic discovery or space exploration milestone. When you are looking for a theme for your event or want to get publicity,
(See online article nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/club/news-display.cfm?News_ID=88 )
Be sure to check the NASA calendars below to see if you can tie your event's theme to something larger, or flip it around and schedule a theme to commemorate or acknowledge a milestone.
Solar System Exploration Calendar
solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/calendars.cfm
NASA Launch Calendar
solarsystem.nasa.gov/calendar/launches_events1.cfm
NASA Mission Calendar
www.nasa.gov/missions/timeline/index.html
Today in Space History
www.collectspace.com/
JPL Space Calendar
www2.jpl.nasa.gov/calendar/
Sun-Earth Day
sunearthday.nasa.gov/
World Year of Physics 2005
www.wyp2005.org/
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>LOG YOUR EVENTS AND WIN A GREEN LASER POINTER FOR YOUR CLUB!
Its time for the first quarterly "Events Logged" drawing for 2005! The Astronomical Society of the Pacific will be giving away 5 green laser pointers to recognize the hard work and dedication of Night Sky Network clubs.
All qualifying outreach events your club logs by midnight on March 31st count in the drawing for five engraved top-of-the-line green laser pointers! Events logged after January 1st, 2005 count even if the events were held in 2004. The drawing itself will occur on April 6th. The five winning clubs will be notified by email to the club coordinator and their names will be posted on the Night Sky Network Discussion Board by July 7th.
Each qualifying event your club logs counts as a "ticket" in the drawing. The more Night Sky Network events your club holds and reports, the more chances your club has to win!
A qualifying event is one where your club used any part of a ToolKit or materials downloaded from the Night Sky Network website to provide information to your club or the public.
For questions about logging and approving events, see the FAQ‚s on the Participants‚ site after you log in: nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/login.cfm .
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Clear skies!
Mike Hart and Marni Berendsen
Astronomical Society of the Pacific
NASA Night Sky Network
This newsletter includes:
- Hubble’s Top 5 Discoveries
March 29 Teleconference
- Get Ready for Upcoming ToolKits
- Astronomy Day 2005! - April 16
- Make any day Astronomy Day
- Win a Green Laser Pointer for your Club!
Log your events before March 31st to qualify for Quarterly Drawing
> HUBBLE’S TOP 5 DISCOVERIES
Hubble’s Top Five Scientific Discoveries – Night Sky Network Teleconference
March 29 2005 at 6:00 p.m. PST (9:00 p.m. EST)
Since 1990, the Hubble Space telescope has circled 350 miles above the Earth going around once every 90 minutes. In that time (coming up on 15 years this April), the Hubble has been a key to unlocking some of the deepest secrets of the universe. Next Tuesday (March 29th) you can hear about the top discoveries straight from the source – and more importantly ask questions!
Mario Livio, Ph.D.,( www-int.stsci.edu/~mlivio/ )is the former head of the Science Division of the Space Telescope Science Institute ( www.stsci.edu/institute/sd ). Now working in public outreach, Dr. Livio will be sharing the top five discoveries from Hubble. After his presentation, Night Sky Network participants are invited to ask questions.
If you haven’t participated in a Night Sky Network teleconference this is your chance to truly broaden your horizons and participate in discussions with some of the best and brightest scientists in the nation.
The process to participate in the teleconference is a simple and everybody in a Night Sky Network club is welcome to join. Members will need a username and password if they wish to download the PowerPoint or PDF versions of the presentation. Club coordinators can provide any club member a username and password using the club roster system. The web version of the presentation is not password protected.
Step 1: Download the Presentation
If you have PowerPoint or Adobe Acrobat you can step through the slides as Dr. Livio presents the details to us. The presentation is on the Night Sky Network web site under "Toolkit Downloads" - "Tele-Conference" section.
Download large PowerPoint version (35 MB) at: nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/docs/LivioTop10.ppt
Download smaller (4 MB) PDF file at:
nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/docs/LivioTop10.pdf
If you have access to the web while on the call, you can view the presentation online at www.astrosociety.org/nsntelecon/march05.htm . The presentation will be uploaded later this week.
Step 2: Participate in the Call
Anyone in the Night Sky Network can participate as individuals or in groups. Just dial in anytime to the number below after 5:45 p.m. Pacific Time on Tuesday, March 29th
Toll-free conference call line at: 1-877-917-1549
• You will be asked for the passcode: NIGHT SKY NETWORK
• You will be asked for the call leader: MICHAEL GREENE
• You will be asked to give your NAME and the CLUB you belong to.
If you do not use the Night Sky Network club roster system, please forward this information to your other club members. We do ask that questions be focused on the topic of the presentation.
If you have any questions or are having any difficulties logging into the
Night Sky Network, send an email to nightskyinfo@astrosociety.
See you at the teleconference!
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> READY FOR UPCOMING TOOLKITS?
Model the universe: Our Galaxy, Our Universe ToolKits shipping April 4th
Get sucked in: NEW Black Hole Survival ToolKit coming April 30th
Sneak preview: Telescope ToolKit in October/November
"Our Galaxy, Our Universe" ToolKit: If you haven't received this one yet and
your club has posted at least two events using the PlanetQuest ToolKit, the
galaxy and the universe will be yours in early April!
"Black Hole Survival" ToolKit: The final touches are being completed for
this ToolKit's scheduled release April 30, 2005. On the subject of gravity
and black holes as an extreme form of gravity, this ToolKit explains:
1. How we survive in a galaxy full of black holes
2. How to survive an encounter with a black hole
3. How amateur astronomers can survive all the black hole questions they get!
To qualify: Your club must have received "Our Galaxy, Our Universe" before
the end of January 2005 and, as of April 25, 2005, your club must have been
a Night Sky Network member for at least six months and logged at least two events since October 1, 2004.
To get ready, you might want to review NASA’s Universe Forum on black holes:
cfa-www.harvard.edu/seuforum/blackholelanding.htm
Sneak Preview: Telescope ToolKit: Do you ever get questions like:
- Why doesn't it look like the pictures in magazines?
- Can you see the flag on the Moon?
- What power is this telescope?
Amateur astronomers use telescopes to allow the public to directly experience the universe. Scientists use telescopes to help us understand the universe. And the public has a lot of questions about them! Currently under development and scheduled for release in the late fall 2005, this ToolKit is on a subject near and dear to us all. Help us give it a name! Send your ideas to Marni Berendsen at mberendsen@astrosociety.org.
If you don't qualify for the ToolKits on their release date, don't despair!
We ship ToolKits to qualifying clubs at the end of every calendar quarter.
So be ready and make sure your events are logged!
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> ASTRONOMY DAY 2005
Astronomy Day is just around the corner (April 16, Astronomy Day;
April 11-17, Astronomy Week) and we encourage all Night Sky Network Clubs to register your club’s Astronomy Day event with the Astronomical League (a Night Sky Network partner) at:
www.astroleague.org/al/astroday/adactiv05.html
For those planning public observing sessions, the skies of mid-April feature the "big three" of the Moon, Jupiter and Saturn. On the 16th a high first-quarter Moon soars over Saturn, while Jupiter will be just two weeks past opposition.
To assist organizations and individuals in planning Astronomy Day programs, the Astronomical League and Sky & Telescope have prepared a fact-filled Astronomy Day Handbook. Written by David H. Levy, the 66-page guide offer time-tested suggestions for conducting large and small endeavors. It also includes the rules and entry forms for the Sky & Telescope Astronomy Day Awards, prizes given annually to the groups whose programs do the best job of "Bringing Astronomy to the People."
You can obtain a free printed copy of the handbook by sending a request to:
Astronomy Day Information
Sky Publishing Corporation
49 Bay State Road
Cambridge, MA 02138
e-mail: kwilliams@SkyandTelescope.com
To learn more about Astronomy Day check out these links:
take advantage of the numerous online resources to promote Astronomy. Be sure to
www.astroleague.org/al/astroday/adactiv05.html
www.astroleague.org/al/astroday/astroday.html
www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx?c=ps&id=80
skyandtelescope.com/resources/calendar/article_472_1.asp
www.cascaeducation.ca/files/genastro_astroday.html
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> MAKE ANY DAY ASTRONOMY DAY!
Scheduled events like Astronomy Day give your club a reason to host public outreach events. But it is pretty easy to find other good excuses to do public outreach. Your club may pick a certain weekend for observing because of the lunar phase, but it could also be the anniversary of a historic discovery or space exploration milestone. When you are looking for a theme for your event or want to get publicity,
(See online article nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/club/news-display.cfm?News_ID=88 )
Be sure to check the NASA calendars below to see if you can tie your event's theme to something larger, or flip it around and schedule a theme to commemorate or acknowledge a milestone.
Solar System Exploration Calendar
solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/calendars.cfm
NASA Launch Calendar
solarsystem.nasa.gov/calendar/launches_events1.cfm
NASA Mission Calendar
www.nasa.gov/missions/timeline/index.html
Today in Space History
www.collectspace.com/
JPL Space Calendar
www2.jpl.nasa.gov/calendar/
Sun-Earth Day
sunearthday.nasa.gov/
World Year of Physics 2005
www.wyp2005.org/
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>LOG YOUR EVENTS AND WIN A GREEN LASER POINTER FOR YOUR CLUB!
Its time for the first quarterly "Events Logged" drawing for 2005! The Astronomical Society of the Pacific will be giving away 5 green laser pointers to recognize the hard work and dedication of Night Sky Network clubs.
All qualifying outreach events your club logs by midnight on March 31st count in the drawing for five engraved top-of-the-line green laser pointers! Events logged after January 1st, 2005 count even if the events were held in 2004. The drawing itself will occur on April 6th. The five winning clubs will be notified by email to the club coordinator and their names will be posted on the Night Sky Network Discussion Board by July 7th.
Each qualifying event your club logs counts as a "ticket" in the drawing. The more Night Sky Network events your club holds and reports, the more chances your club has to win!
A qualifying event is one where your club used any part of a ToolKit or materials downloaded from the Night Sky Network website to provide information to your club or the public.
For questions about logging and approving events, see the FAQ‚s on the Participants‚ site after you log in: nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/login.cfm .
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Clear skies!
Mike Hart and Marni Berendsen
Astronomical Society of the Pacific
NASA Night Sky Network
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The Hubble Space Telescope's Top Discoveries Presentation and Q&A
You are invited to join us for an hour tomorrow evening (6:00 pm PST, 9:00 pm EST, Tuesday, March 29th) for a Presentation and Q&A with Dr. Mario Livio former Director of the Science Division of the Space Telescope Science Institute.
Dr. Livio has provided the Night Sky Network with a set of slides participants can download (PowerPoint or PDF) or view online (html) during the teleconference (URLs provided below). Dr. Livio will spend the first half of the call sharing as many of Hubble's discoveries as he can (at least the Top 5) and will then take questions from Night Sky Network participants. We do ask that questions be focused on the topic of the presentation rather than general astronomy, but anyone affiliated with a Night Sky Network club can join in the call as individuals or in groups.
To participate, just dial in anytime to the number below after 5:45 p.m. Pacific Time on Tuesday, March 29th. Please dial in a bit early so we can start on time!
Toll-free conference call line at : 1-877-917-1549
• You will be asked for the passcode: NIGHT SKY NETWORK
• You will be asked for the call leader: MICHAEL GREENE
• You will be asked to give your NAME and the CLUB you belong to.
If you have any questions or are having any difficulties logging into the
Night Sky Network, send an email to nightskyinfo@astrosociety.org
See you at the teleconference!
Download large PowerPoint version (35 MB) at:
nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/docs/LivioTop10.ppt
Download smaller (4 MB) PDF file at:
nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/docs/LivioTop10.pdf
Online HTML presentation at:
www.astrosociety.org/nsntelecon/march05.htm
You are invited to join us for an hour tomorrow evening (6:00 pm PST, 9:00 pm EST, Tuesday, March 29th) for a Presentation and Q&A with Dr. Mario Livio former Director of the Science Division of the Space Telescope Science Institute.
Dr. Livio has provided the Night Sky Network with a set of slides participants can download (PowerPoint or PDF) or view online (html) during the teleconference (URLs provided below). Dr. Livio will spend the first half of the call sharing as many of Hubble's discoveries as he can (at least the Top 5) and will then take questions from Night Sky Network participants. We do ask that questions be focused on the topic of the presentation rather than general astronomy, but anyone affiliated with a Night Sky Network club can join in the call as individuals or in groups.
To participate, just dial in anytime to the number below after 5:45 p.m. Pacific Time on Tuesday, March 29th. Please dial in a bit early so we can start on time!
Toll-free conference call line at : 1-877-917-1549
• You will be asked for the passcode: NIGHT SKY NETWORK
• You will be asked for the call leader: MICHAEL GREENE
• You will be asked to give your NAME and the CLUB you belong to.
If you have any questions or are having any difficulties logging into the
Night Sky Network, send an email to nightskyinfo@astrosociety.org
See you at the teleconference!
Download large PowerPoint version (35 MB) at:
nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/docs/LivioTop10.ppt
Download smaller (4 MB) PDF file at:
nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/docs/LivioTop10.pdf
Online HTML presentation at:
www.astrosociety.org/nsntelecon/march05.htm
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NASA Night Sky Network Newsletter
This newsletter includes:
- Black Hole ToolKit Hits the Streets in May
- Black Holes! Teleconference coming May 26
- Night Sky Network reaches more than 100,000 people
- Club members heading to JPL Open House!
- Outreach Opportunities for Imagers
> BLACK HOLE TOOLKIT HIST THE STREETS IN MAY
It is hard to imagine a public astronomy event where someone doesn't ask about black holes, but explaining these cosmic conundrums in simple, easily understood terms can be a challenge - until now that is. Get ready for the Black Hole Survival ToolKit - shipped this week!
The "Black Hole Survival" ToolKit is on the subject of gravity, and black
holes as an extreme form of gravity. This ToolKit explains:
1. How we survive in a galaxy full of black holes
2. How to survive an encounter with a black hole
3. How amateur astronomers can survive all the black hole questions they get!
Qualifying clubs are listed on the Discussion Board on the Night Sky Network website in the "Black Hole Survival ToolKit" forum. If your club qualifies, you should receive the ToolKit no later than May 20th.
> BLACK HOLE TELECONFERENCE COMING MAY 26
To launch the Black Hole ToolKit, it may be helpful to bone up on the topic by participating in May's teleconference featuring Dr. Ned Wright. Dr. Wright is a renown infrared astronomy and cosmologist and is the principal investigator for the <a href=http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/>Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer</a> mission scheduled for launch in 2008. His online tutorials on Cosmology and Relativity are consistently listed by astronomy professors around the country as "go to" reference resources.
Night Sky Network members are invited to participate in the teleconference live or listen to the event after the fact by downloading an MP3. The teleconference is scheduled for Thursday, May 26th at 6 pm Pacific, 9 pm Eastern. More details in a couple of weeks. Save the date!
Night Sky Network members are welcome to participate in the teleconference live or listen to the event after the fact by downloading an MP3.
> NIGHT SKY NETWORK REACHES MORE THAN 100,000 PEOPLE
Have you been to the Night Sky Network website lately ( nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov )? Created just over one year ago, the NASA Night Sky Network was designed to support amateur astronomy clubs engage the public. At the beginning of April, the Network had reached more than 100,000 people. But even more impressively that number grew by 20% in one month and now stands above 120,000!
Night Sky Network Sponsors at NASA and the staff of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific congratulate all of the clubs in the Network for your hard work and tireless dedication to sharing astronomy with your communities.
To read more about this milestone, visit the JPL home page < jpl.nasa.gov or check out planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/news/pqToolkit3.html
>NSN MEMBERS HEADING TO JPL OPEN HOUSE MAY 14-15
As guests of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, these NSN members were
selected by their clubs to represent the NASA Night Sky Network at the
annual Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) Open House weekend
( www.jpl.nasa.gov/pso/oh.cfm ) May 14 - 15, 2005 in Pasadena,
California.
Doug Decker, Starlight Astronomy Club of Altoona, Pennsylvania
Dave Hutchison, Texas Astronomical Society of Dallas
Mark Brown, River Bend Astronomy Club of Edwardsville, Illinois
Reagan Herman, Amarillo Astronomy Club of Texas
Becky Lowder, Statesboro Astronomy Club of Georgia
In January, their clubs were selected at random from among the NSN member
clubs who posted at least five events in 2004. These members will meet NASA
scientists and receive a personalized tour of JPL and of the Mount Wilson
observatories. They will join the 50,000 visitors expected to attend this
popular event, which features JPL's accomplishments with exhibits and
demonstrations about the Laboratory's ongoing research and space
exploration. Among the exhibits are the search for extra-solar planets, the Mars Rovers, and the Cassini mission to Saturn.
We will be able to hear about their adventures in a few weeks. Keep logging your events - make sure your club is eligible for next year's drawing!
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> OUTREACH OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMAGERS
Serious astro-photographers unite! Here's a unique opportunity to contribute to a high school research project on Active Galactic Nuclei. Details at: homepage.mac.com/dvhscience/SpaceAcademy...s/Spitzer/index.html
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Clear skies!
Mike Hart and Marni Berendsen
Astronomical Society of the Pacific
NASA Night Sky Network
This newsletter includes:
- Black Hole ToolKit Hits the Streets in May
- Black Holes! Teleconference coming May 26
- Night Sky Network reaches more than 100,000 people
- Club members heading to JPL Open House!
- Outreach Opportunities for Imagers
> BLACK HOLE TOOLKIT HIST THE STREETS IN MAY
It is hard to imagine a public astronomy event where someone doesn't ask about black holes, but explaining these cosmic conundrums in simple, easily understood terms can be a challenge - until now that is. Get ready for the Black Hole Survival ToolKit - shipped this week!
The "Black Hole Survival" ToolKit is on the subject of gravity, and black
holes as an extreme form of gravity. This ToolKit explains:
1. How we survive in a galaxy full of black holes
2. How to survive an encounter with a black hole
3. How amateur astronomers can survive all the black hole questions they get!
Qualifying clubs are listed on the Discussion Board on the Night Sky Network website in the "Black Hole Survival ToolKit" forum. If your club qualifies, you should receive the ToolKit no later than May 20th.
> BLACK HOLE TELECONFERENCE COMING MAY 26
To launch the Black Hole ToolKit, it may be helpful to bone up on the topic by participating in May's teleconference featuring Dr. Ned Wright. Dr. Wright is a renown infrared astronomy and cosmologist and is the principal investigator for the <a href=http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/>Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer</a> mission scheduled for launch in 2008. His online tutorials on Cosmology and Relativity are consistently listed by astronomy professors around the country as "go to" reference resources.
Night Sky Network members are invited to participate in the teleconference live or listen to the event after the fact by downloading an MP3. The teleconference is scheduled for Thursday, May 26th at 6 pm Pacific, 9 pm Eastern. More details in a couple of weeks. Save the date!
Night Sky Network members are welcome to participate in the teleconference live or listen to the event after the fact by downloading an MP3.
> NIGHT SKY NETWORK REACHES MORE THAN 100,000 PEOPLE
Have you been to the Night Sky Network website lately ( nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov )? Created just over one year ago, the NASA Night Sky Network was designed to support amateur astronomy clubs engage the public. At the beginning of April, the Network had reached more than 100,000 people. But even more impressively that number grew by 20% in one month and now stands above 120,000!
Night Sky Network Sponsors at NASA and the staff of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific congratulate all of the clubs in the Network for your hard work and tireless dedication to sharing astronomy with your communities.
To read more about this milestone, visit the JPL home page < jpl.nasa.gov or check out planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/news/pqToolkit3.html
>NSN MEMBERS HEADING TO JPL OPEN HOUSE MAY 14-15
As guests of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, these NSN members were
selected by their clubs to represent the NASA Night Sky Network at the
annual Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) Open House weekend
( www.jpl.nasa.gov/pso/oh.cfm ) May 14 - 15, 2005 in Pasadena,
California.
Doug Decker, Starlight Astronomy Club of Altoona, Pennsylvania
Dave Hutchison, Texas Astronomical Society of Dallas
Mark Brown, River Bend Astronomy Club of Edwardsville, Illinois
Reagan Herman, Amarillo Astronomy Club of Texas
Becky Lowder, Statesboro Astronomy Club of Georgia
In January, their clubs were selected at random from among the NSN member
clubs who posted at least five events in 2004. These members will meet NASA
scientists and receive a personalized tour of JPL and of the Mount Wilson
observatories. They will join the 50,000 visitors expected to attend this
popular event, which features JPL's accomplishments with exhibits and
demonstrations about the Laboratory's ongoing research and space
exploration. Among the exhibits are the search for extra-solar planets, the Mars Rovers, and the Cassini mission to Saturn.
We will be able to hear about their adventures in a few weeks. Keep logging your events - make sure your club is eligible for next year's drawing!
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> OUTREACH OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMAGERS
Serious astro-photographers unite! Here's a unique opportunity to contribute to a high school research project on Active Galactic Nuclei. Details at: homepage.mac.com/dvhscience/SpaceAcademy...s/Spitzer/index.html
---
Clear skies!
Mike Hart and Marni Berendsen
Astronomical Society of the Pacific
NASA Night Sky Network
Each of us is here on earth for a reason, and each of us has a special mission to carry out - Maria Shriver
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