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Moonphase
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Astronomical Society News Archive
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April 2007
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Sundogs from Canada Many thanks to Beverly Cousins from Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada, for submitting these pictures of sundogs taken by her sister Letia. 
 The photos were taken at Iqaluit, on Baffin Island, overlooking Frobisher Bay. Sundogs are formed by sunlight refracted through ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere. Letia tells us that the Inuktitut words for sundog are:
ajakuti: like a crutch holding the sun up so it doesn't roll away sukaujaq: rainbow paaqtauja: looks like the sticks that are used to stretch out and dry animal skins |
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First light on our new equipment
Following the successful Dark Sky Scotland event at the end of March, at which our new telescopes had their first outing, we have been getting some more of our new equipment up and running. This image of the Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) was taken using the Society's CCD imager.  Image: Alan Cayless This CCD allows us to image faint objects and should prove very useful at future events. |
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Celestial events April 2007
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