RAS e-Bulletin, July 2020 – Additional items

1. Library and Archive news
2. Chasing shadows at Jupiter: a livestream telescope observation from the summit of Mauna Kea
3. RAS Community Meeting 20 July 2020 – link attached.

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Library and Archive news

If you missed the four recent livestream conversations about fascinating astronomical books and manuscripts at the Royal Astronomical Society and the Linda Hall Library in Kansas City, but would like to catch up, links to the recordings have been added to the website: https://ras.ac.uk/library/treasures-of-the-ras

In response to the Coronavirus outbreak, some publishers have made it possible to temporarily access ebooks for free. We have added some astronomy and astrophysics ebooks to the library catalogue which will be available until at least the end of this month. 

You can find them by clicking on this link:
http://royast.cirqahosting.com/HeritageScripts/Hapi.dll/search2?searchterm=*&Fields=%40&Media=EB&Bool=AND 

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Chasing shadows at Jupiter: a livestream telescope observation from the summit of Mauna Kea

On July 17th 2020 from 11am - 4pm, the Royal Astronomical Society will be hosting a livestream with University of Leicester astronomers Dr. Tom Stallard and Dr. Henrik Melin to remotely observe the shadow of the Solar System’s largest moon Ganymede as it passes over the face of Jupiter. 

There will be two Q&A opportunities with the scientists while Ganymede enters and passes across Jupiter as well as talks by Prof. Emma Bunce, President of the RAS and Professor of Planetary Plasma Physics at the University of Leicester, whose research is on the magnetospheres of Saturn and Jupiter, and RAS librarian Dr Sian Prosser discussing early observations of Jupiter as part of the RAS bicentenary celebrations.
 
Register via Evenbrite here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/chasing-shadows-at-jupiter-a-livestream-telescope-observation-tickets-112181858960

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RAS Community Meeting 20 July 2020 – link attached 

Join us at 1000 BST on 20 July for the annual RAS community meeting. The meeting is open to everyone, and is your chance to put questions to senior figures in the astronomy and space sectors.

We’re particularly keen for early career researchers to join us – the future of astronomy and space science is very much in your hands.

Our speakers are:

Professor Mark Thomson, Executive Chair, Science and Facilities Council
Professor Guenther Hasinger, Director of Science, European Space Agency
Dr Graham Turnock, Chief Executive Officer, UK Space Agency

Professor Emma Bunce, the new RAS President, will chair the session.

Please register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ras-community-meeting-2020-tickets-111606869150

 We look forward to seeing you.
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