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Philae Landing on 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko

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ESA’s Rosseta mission highlight is now imminent. Philae will be start its landing phase on 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko on 11th November and actually land on the 12th November 2014. This PDF detailed timeline lists events leading up separation, landing and just after separation. All the times are in GMT.

In the end Philae performed 3 landings,15:33, 17:26 & 17:33. Still not secured to the comet’s surface but telemetry indicating all science instruments are OK. If it has ended up in a shadow zone behind a big bolder – it will only survive for the 2 days its charged battery allows. In sunshine it could last several months but is unlikely to survive the close approach of the sun around spring next year.

More via @Philae2014  (or search using #CometLanding) and live feed below once the actions starts.

Episode 64: Bangalore Astronomical Society

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BAS Coorg Start Party 27 Mar 2011 Photo credit- BAS

Another episode in the current series about space and India. Bangalore Astronomical Society (BAS) is probably the most industrious astronomical societies in India. Founded in 2006, it has nearly 200 paid up members based in and around Bangalore but a huge number of national and international followers online.

In this episode, BAS president Naveen Nanjundappa, describes BAS‘s origins, achievements and future goals.

I have added a few links below – if you have others worth sharing please submit via a comment.

Google Group is the primary online platform but BAS has a presence on Events Announcement Group, Orkut Community, Facebook Group and of course Twitter.

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Astronomy at the Manchester International Festival

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The Manchester International Festival kicked off  at sunrise this morning and will run through until sunset on Sunday. Activities will run throughout this period – no breaks. The events include music, visual arts, theatre, dance, food and family events, some indoor and some outdoor, many created or performed by internationally acclaimed artists.. and me.

I will be hosting a free guided tour of the night sky for about an hour at the Whitworth Art Gallery. Starting at 1am on Sunday 7th July it will include a practical view of the night sky in the park at the back of Whitworth Art Gallery and talk will cover Manchester’s  connections with

It starts at 1am on Sunday morning. Free – meet at the main entrance of Whitworth Art Gallery.

Jim Reavis – Cloud Security Alliance

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A short interview with Jim Revis recorded in London on 24th April during InfoSec 2013. In this interview Jim talks about the evolving definition of of Cloud Computing, the CSA’s Star Registry, CSA’s Cloud Computing Security Knowledge certification and his take on how cloud Computing has been and is evolving.

During the interview, Jim refers to a collaborative program between the CSA and (ISC)2 to create a new  professional certification in Cloud Security. More details here.

For my earlier post on CCSK with a downloadable full text pdf – see here

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