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23 January 2004

Wanderings

by Ralph J. Coppola
r_j_coppola@hotmail.com

Correction …. Ely Silk informed me that owner of the Teralab website is Robert Hunt and not Robert Cook as I stated in Wanderings for 09 Jan’04. I don’t know how I goofed as I usually "cut&paste" names.

BTW, have a look at Ely Silk’s Views From Science web site. Featured here are his works with LED Fluorescence Microscopy and nanometre-size crystals or quantum dots.

Timothy E. Raney’s excellent site The Journal of Amateur Science is an online journal of the work of amateur scientists.

Hannes Mayer’s Captain's Universe is another collection of varied interests. The site contains references to Shawn Carlson’s and Joseph DiVerdi’s work with muon detectors.

Raúl J. Alvarez's many interests are contained on his La Estrellita Observatory site.

AD-Vance Magnetics and the EMF Safety Superstore both supply a wide assortment of magnetic field shielding products.

Are you interested in astronomy and have access to an old photo copier? If so, why not build a wide field refractor or Copyscope.

Andrew Davidhazy of the School of Photographic Arts and Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology has a collection of articles that may be of interest to the amateur. Some of which are:

----- Reflected Ultraviolet Digital Photography with improvised UV image converter.

----- How to make a "leaf" or "book" style star tracker mount .

----- Basics of Focusing Schlieren Systems

----- Demonstration of Surface & Interior Conditions of Unevenly Heated Liquids

The New York State Amphibian & Reptile Atlas Project (1990-1999) was a ten year survey that was designed to document the geographic distribution of New York State's herpetofauna

The Wright Brothers Aeroplane Company is a virtual museum of pioneer aviation. Among the numerous resources we can find plans for the 1899 Wright Kite and the 1902 Wright Glider .

Balloon v1.0 is James C. Meehan’s excellent account of his design, construction, launch and recovery of a high altitude balloon.

The Amateur Radio Club at the University of Hawaii’s web site contains an article on Balloon Lift with Lighter than air Gases.

The Amateur Radio Club at the University of Hawaii’s web site contains FAA Regulations Part 101 covering moored and unmanned free balloons, kites, and unmanned rockets.

The National Association of Rocketry (NAR), with 80,000 members, is the oldest and largest sport rocketry organization in the world.

Download a free public version of Maestro, the primary software tool used by Mission Control to remotely guide the Mars Exploration Rovers.

Earth’s 2nd Moon? … The asteroid, 3753 Cruithne, is now known to be an unusual companion of the Earth. This relationship was reported in the journal Nature on 12 June 1997 by Paul Wiegert, Kim Innanen and Seppo Mikkola.

Goodbye Hubble … In response to the Bush administrations shift in priorities, NASA will be cancelling any further Hubble Space Telescope maintenance.

 

The Kids Room

Students from universities, colleges and technical schools are invited to participate in the Student Essay Awards in Magnetics.

Discover the world of sundials. Included is the Shadows program that will assist you in designing your own sundial.

For the past thirteen years the Joy of Science Program has been fortunate to have Mr. Martin Schwartz teach science to its' students. Martin has a wealth of experience which he shares with the children. Here, you will find some of his some of his favourite experiments that can be safely performed using common household items.

Fact or fiction? Have a look at The Science of Star Trek.

The Aerospace Industries Association and the National Association of Rocketry are sponsoring the 2004 Team America Rocketry Challenge, for U.S. high school and middle school students. A total purse of over $50K will be shared by the top ten competitors. The final competition will take place in Great Meadow, Virginia on May 15, 2004. Wouldn’t it be great if an SAS sponsored team were to make it into the top 10?