ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of Science-Technology Centers Incorporated, a worldwide network of science museums and related institutions. ***************************************************************************** First Light: Great Pics of Sun w/ New NASA Space Telescope Last month, NASA launched a new telescope, known as IRIS, the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph, part of NASA's "Small Explorer' program and is tasked with investigating physical conditions of the Sun. Today we got our first glimpse of what IRIS is seeing, and ... wow. http://spacewatchtower.blogspot.com/2013/07/first-light-great-pics-of-sun-w-new.html gaw Glenn A. Walsh, Project Director, Friends of the Zeiss < http://friendsofthezeiss.org > Electronic Mail - < [log in to unmask] > SpaceWatchtower Blog: < http://spacewatchtower.blogspot.com/ > SPACE & SCIENCE NEWS, ASTRONOMICAL CALENDAR: < http://buhlplanetarium.tripod.com/#news > Twitter: < http://twitter.com/spacewatchtower > Facebook: < http://www.facebook.com/pages/SpaceWatchtower/238017839577841?sk=wall > Author of History Web Sites on the Internet -- * Buhl Planetarium, Pittsburgh: < http://buhlplanetarium.tripod.com > * Adler Planetarium, Chicago: < http://adlerplanetarium.tripod.com > * Astronomer, Educator, Optician John A. Brashear: < http://johnbrashear.tripod.com > * Andrew Carnegie & Carnegie Libraries: < http://andrewcarnegie.tripod.com > * Civil War Museum of Andrew Carnegie Free Library: < http://garespypost.tripod.com > * Duquesne Incline cable-car railway, Pittsburgh: < http://inclinedplane.tripod.com > * Public Transit: < http://andrewcarnegie2.tripod.com/transit > *********************************************************************** For information about the Association of Science-Technology Centers and the Informal Science Education Network please visit www.astc.org. Check out the latest case studies and reviews on ExhibitFiles at www.exhibitfiles.org. The ISEN-ASTC-L email list is powered by LISTSERVR software from L-Soft. To learn more, visit http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html. To remove your e-mail address from the ISEN-ASTC-L list, send the message SIGNOFF ISEN-ASTC-L in the BODY of a message to [log in to unmask]