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[ 2 Apr 2008 ]
Solar Cycle 24 has Begun

Prediction overlay of sunspot cycle 24Solar cycle 24 has been recognized as having begun in early 2008. New solar cycles always begin with a high-latitude, reversed polarity sunspot. The region of magnetism that appeared back in December 2007 achieved high latitude (24 degrees North) and was magnetically reversed, but no supporting sunspot appeared until 25 days later.

We can expect the level of solar activity to increase over the next 4-5 years. (See Observing the Sun.)

[ 6 Nov. 2007 ]
1000th Radio JOVE Kit Celebrated

Recipient with 1000th kitOn July 19, 2007 Radio JOVE celebrated the delivery of the 1000th RJ 1.1 Radio Telescope Kit. Mike Youngdeer, a high school student from Cherokee, NC in the Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute's (PARI) 2007 Space Science Lab program was the kit's recipient.

RJ Project Team Members Dr. Jim Thieman and Dr. Chuck Higgins were on hand and presented Mike with the book "Listening to Jupiter", software, and NASA posters and pins.

[ 11 Jul. 2007 ]
Radio JOVE Exhibit at Montgomery County, Maryland Heritage Days
Thumbnail of RJ exhibit On Saturday, June 23, Radio JOVE team members set up at the Jupiter radio emission discovery site near Seneca, Maryland, highlighting this historical event to visitors taking part in Montgomery County's Heritage Days celebration.
[ 11 Jul. 2007 ]
Dr. Kenneth L. Franklin, Co-Discoverer of Jupiter's Radio Emissions, 1923-2007
Thumbnail of Portrait of K. Franklin The Radio JOVE Project mourns the passing of Ken Franklin, astronomer, writer, educator, and co-discoverer of Jupiter's radio emissions. Dr. Franklin passed away on June 18, 2007.
[ 11 May 2006 ]
Student's Radio JOVE Intel Science Fair project wins special award
Hieu Huu Tran, age 16, from Southside High School in Greenville, South Carolina, USA, won the Richard D. Lines Special Award in Astronomy at the 2006 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair held in Indianapolis, Indiana. Tran's project was entitled "Radio Interferometry Using 2 NASA RadioJOVEs at 20.1 MHz with Software Implementation in Java".

The Lines Award is presented to a student whose project "best reflects the mission of the International Amateur-Professional Photoelectric Photometry (collaboration between amateurs, students and/or professionals) as well as in observational and/or instrumental astronomy." This award includes a $5000 scholarship for the student and $1000 for Tran's high school's science department.

The Radio JOVE Project Team adds its congratulations, and a hearty well done!
[ 1 Nov. 2005 ]
SSREK
The Solar System Radio Explorer Kiosk (SSREK) will teach visitors about radio waves from Jupiter and the Sun and what they may be telling us about these worlds.
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