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First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

Students learn about astronomy

Z Staff Report Santa Ynez Valley News4 hours ago • Staff ReportChuck McPartlin, outreach coordinator for the Santa Barbara Astronomical Unit, took Oak Valley School fifth-graders on a trip through outer space in an April 19 astronomy presentation.With ... [Published Santa Ynez Valley News - May 09 2013]

Entities: Astronomy, Astronomical Unit, LIGHT POLLUTION

First reported Apr 17 2013 - Updated Apr 17 2013 - 1 reports

Westmont Viewing to Feature Saturn, Needle Galaxy

Westmont College?s Keck Telescope, one of the most powerful along the Central Coast, turns its attention to the ringed planet Saturn and the Needle Galaxy at a free, public viewing beginning at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Westmont Observatory.The observatory ... [Published Noozhawk.com - Apr 17 2013]

Entities: Saturn, Thomas Whittemore, Globular Cluster, Russell Carr, Astronomical Unit

First reported Apr 13 2013 - Updated Apr 13 2013 - 1 reports

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SOUTH ON 101: Fly high: Look, up in the sky!

Wish for clear skies and steady winds this weekend in Santa Barbara â two outdoor activities depend on them. Moving inside, thereâs exciting music and dance.Kite festFrom Benjamin Franklin to Charlie Brown, kite flying is a part of American culture. The ... [Published Santa Maria Times - Apr 13 2013]

Entities: Defense Intelligence Agency, Gregory Vajda, Astronomy, Astronomical Unit, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

First reported Feb 14 2013 - Updated Feb 15 2013 - 1 reports

Astronomers Provide a Peek at Asteroid 2012 DA14

at 11:00 UTC when the asteroid was at 0.018 Astronomical Unit from Earth. Credit: by Ernesto Guido & Nick Howes, Remanzacco Observatory.Our friends Ernesto Guido and Nick Howes from the Remanzacco Observatory have nabbed a look at asteroid 2012 DA14 as ... [Published Universe Today - Feb 14 2013]

Entities: Planetoid, Nancy Atkinson, Astronomy, Faulkes Telescope South, Astronomical Unit

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"This is the first 'retired' star that we have found with a debris disc and one or more planets" says Amy Bonsor of the Institute de Planétologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble, and lead author of the study

Retired star found with planets and debris disc [Published PhysOrg.com - Apr 09 2013]

gbrumfiel writes "The Astronomical Unit (AU) is known to most as the distance between the Earth and the Sun. In fact, the official definition was a much more complex mathematical calculation involving angular measurements, hypothetical bodies, and the Sun's mass. That old definition created problems: due to general relativity, the length of the AU changed depending on an observer's position in the solar system. And the mass of the Sun changes over time, so the AU was changing as well. At the International Astronomical Union's latest meeting, astronomers unanimously voted on a new simplified definition: exactly 149,597,870,700 meters. Nobody need panic, the earth's distance from the sun remains just as it was, regardless of whether it's in AUs, meters, or smoots."

Astronomers Fix the Astronomical Unit [Published Slashdot - Sep 14 2012]

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Students learn about astronomy [Published Santa Ynez Valley News - May 09 2013]
Westmont Viewing to Feature Saturn, Needle Galaxy [Published Noozhawk.com - Apr 17 2013]
SOUTH ON 101: Fly high: Look, up in the sky! [Published Santa Maria Times - Apr 13 2013]
Retired star found with planets and debris disc [Published PhysOrg.com - Apr 09 2013]
Retired star found with planets and debris disc [Published European Space Agency - Apr 09 2013]
Astronomers Provide a Peek at Asteroid 2012 DA14 [Published Universe Today - Feb 14 2013]
First images captured of ‘comet of the century’... [Published National Post - Top Stories - Feb 06 2013]
Parallax Effect Charted in the 2012 Transit of ... [Published Universe Today - Sep 28 2012]
Astronomers Fix the Astronomical Unit [Published Slashdot - Sep 14 2012]