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First edition of the SAS Online Radio is now available in the
Online Radio Section in the bar above !

Meteor Watch Record

Send these in to a committee member, we'd love to find out what you see.

Chris McGinlay's Stargazing Podcasts

Here you will find some astronomy podcasts from my website at www.unpossible.info.
They are purposely brief, just giving you a few ideas on what to view over the following couple of weeks. More information and some links to items mentioned are to be found at www.unpossible.info. If you like the podcasts, please visit the page on www.unpossible.info and give it a +1.

Chris McGinlay's Stargazing Podcasts

! ! ! Cosmic Threats to Earth with Prof John Brown ! ! !

This free event was held in Edinburgh on 23 April 2011

This event was well worth attending ! Many thanks to the organisers .
Also, thanks to the Edinburgh Astronomical Society members for their warm welcome .

A set of three DVDs, covering the whole day's event is now available.
More details in the SAS Shop section.

To order your copies or for more information, please contact Reg by e-mail :
please click here .

The attached file contains details of the day`s programme ! !

! ! !  Cosmic Threats to Earth with Prof John Brown  ! ! !

Card Model CCCP - Lunokhod 1

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Russian Moon Rover
The very first remote controlled rover in space !! ( 1970 )
Next Model - Skylab / Apollo available soon !!

Yippee!The 12 Inch and 5 Inch Telescopes Have Arrived!

Shetland Astronomical Society now has two new identical 12 inch Dobsonian telescopes with motorised systems. These are Sky Watcher Flex Tube telescopes from the company Optical Vision. Members can arrange to borrow one of these for home observing. The telescopes will also be used for SAS star parties and other events.

More pictures are available in the Images-Events-SAS Newsletters section of the website, under SAS 12 inch Dobsonian.

We also have a 5 inch telescope for members to borrow see pictures under the
Images-Events-SAS Shop section of the website .

Yippee!The 12 Inch and 5 Inch Telescopes Have Arrived!

Observing Sessions and Events for 2011

Star Parties and Meetings in 2011

To be confirmed !

Links to Other Sites

Other Web Sites of Interest - Please click on "Read More" at the bottom of the page for further links !

Astronomy Picture of the Day

Live Stream Space Camera SLOOH - Cool !

Astronomer Royal for Scotland - Prof John Brown

Shetlink The Sky at Night forum - Take part in online discussions with other Shetlanders by joining Shetlink

Edinburgh Astronomical Society -

For bookworms - A site with free astronomy and science E- Books to read online -

Project to locate asteroids and more -

Open University Astronomy Courses - "I want to study astronomy"Find out about courses at the Open University

Your portal to space - -Daily space news

Your portal to science - -Daily science news

The Roseland Observatory - Director Brian Sheen

The Bradford Robotic Telescope - I wish I had a big telescope ! Go and use it,it is free of charge!!

Interacive star map - -cruise trough the sky with your PC

Chris Brown`s Web Site - -More of Chris`pictures can be found here!!

Astronomy Now - The night sky each week !Online planet- star chart and more !

Online Astronomy Shop - Brass Astrolabs , Astronomical Instruments , Telescopes and much more !

AstroMediaShop - Cardboard kits of scientific instruments, models, gadgets, and optical components for experiments, education, and astronomy .

Sigma - Proving Einstein Right, by Prof Ian Morison - Jodrell Bank

Scottish Solar System - Project for International Year of Astronomy 2009

Planetary radio - online astronomy/science radio with downloadable MP3 soundfiles

The Jodcast - Podcasts from Jodrell Bank

NASA Index Page - Nasa Live TV and Education Sites

Astronomy for beginners - A good site for beginners who are interested in astronomy

Stargazer - Good stargazing site

Astronomy.Shetland - Another good Shetland Site

Astro Tips.com - A good Pocket PC Site

Astronomical Tools to download - Some helpful astronomical software

The Hubble Space Telescope Site - All you need to know about Hubble

Radio Telescopes - How to build your own at low cost

Radio Telescopes - How to build your own at low cost

SARA - Society of Amateur Radio Astronomers

Apollo Missions - All you need to know

Astrophotography by Anthony Ayiomamitis - Large, excellent, photographic resource (email for publication licence)

astronomyknowhow - Guide to Basic Astronomy with a telescope (online course ) DSLR Camera Imaging Beginners Guide + Astronomy Ebooks

Heavens-Above -A site showing the current positions of satellites and ISS

  • Galaxy Zoo Hubble - Help Scientists !Help Astronomers to classify images of galaxies
  • Planet Hunters - Help Scientists !Help Astronomers to hunt exo planets
  • Moon Zoo - Help Scientists !Help Astronomers to study images of the lunar surface
  • Zooniverse - Help Scientists !Join in projects to find extraterrestrial planets, measure the milkyway and more !
  • Einstein at Home - Help Scietists !:Einstein at home project
  • Solar System Dimension Calculator - Find out how big our solar sytem
    really is !

    Weights On Different Planets - Find out how much you weigh on different planets !

    >Astronomy For Dummies -Cheat sheet for Astronomers and more !

    Astronomy.com - -Good astronomy magazine

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