[AstroNet] AstroNet Digest, Vol 55, Issue 2

Wed Nov 2 12:43:43 SAST 2011

Dear All

On behalf of Lesotho Astronomical Society, we are so sad to hear about the death of Christina Scott, and may her soul and souls of others who have departed rest in peace. This is a great loss to the Astronomical Society Globally.

Regards
Mr. Lebohang Kompi
Founder and MD einsteinsmindlesotho
Founder Lesotho Astros Club
Sub-sahara African Regional Coordinator Astronomers Without Borders (AWB)
LESOTHO, MASERU

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www.sciencecapacitybuilding.weebly.com
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Dear all,
I read with sadness the news of the tragic accident and death of Christina Scott. I do commiserate with the observatory and science community for this sad loss. May her soul rest in peace, amen.
Jemima Ngozi Ogwo
Abia State University, Uturu,
Nigeria

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Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 16:17:24 +0200 (SAST)
From: Thembela Mantungwa <tm at saao.ac.za>
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South African Astronomical Observatory in Cape Town will have a free public lecture on Saturday, November 12 at 20h00. Dr. Kurt van der Heyden will talk about "Galaxies and Clusters of Galaxies" After the talk, there will be stargazing if the weather is good, tours of the library, and the McClean telescope will be working then. 

Abstract: 
A galaxy is a massive, gravitationally bound system that consists of stars, star remnants, gas, dust and an important, but poorly understood, component dubbed dark matter. Galaxies can occur in a range of sizes and shapes, and can contain between tens of million to trillions of stars. Galaxies themselves prefer to reside in large bound systems known as "Galaxy Clusters". Clusters are the largest known systems in the Universe. This talk will give a brief introduction to these systems and also provide a visual tour of the various types of galaxies and clusters. 

Bio: 

Kurt van der Heyden was born and raised in Kimberley, where he completed his high school education. He obtained a BSc. degree in physics from UNISA in 1996. He then went to UCT, where he completed his B.Sc honours year in 1997, and he specialised in nuclear physics. He later switched to astronomy and took up an M.Sc position at SAAO under the guidance of Dr. D. Buckley and promotorship of Prof. B. Warner (UCT). He began his PhD studies at the SRON National Institute for Space Research (Netherlands), where he worked with Prof. Dr. Ir. J.A.M. Bleeker and Dr. J.S. Kaastra on X-ray studies of Supernova Remnants. Upon his return to South Africa, he took a postdoctoral position at SAAO and later joined UCT Astronomy department as an SKA funded postdoctoral fellow. Currently, he is a senior lecturer at UCT. Kurt?s research interests lie in the question of Dark Energy, particularly in (observational) techniques to constrain the equation of state (w). He is an
external participant in 
the Sloan Supernova Survey (SDSS-SN). He is also involved in the SA SKA/ MeerKAT project. 

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S.A. Astronomical Observatory 
Tel: 021 460 9319 
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Subject: [AstroNet] Christina Scott
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For those of us who haven't yet heard the tragic news, Christina Scott died 
in a car accident in Observatory yesterday. She was a friend, colleague and 
remarkable science journalist and she will be a great loss to the science 
community.

In deep sadness

Case Rijsdijk 

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Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2011 09:41:59 +0200 (SAST)
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Hi all
Please note that there will be a special tribute to Christina Scott on SAFM at 13:00 today.
I urge you to tune in as it should give you a good idea as to just how great she was and what a tragic loss this is to science, science journalism, science communication and the world in general.
A great tribute on http://underthebanyan.wordpress.com/2011/10/31/one-less-star-in-africa-tonight/#comment-482 and one of many stories on http://africansciencejournalists.com/news-awards/christina-scott-africa%E2%80%99s-foremost-science-journalist-dies
Regards
Kevin

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For those of us who haven't yet heard the tragic news, Christina Scott died 
in a car accident in Observatory yesterday. She was a friend, colleague and 
remarkable science journalist and she will be a great loss to the science 
community.

In deep sadness

Case Rijsdijk 

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