Summary: LISTEN to the PODCAST of this episode! Join us this FRIDAY, JUNE 6, at 9pm ET, for a special EVENT HORIZON chat with iTelescope's PETER LAKE! (http://astronomy.fm/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/cometsidingspring_jan06_2.png)As many of our listeners know, Peter is an iTelescope (http://www.itelescope.net/about)science director and handles their educational development and social outreach. He also happens to have recently acquired this year's very first amateur image of comet 67P/CG (http://www.aartscope.blogspot.com.au/2014/05/comet-67p-churyumov-gerasimenko-first.html) - the target of ESA's Rosetta mission! Peter will discuss the challenges of acquiring such an image; how he and others are sharing this and similar data through pro-am collaborations like the PACA Project; and how YOU can participate. Peter will also talk about the upcoming near-planet pass of comet C/2013 A1 Siding Spring with Mars and how students are assisting the search for near-Earth asteroids (http://iasc.hsutx.edu/)! * Peter and our hosts will be available to answer listeners' imaging and pro-am collaboration questions, via the AFM chatroom (http://astronomy.fm/chat/), during the live presentation at 9pm. Follow is a list of suggested reading - for your education, enjoyment, and pre-show information. We are looking forward to your questions and comments!: iTelescope and Education - Exupery Ups the Ante! (http://www.itelescope.net/aartscope-t11/2013/3/14/exupery-ups-the-ante.html) iTelescope on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/itelescope.net) and on Twitter (https://twitter.com/iTelescope_Net) ESA's Rosetta mission (http://sci.esa.int/rosetta/2279-summary/) Landing on a Comet (http://sci.esa.int/rosetta/31445-instruments/) PACA Project's comet 67P/C-G photo album (https://www.flickr.com/groups/paca_67p/) PACA Project's Rosetta/67P Facebook group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/paca.rosetta67p/) Shooting Comet 67P from Australia (http://b09-backman.blogspot.it/2014/06/67pchuryumov-gerasimenko.html) NASA Preparing for 2014 Comet Watch at Mars (http://www.nasa.gov/jpl/mars/comet2013A1-siding-spring-20140128/#.U4-I3JRdV18) Prospects for Comet A1 Siding Spring versus the Martian Atmosphere (http://www.universetoday.com/111786/interesting-prospects-for-comet-a1-siding-spring-versus-the-martian-atmosphere/) C/2013 A1 Siding Spring Discoverer, Robert McNaught (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_H._McNaught) PACA Project's comet C/2013 A1 Siding Springs photo album (https://www.flickr.com/groups/paca_c2013a1/) PACA Project's CIOC_Siding Spring Facebook group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/cioc.sidingspring/) AWB's GAM2014 and Student Asteroid Search (http://astronomerswithoutborders.org/gam2014-programs/educational/1460-iasc-asteroid-search-campaign-2014.html) Raleigh 7th-gradersMapping Asteroids, Saving the World (http://www.wral.com/raleigh-seventh-graders-mapping-asteroids-saving-the-world-/13497251/) Target Asteroids! OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission (http://wwworex.lpl.arizona.edu/?q=target_asteroids) Remanzacco Observatory Blog - Comet and Asteroid News (http://remanzacco.blogspot.com/)
