The IoMAS first made its
appearance on the web back in 1997.
This demonstration of
foresight by Gary and Simon Kewin
laid the foundations for the
site as it appears today.
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The IoMAS first made its
appearance on the web back in 1997. |
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Date(s) |
Details of significant updates or changes performed |
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3 Mar 2011 |
Library page updated |
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9 Nov 2008 |
In the “Sections”, the Variable Stars link has now been populated. |
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18 Dec 2007 |
In the “Sections”, the Mars link has now been populated. |
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09 Dec 2007 |
In the “Sections”, the Comet link has now been populated. |
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10 Nov 2007 |
Society members’ advertisements are now available under the link “Astro TRADE” in the central links bar. |
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04 Nov 2007 |
Added India to the update of 28 Oct 2007, and further added a link to the BBC’s Top Gear footage of a Reliant Robin Shuttle. It’s the best Britain has to offer right now! |
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28 Oct 2007 |
Added Japan and China to the rotating link below “Eclipses Visible From Mann” and above the AuroraWatch. NASA, Arianespace, JAXA, and CNSA all sport video footage of the last launches they made. There are now three months of “In Manx Skies…” available. The current month, the previous and the next. The Chairman’s Diary Notes video is a more general focus on Society activities, and only available at broadband speeds. |
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24 Oct 2007 |
Added a Light Pollution section to the external links window on the left of the homepage. |
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25 Mar 2007 |
The Chairman’s Monthly Notes have been added in video format for the month ahead. This should ensure that there is always at least one month of night sky info for the IoM always available. The links (broadband and narrowband) can be found at the beginning of the Manx Night Sky ticker. |
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04 Mar 2007 |
The “Eclipse Visible From Mann” lunar link has been updated following the 3rd March eclipse, showing a montage of the event, and details of the next lunar eclipse. |
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04 Mar 2007 |
RSS feed from the BAA added above the NASA RSS feed in the centre of the Welcome page. |
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26 Nov 2006 |
The “IoM” link on the central contents bar has been renamed to “IoM headlines”. The page has been totally revamped, and carries a deal more news links from newspaper, internet, broadcasting and other sources. |
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31 Oct 2006 |
We have our first astro-blogger, “IoMStargazer”, run by Dave Storey! There is a link to this under BLOGS on the external links panel on the left hand side of our main page, but to speed things up for you, you can click here to go to it. |
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28 Oct 2006 |
The position of the talking avatars, or “newscasters”, has been moved to appear where the masthead links are located, at the top right. Once an announcement is completed, the normal links/earth globe, will re-appear approximately 5 seconds later. |
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27 Oct 2006 |
The three RSS feeds from NASA, ESA, and Universe Today respectively, have had added alongside a “View all” option, so that visitors are not obliged to wait for the full cycle to complete. |
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23 Oct 2006 |
The masthead links at the top right of the Welcome Page, which include automated processes for making the site your Homepage, Emailing the site to a friend, and adding it to your Favourites, has been revamped. A link to add IoMAS as an Internet Explorer 7 Search Provider, is now in place for those surfers running with IE7. |
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22 Oct 2006 |
“Eclipses Visible From Mann” solar and lunar links on the Welome page are now completed. |
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07 Oct 2006 |
The “Sun / Moon times” link in ONLINE CALCS has been revamped. Formerly a manual update procedure performed somewhat irregularly, this is now a useful semi-automated process. The moon phase is always current, and the data for sunrise and sunset is one click away for the IoM Observatory, or can be customised for any date and locality as required. |
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23 Sep 2006 |
A direct link “aurora VISIBILITY” to the latest NOAA POES Auroral Activity has been placed adjacent to the revised link image of the “NASA Sun Earth” mentioned below. Immediately below these two links, are two further new ones. The first is a link to the live “AuroraWatch Current Data”, and the second an RSS feed showing the very last alert status notification from AuroraWatch. |
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17 Sep 2006 |
A link to the “NASA Sun Earth Media Viewer Live Solar Images” has been placed on the Welcome page above the Meteor Activity meter. |
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16 Sep 2006 |
A new “Blogs” section has been added to the external links panel on the left hand side of the website. |
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22 Aug 2006 |
The “Universe Today” link has now been converted to an RSS feed. An RSS feed for weather from Ronaldsway is now available below the OS map on the Welcome page. The displayed link showing temperature and visibility clicks through to detailed info usually less than two hours old. |
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19 Aug 2006 |
RSS feed of “Top News” from the European Space Agency (ESA), has been added below the “Breaking News” RSS feed from NASA which was recently introduced. |
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22 Jul 2006 |
A new page entitled “Newsletters” has been added to the “Members Only” area of the website, within which can be found all the Society Newsletters in both Adobe PDF and Microsoft Word format. |
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19 Jul 2006 |
Alan Buck becomes our first member to have a live link on the “Sections” page, taking you to his specialist interest of Solar Astronomy. Just click on the “Solar” link on that page, to learn more. Well done Alan. |
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14 Jul 2006 |
Changes to the Welcome page, which now incorporates a direct link to the weekly updated ‘Night Sky Info’, the daily (usually) updated ‘Universe Today’, and lastly the Breaking News RSS feed from NASA presented within a ticker. |
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18 Apr 2006 |
Google Earth location hyperlink for IoMAS added to the Welcome page. Google Moon and Mars links added on 14 May, 2006. |
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05 Feb 2006 |
An “astroCAMS” page link has been added adjacent below the Meteor Activity. This page has a variety of links to astronomy and space flight related webcams. |
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01 Feb 2006 |
A scrolling “ticker” has been added below the live alerts (see below) giving a current count for extrasolar planets and “next launch” dates. |
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28 Jan 2006 |
Live alerts for Solar X-ray, Geomagnetic Field, and Meteor Activity, have been added. |
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15 Jan 2006 |
Introduction of talking avatar, or “newscaster”, who will make occasional appearances where the IoMAS logo is located in the masthead. These will take place whenever there is a major astronomy or space story to be reported. |
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02 Jan 2006 |
Added a new section “Compared to Mann”, which relates size visually in relation to the Isle of Man. |
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27 Dec 2005 |
Automated language translation links are added for German, French, and Spanish, for the “Welcome” page only. |
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10 Dec 2005 |
“The Manx Night Sky” link has been removed, as the intended content is now in the ticker. The former link to Skymaps, is now in the left hand external links panel under the “Astronomy” sub-heading. The “Group visits” page has been moved to the Members Only” section as has the “Diary” page which will reappear in a new guise. Added “PotD” – Astronomy Picture of the Day – alongside the Astronomy sub-head in the side panel links. |
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4 Dec 2005 |
Added a new category “Online Calcs” to the side panel external links. |
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2 Dec 2005 |
“Disclaimer” added to the foot of the Welcome page. |
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5 Nov 2005 |
Added a “news ticker” to the Welcome page, with astro links with a largely local focus. |
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30 Oct 2005 |
Added a “Sky Steadiness” link into the Weather Plus page. |
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22 Jan 2005 |
Google web and site search added to Welcome page (replaced F11 toggle info flash). ISS and other observational scrolling alerts will now appear at the start of the body text. |
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17 Jan 2005 |
FAS Newsletters now available in the Members Only section |
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29 Dec 2004 |
Inserted link to MetCheck on the Weather+ page, but it’s still cloudy! |
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27 Dec 2004 |
Introduction of a Members’ Forum on the “Members Only” section of the website. |
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21 Nov 2004 |
Addition of Booking Calendar on the Group Visits page. |
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14 Nov 2004 |
Guest Book added to the “Welcome” page. |
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13 Nov 2004 |
TV links completed. Prominent among these is the link to DigiGuide. |
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07 Nov 2004 |
Password protected areas of website now functional, as are the iomastronomy.org email addresses. |
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30 Oct 2004 |
Shop page now has content. |
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27 Oct 2004 |
Lunar eclipse countdown ticker removed from top of site. Replaced with BAA and FAS earpieces separated by the webring code. |
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16 Oct 2004 |
Addition of Amateur Astronomy Societies of the British Isles Web Ring (new, and run by IoMAS) at foot of Welcome page. |
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Sep-Oct 2004 |
Re-launch (gradual flotation really) of IoMAS website commences. |