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June has two main meteor showers, the Arietids and the June Bootids. Unfortunatly, the Arietids are during the daylight hours. The Earth will pass through a stream of dusty debris. Thought no one is sure where the Arietids dust comes from, although some suspect its debris from the sungrazing astero...
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Dallas Stars Development Camp
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If you want to get a good, up close and personal look at the newest additions to the Dallas Stars organization, head out to McKinney this weekend where all of the top prospects (and then some) will be attending their annual development camp from July 1 to July 7 [url=http://www.defendingbigd.com/20...
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Droitwich Spa balloon race
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Rotary club to hold charity balloon race The Rotary Club of Droitwich Spa is organising a balloon race during this weekends Water Festival to celebrate the opening of the town's canal network. Balloons will be released from the gazebo in Vines Park from 2pm on Friday (July 1) until the close of the eve...
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Seven Sleepers Day
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In Germany, June 27 is Siebenschläfertag (Seven Sleepers Day). The weather on that day is supposed to determine the average weather of the next seven weeks. This is one of the most well-known bits of traditional farmers' weather lore remaining in today's Germany (this and the Ice Saints are the only...
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Okanagan Centre RASC meeting
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A leading Okanagan astronomer will explain how the coldest gas in the universe is being measured at the June meeting of the Okanagan Centre RASC (Royal Astronomical Society of Canada) in Vernon on Wed. June 29. Dr. Erik Rosolowsky, assistant professor of physics and astronomy at UBC Okanagan, will...
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EG Aquarii
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The dwarf nova EG Aquarii is in outburst.
Magnitude (Visual) 13.0
Position(2000): RA: 23 25 19.19 Dec: -08 18 18.9
Size: 14'1 x 14'1
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Golowan Festival
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Golowan (sometimes also Goluan or Gol-Jowan) is the Cornish language word for the Midsummer celebrations in Cornwall, UK: widespread prior to the late 19th century and most popular in the Penwith area and in particular Penzance and Newlyn. The celebrations were conducted from the 23rd of June (St...
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San Antonio Astronomical Association
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Double your fun with double stars The San Antonio Astronomical Association invites you to participate in all of its public astronomy events. It's free, and you can view the calendar at www.sanantonioastronomy.org. Welcome summer! It's time to begin a fun stargazing project, and I have the perfec...
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Free stargazing party
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Grand Canyon: Free entry and free stargazing party Tuesday Summer starts Tuesday with a nice freebie from the U.S. National Park Service: Visit a national park that day and pay no entrance fees. At Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona, you'll not only save the $25-per-vehicle entry fee on Tuesday...
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First Council of Nicaea
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The First Council of Nicaea was a council of Christian bishops convened in Nicaea in Bithynia (present-day znik in Turkey) by the Roman Emperor Constantine I in early June, A.D. 325. The Council was the first effort to attain consensus in the church through an assembly representing all of Christend...
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Callanish
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Dancing with the moon goddess in Callanish
The lunar standstill this month at the Neolithic standing stones in Callanish, in the Outer Hebrides, was a rare event. As the moon's journey through the sky takes nearly 19 years, the standstill only takes place three or four times in an averag...
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Taghum Starry Nights
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Take a tour of the cosmos without ever leaving the ground. Through the power of Nelson astronomer Wayne Holmes' telescope, people can take a trip through the starry night skies nearly every weekend this summer and up to Christmas at Taghum Community Hall. Called Taghum Starry Nights, Holmes will b...
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Akamai Workforce Initiative
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Future Scientists and Engineers Get a Leg Up at TMT-Sponsored Summer Internship Program A highly successful internship program run by the Akamai Workforce Initiative (AWI) is starting another summer session this week, thanks in part to funding from the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) Project. In H...
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Oxford-India Day
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First ever Oxford-India Day The inaugural Oxford-India Day is taking place today (17 June 2011). The event aims to celebrate the longstanding and varied links between the University and India, and to reinvigorate and strengthen those links. Over 80 external guests, representing Indian busines...
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VCAS Telescope Users Clinic
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Members of the Ventura County Astronomical Society will host the annual Telescope Users Clinic at 7:15 p.m. Fri., June 17 at Mesa Unions School multipurpose room, 3901 Mesa Road, Somis. The public can attend at no charge. Members will show guests how to properly use a new telescope. Guests can learn...
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