We hope you can join us and observe Jupiter for this season -- the season runs until November 2009. We would like to note that we have even had success observing Jupiter well after sunrise; the reason is that the Sun is so quiet right now. We will have coordinated observing sessions in the future to help you with you observations. Stay tuned for these announcements.

• See Jupiter Storm article at Spaceweather.com

A strong type III solar burst was observed by a number of Radio JOVE observers on February 10, 2009 at 18:02Z.

No sunspots were visible on the Sun on that date, but the burst was quite strong at 20 MHz.

One of the coming events for the International Year of Astronomy is the "100 Hours of Astronomy" scheduled for April 2-5, 2009. (See http://www.100hoursofastronomy.org/) . One of the key goals of 100 Hours of Astronomy is to have as many people as possible look through a telescope as Galileo did for the first time 400 years ago. Many star parties and other celebratory events around the world will happen during the 100 Hours.

Radio JOVE would like to participate by having as many radio telescopes as possible running continuously for the 100 hours, sending out their signals on the web for most or all of that time. Even if you can't run your equipment continuously, having it running as much as possible would be wonderful. Another possibility would be to take Radio JOVE equipment to a local star party, set it up, and show others that optical astronomy is not the only way to learn about the universe.

Members of Radio Jove will be participating in the Montgomery County, Maryland Heritage Days on Saturday, June 28th from noon to 4pm. They will have an RJ receiver system near the site of the discovery of radio emissions from Jupiter. During this public event they will be talking about the history of the discovery, monitoring the Sun for solar bursts and handing out NASA educational materials.

• Map to the discovery site
• About the Discovery
• Heritage Days Events

Dr. Ronald A. Parise, one of the original Radio JOVE Project team members and a long-time friend and colleague of many of those on the Project, lost his battle with cancer on May 9, 2008. Ron helped guide Radio JOVE in its early years and developed the first dedicated software for it. Many will remember Ron for his role as payload specialist on Space Shuttle missions STS-35 and STS-67 where he conducted important ultraviolet astronomical observations with the ASTRO-1 and ASTRO-2 payloads.

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

• NOAA: Sunspot is Harbinger of New Solar Cycle...
• More about the Sunspot Cycle

On 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.

Photo Courtesy PARI

• JOVE Bulletin article on 2006 PARI Space Science Lab Camp
• More Info from PARI

• Location (map)
• About the Discovery
• Heritage Days Events

• Press Release

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