JPL multimedia

[Jane H Jones]

There are a lot of really interesting multimedia offerings on the JPL 
website this month.

On JPL's front page http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/index.cfm  you'll find:

What's Up - a short podcast showcasing a unique view of the night 
sky.  January's podcast is available, a little later than usual, due 
to so much going on in space and science-wise, in January, 
including,,,

Cassini at Saturn Interactive Explorer - NASA's first 3-D interactive 
mission experience using a web browser.

Explorer 1, the first US Earth-orbiting satellite, launched January 31, 1958

Scroll past the top features to News and  Features for:

Cassini finds Rhythm in  Saturn's Rings

January 29 - Asteroid zooms by Earth

And finally, NASA and Beatles celebrate anniversaries by beaming 
"Across the Universe" into Deep Space. 
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2008-019

We'll be offering some special viewing opportunities this month in 
addition to our usual sidewalk astronomy on the 15th and 16th of 
February.  February 20 is the date of a total lunar eclipse, and the 
viewing time will be much more convenient than the last one.  You'll 
be able to view the eclipse in the early evening from moonrise at 
about 5:30 p.m., to totality at about 7:00 p.m. and then the eclipse 
will be over at about 8:30.  We'll send out more info on this sooner 
to the date, but will bring some telescopes down to Library Park in 
Monrovia on Wednesday the 20th, weather permitting.

Jane and Mojo (in Florida this week)





-- 
Jane Houston Jones
Senior Outreach Specialist, Cassini Program
JPL - 4800 Oak Grove Drive, MS 230-205
Pasadena, CA  91109  818-393-6435
jane.h.jones at jpl.nasa.gov
Cassini SOC http://soc.jpl.nasa.gov/index.cfm
What's Up? http://education.jpl.nasa.gov/amateurastronomy/index.html