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<DIV align=center><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG><FONT color=#008000>JOIN <FONT
color=#0000ff>SOUTPANSBERG ASTRONOMY</FONT> AT THE END OF NATIONAL SCIENCE
WEEK AT LOUIS TRICHARDT HIGH SCHOOL. THE EVENT WILL BE
HOSTED AT THE SCHOOL'S RUGBY FIELD FROM 5PM
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<DIV align=center><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG><FONT color=#800000
size=3><U>DATE:</U></FONT> 06 AUGUST
2010 </STRONG></FONT><FONT face=Arial
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size=3>TIME:</FONT></U> FROM 17:00
onwards </STRONG></FONT><FONT face=Arial
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size=3>VENUE:</FONT></U> LOUIS TRICHARD HIGH
SCHOOL'S RUGBY FIELD</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG><U><FONT color=#800000
size=3>WHAT TO BRING:</FONT></U> Dress warmly, jacket, beanie
and a scarf. Bring a blanket or chair to sit on, picnic basket and
don't forget your binoculars. </STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Those of you with telescopes,
bring them along!</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=4><U>ACTIVITIES
FOR THE EVENING:</U></FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT color=#0000ff>VIEWING
FOUR OF THE FIVE NAKED EYE PLANETS:</FONT> Mercury, Venus, Saturn and
Mars.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG><FONT color=#0000ff>LOOKING AT
VARIOUS STELLAR & DEEP SKY OBJECTS SUCH AS:</FONT> Some of
the constellations & their mythology, open and globular clusters,
various nebulae and galaxies, including Centaurus A, 11 million light years
away.</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>BUILDING OF STAR
WHEELS AND MOONSCOPES: <FONT color=#000000>Bring the kids and
build Southern Star Wheels and Moonscopes.</FONT></FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT color=#0000ff>ASTRONOMY
DISPLAY</FONT> including a poster display of fossil history with a South
African flavour. </FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#ff0000>The <EM><U>FOTON
AstroCam</U></EM> will be in action attached to a 8" Meade LX90 as well as
a 10" Meade LXD 55. Both telescopes are fully computerised with "GO TO"
capabilities projecting real time images on a big screen.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=1>In the
image above the region around the star <U><FONT color=#ff0000>Eta
Carinae</FONT></U></FONT></SPAN></FONT></B></STRONG></FONT><STRONG><B><FONT
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size=1> 8000 light years away is visible and is a must
to see in any size
telescope</FONT></SPAN></FONT></B></STRONG></FONT><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=1>. Weighing
in at 100 solar masses and more, 5 million times as bright as our Sun, the star
is so massive that if it were placed in our Solar
System it would extend beyond the orbit of Jupiter. The famous Keyhole
Nebula, a dark zone seen near the star, is prominent</FONT> <FONT size=1>when
viewed through a telescope.</FONT> <FONT size=1>Light from the nebula has
taken 8000 years to get to
us.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></STRONG></FONT></SPAN></P></DIV>
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