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July 2007 Celestial Events & Space Research News
July 2007 SkyMaps and Sky Guide NOT AVAILABLE UNTIL JULY 1st
July 2007 -
SkyMaps & Celestial Guides
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July 2007: SkyMaps & Observing Notes - N. Hemisphere
July 2007: SkyMaps & Observing Notes - S. Hemisphere
Astronomy Today Sky Guide - July 2007
The Sky At Night - watch the latest programme online
July 01 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
"Mars rover sets out on risky crater mission"
"Night Sky In July"
July 02 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Comet Kowal 2 Near-Jupiter Flyby (0.297 AU)
Asteroid 2007 HE15 -
Near-Earth Flyby (0.057 AU)
2007 FV42 near-Earth flyby at 53 LD, magnitude 15, size = 1.2 Km
July 03 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Asteroid 1815 Beethoven Closest Approach To Earth (2.714 AU)
"Stellar fireworks through Hubble’s eyes"
"Earth and Moon cores similar, adds support to impact theory"
"Dawn to shed light on asteroid belt"
"Dust Delays Mars Crater Entry"
July 04 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Asteroid 2007 MB4 near-Earth flyby at 7.6 LD, mag. 16, size = 130m
"NASA sends 2 older spacecraft chasing comets"
July 05 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Comet Reinmuth 2 -
Closest Approach To Earth (1.705 AU)
Comet P/2001 Q5 (LINEAR-NEAT) -
Closest Approach To Earth (1.726 AU)
Asteroid 5261 Eureka -
Closest Approach To Earth (0.534 AU)
Asteroid 433 Eros -
Closest Approach To Earth (0.748 AU)
"NASA finds hydrocarbons on Saturn's moon Hyperion"
July 06 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Comet Brooks 2 -
Closest Approach To Earth (1.968 AU)
Asteroid 3169 Ostro Closest Approach To Earth (0.996 AU)
Asteroid 1224 Fantasia Closest Approach To Earth (1.361 AU)
Sir Isaac Newton's 320th Anniversary of
"Principia" - first
Published in 1687
"Court rules German amateur astronomer can keep meteorite found in Austria"
"Countdown to launch of Dawn asteroid mission begins"
"Dust Delays Mars Crater Entry"
July 07 2007 - 16:54 UT -
Last Lunar Quarter
July 07 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Earth at Aphelion - furthest from the Sun at 1.017 AU
Comet Bus -
Perihelion (2.173 AU)
Comet P/1998 U2 (Mueller) Perihelion (2.032 AU)
Asteroid 2006 JY26 Near-Earth Flyby (0.081 AU)
"Dawn asteroid probe won't launch until September"
July 08 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
July 09 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Asteroid 8952 ODAS Closest Approach To Earth (1.438 AU)
"Hydrocarbons found on Saturn moon"
July 10 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Asteroid 2006 BZ147 Near-Earth Flyby (0.071 AU)
Asteroid 4169 Celsius Closest Approach To Earth (2.428 AU)
Comet 2002 X2 (NEAT) Near-Jupiter Flyby (0.252 AU)
July 10/20 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Sigma Capricornids meteor shower peak
July 11 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Comet C/2006 S2 (LINEAR) -
Closest Approach To Earth (2.213 AU)
Asteroid 6775 Giorgini Closest Approach To Earth (1.197 AU)
"Great Perseids"
"Water Found on Exoplanet"
"Astronomers claim galaxy record"
July 11/16 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Shingletown Star Party, Shingletown, California
July 12 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Asteroid 6735 Madhatter Closest Approach To Earth (1.276 AU)
July 12/13 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Tau Capricornids meteor shower peak
July 12/14 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Table Mountain Star Party, Table Mountain, Washington
July 13 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
"The origin of perennial water-ice at the South Pole of Mars"
July 13/15 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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17th Annual Gateway to the Universe Star Party, Powassan, Canada
July 14 2007 - 12:04 UT -
New Moon
July 14 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Comet P/2002 O5 (NEAT) -
Near-Earth Flyby (0.201 AU)
Comet C/2006 VZ13 (LINEAR) -
Closest Approach To Earth (0.575 AU)
Asteroid 18932 Robinhood Closest Approach To Earth (0.812 AU)
"Keck observatory sees universe's infancy"
July 14/15 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Alpha Lyrids meteor shower peak
July Phoenicids (PHE) meteor shower peak
July 15 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Asteroid 5891 Gehrig Closest Approach To Earth (1.558 AU)
"NASA's Spitzer Finds Water Vapor on Hot, Alien Planet"
"Distant galaxies detected"
July 16 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Moon Occults Saturn
Comet C/2006 K4 (NEAT) -
Closest Approach To Earth (2.521 AU)
Asteroid 8000 Isaac Newton Closest Approach To Earth (1.814 AU)
"Meteorite debris from 1.85 billion years ago found in NE Minn."
July 17 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
"Saturn's Old Moon Iapetus Retains Its Youthful Figure"
July 17/18 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Omicron Draconids meteor shower peak
July 18 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Comet 108P/Ciffreo -
Perihelion (1.719 AU)
Comet C/2005 S4 (McNaught) -
Perihelion (5.851 AU)
"Layered Crater on Mars"
"Clay Studies Alter View of Early Mars Environment"
July 19 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
July 19+20 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Theodore von Kármán Lecture Series - Tonight's Lecture at JPL:
"The Launch of Science into Space"
July 20 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Cassini -
Helene & Tethys Distant Flyby
Comet C/2006 K1 (McNaught) -
Perihelion (4.426 AU)
"NASA rovers trapped in Mars dust storm"
"Rovers begin new observations on changing Martian atmosphere"
"Saturn's sixtieth moon discovered"
July 21 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
As of today there are 875 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Comet C/2006 XA1 (LINEAR) -
Perihelion (1.804 AU)
"When Sirius is rising, it's time to go to the dogs"
"Creating Martian Clay"
July 22 2007 - 06:29 UT -
First Lunar Quarter
July 22 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Asteroid 11881 Mirstation Closest Approach To Earth (1.294 AU)
July 22/31 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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8th Oxford International Conference on Archaeoastronomy and Astronomy in Culture
The New Auditorium Block, Klaipeda University, Klaipeda, Lithuania
July 23 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
As of today there are 876 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Asteroid 25143 Itokawa -
Closest Approach To Earth (0.281 AU)
Asteroid 5020 Asimov Closest Approach To Earth (0.730 AU)
July 24 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Asteroid 2006 FH36 Near-Earth Flyby (0.081 AU)
"Perseid meteors best from midnight to dawn"
July 25 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
"Is a New Moon News?"
July 26 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Comet P/2002 O5 (NEAT) -
Perihelion (1.173 AU)
Asteroid 7032 Hitchcock Closest Approach To Earth (1.454 AU)
Asteroid 4238 Audrey Closest Approach To Earth (1.468 AU)
July 27 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Asteroid 2006 KZ39 Near-Mercury Flyby (0.048 AU)
"World's Leading Meteorite Experts Convene in Tucson Aug. 13 - 17"
July 28 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Asteroid 1566 Icarus -
Closest Approach To Earth (0.859 AU)
July 29 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
South Delta-Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
Asteroid 2007 DT103 -
Near-Earth Flyby (0.024 AU)
Asteroid 2007 DT103 near-Earth flyby at 9.3 LD, mag. 15, size = 550 m
Asteroid 12820 Robinwilliams Closest Approach To Earth (1.854 AU)
"Sirius brings back the heat"
July 30 2007 - 00:48 UT -
Full Moon
The Full Buck Moon
July 30 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Asteroid 8088 Australia Closest Approach To Earth (1.156 AU)
Asteroid 5254 Ulysses Closest Approach To Earth (4.455 AU)
"Ions to propel spacecraft on 3.2B-mile, eight-year journey"
"Fossil Hunting on Mars"
July 30/31 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Alpha Pisces Australids meteor shower peak
July 31 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Comet Chiron Closest Approach To Earth (13.834 AU)
"Czech basin might have arisen through mighty cosmic impact"
"August sky is ripe for star gazers"
"Impact Craters in Tyrrhena Terra"
"NASA probe to explore Martian arctic"
August 2007 Celestial Events & Space Research News
August 2007 SkyMaps and Sky Guide NOT AVAILABLE UNTIL AUGUST 1st
August 2007 -
SkyMaps & Celestial Guides
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August 2007: SkyMaps & Observing Notes - N. Hemisphere
August 2007: SkyMaps & Observing Notes - S. Hemisphere
Astronomy Today Sky Guide - August 2007
The Sky At Night - watch the latest programme online
August 01 2007 -
Cross-Quarter Day -
Lughnasadh
August 01 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
"Uncovering the Veil Nebula"
"Moon birth rock found"
August 01/02 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Alpha Capricornids Meteor Shower Peak
August 02 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
"Perseid meteors set to dazzle"
"Night Sky in August"
August 03 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
"The Phoenix ready to find life on Mars"
"Dreamy Lunar Eclipse"
August 04 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Asteroid 40 Harmonia -
At Opposition (9.3 Magnitude)
Asteroid 3784 Chopin Closest Approach To Earth (1.645 AU)
"Phoenix mission launched to Mars"
"Punjab ‘meteorite’ taken for analysis"
August 05 2007 - 21:20 UT -
Last Lunar Quarter
August 05 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Asteroid 6336 Dodo Closest Approach To Earth (1.394 AU)
Asteroid 5035 Swift Closest Approach To Earth (1.986 AU)
Asteroid 13681 Monty Python Closest Approach To Earth (1.830 AU)
Asteroid 10389 Robmanning Closest Approach To Earth (0.923 AU)
"Mars probe will dig ice caps for evidence of life"
"The Sky is Falling! The Sky is Falling!"
August 06 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Asteroid 6433 Enya Closest Approach To Earth (1.341 AU)
Asteroid 5143 Heracles -
Closest Approach To Earth (1.454 AU)
Asteroid 8084 Dallas Closest Approach To Earth (2.682 AU)
"Collection falls into hands of meteorite gallery"
August 06/07 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Southern Iota Aquarids (SIA) meteor shower peak
August 07 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
As of today there are 875 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
"Meteorites offer new hope of water on Mars"
"Natural fireworks, courtesy of the Perseid meteor shower"
"Rutgers scientists debunk a life-origin theory"
August 08 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Asteroid 2002 CB19 Near-Earth Flyby (0.044 AU)
Asteroid 24101 Cassini Closest Approach To Earth (1.959 AU)
Asteroid 2421 Nininger Closest Approach To Earth (2.113 AU)
"Rare meteor shower to hit Earth"
"Strange Lights: The 2007 Aurigid Meteor Shower"
August 09 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Comet Shoemaker-Levy 1 -
Closest Approach To Earth (1.363 AU)
Asteroid 14702 Benclark Closest Approach To Earth (1.682 AU)
"Scorpius to be well-framed in southern sky"
"Rare meteor shower to hit Earth"
August 10 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Comet C/2006 VZ13 (LINEAR) -
Perihelion (1.015 AU)
Comet 125P/Spacewatch -
Perihelion (1.524 AU)
Asteroid 2000 PN8 Near-Earth Flyby (0.092 AU)
Asteroid 6471 Collins Closest Approach To Earth (1.721 AU)
"2007 Perseid Meteor Gallery"
"Scientists gathering under the fallen stars"
"Meteor Shower Underway"
August 11 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Asteroid 7958 Leakey Closest Approach To Earth (0.878 AU)
"Ancient cosmic debris to streak night skies"
"Man searches for meteorite"
August 12 2007 - 23:03 UT -
New Moon
August 12/13 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Annual Perseids (PER) meteor shower peak
"Meteorites reveal secrets of Earth's history"
August 13 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Neptune -
At Opposition
Asteroid 17196 Mastrodemos Closest Approach To Earth (1.888 AU)
Asteroid 7231 Porco Closest Approach To Earth (1.945 AU)
"2007 Perseid Meteor Gallery"
August 14 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Asteroid 1069 Planckia Closest Approach To Earth (2.391 AU)
Asteroid 588 Achilles Closest Approach To Earth (4.603 AU)
"It's a Zoo Up There in Space. Make That a Galaxy Zoo"
August 15 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Comet P/2007 H3 (Garradd) -
Perihelion (1.829 AU)
Asteroid 6223 Dahl Closest Approach To Earth (1.499 AU)
August 16+17 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
As of today there are 878 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Theodore von Kármán Lecture Series - Tonight's Lecture at JPL:
"Saturn's Moon Enceladus: A Small, Cold Moon with a Warm Spot"
"Polluted Dead Star Indicates Planets May Have Formed Around Other Stars"
"Find the doctor and his snakes in the sky tonight"
August 17 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Comet C/2007 H1 (McNaught) -
Perihelion (2.282 AU)
Asteroid 2004 KE1 -
Near-Earth Flyby (0.073 AU)
Asteroid 1814 Bach Closest Approach To Earth (1.360 AU)
Asteroid 2404 Antarctica Closest Approach To Earth (1.914 AU)
August 17/19 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Spacefest 2007, Phoenix, Arizona
August 18 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Kappa Cygnids (KCG) meteor shower peak
Kuiper Belt Object 2006 SQ372 -
Closest Approach To Earth (23.225 AU)
August 19 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Asteroid 2246 Bowell Closest Approach To Earth (3.242 AU)
"Jupiter: Another planet humbled"
August 20 2007 - 23:54 UT -
First Lunar Quarter
August 20 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Asteroid 5000 IAU Closest Approach To Earth (1.107 AU)
Asteroid 2742 Gibson Closest Approach To Earth (1.875 AU)
"Rare dead star found near Earth"
August 21 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
"Hurtling Toward Mars"
August 22 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
August 23 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Asteroid 7367 Giotto Closest Approach To Earth (2.459 AU)
"Moon is waxing through Sagittarius tonight"
"Rare view reveals dynamic nature of Uranus's rings"
"Suhail Star and the promise of happiness"
August 24 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Asteroid 334 Chicago Closest Approach To Earth (2.816 AU)
"BEWARE THE MARS HOAX: A false rumor is going around"
August 25 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Asteroid 2005 QQ87 Near-Earth Flyby (0.079 AU)
"Polluted Star, Plentiful Earths"
August 25/26 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Northern Iota Aquarids (NIA) meteor shower peak
August 26 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
"Moon meteorites may hold clue to life on Earth"
August 27 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
August 28 2007 -
Total Eclipse of the Moon - visible Alaska, Australia, Pacific
- 07:52 UT - Moon Enters Penumbra
- 08:50 UT - Moon Enters Umbra
- 09:52 UT - Moon Enters Totality
- 10:35 UT - Full Moon
Sturgeon Moon
- 10:37 UT - Middle of Eclipse
- 11:22 UT - Moon Leaves Totality
- 12:33 UT - Moon Leaves Umbra
- 13:22 UT - Moon Leaves Penumbra
Lunar Eclipse diagrams - explanatory material
August 28 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Asteroid 2004 TD10 Near-Mercury Flyby (0.021 AU)
Asteroid 9016 Henrymoore Closest Approach To Earth (1.170 AU)
"Wiccans celebrate eclipse"
"Moon eclipsed in rare show"
August 29 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
As of today there are 880 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Asteroid 78577 JPL Closest Approach To Earth (1.974 AU)
Asteroid 48300 Kronk Closest Approach To Earth (1.987 AU)
"Spectacular Lunar Eclipse Viewed"
"August 29 2007 Lunar Eclipse photo gallery"
"God and the cosmic Big Bang"
August 30 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Asteroid 2 Pallas -
At Opposition (8.9 Magnitude)
"Surprise Meteor Showers: Will They Become as Predictable as Lunar Eclipses?"
"Tsunami-triggering meteorite blasted Sudbury crater: scientists"
August 31 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Asteroid 33342 (1998 WT24) Near-Mercury Flyby (0.049 AU)
"An unusual shower on September 1, 2007"
"Celestial dragon is on the rise"
September 2007 Celestial Events & Space Research News
September 2007 SkyMaps and Sky Guide NOT AVAILABLE UNTIL SEPTEMBER 1st
September 2007 -
SkyMaps & Celestial Guides
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September 2007: SkyMaps & Observing Notes - N. Hemisphere
September 2007: SkyMaps & Observing Notes - S. Hemisphere
Astronomy Today Sky Guide - September 2007
The Sky At Night - watch the latest programme online
September 01 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Listen to Aurigid Radio Meteors on your PC - live from Roswell!
Asteroid 115 Thyra -
At Opposition (9.9 Magnitude)
Asteroid 1221 Amor Closest Approach To Earth (1.485 AU)
Asteroid 4149 Harrison Closest Approach To Earth (1.745 AU)
September 01/02 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Alpha Aurigids (AUR) meteor shower peak
Listen to Aurigid Radio Meteors on your PC - live from Roswell!
September 02 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Asteroid 2007 RF1 near-Earth flyby at 8.5 LD, mag. 18, size = 26m
Asteroid 6984 Lewiscarroll Closest Approach To Earth (3.260 AU)
Asteroid 2007 RE2 -
Near-Earth Flyby (0.062 AU)
Asteroid 2007 RY8 -
Near-Earth Flyby (0.029 AU)
Asteroid 2007 RX8 -
Near-Earth Flyby (0.051 AU)
"Aurigid Meteor Shower Photo Gallery"
"Interactive Map of Aurigid Sightings"
September 03 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Asteroid 30 Urania -
At Opposition (9.7 Magnitude)
Asteroid 2007 RG1 -
Near-Earth Flyby (0.049 AU)
"Scientists find 400 meteorites in Oman"
September 04 2007 - 02:32 UT -
Last Lunar Quarter
September 04 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Comet P/2007 C2 (Catalina) -
Perihelion (3.780 AU)
Asteroid 37452 Spirit -
Closest Approach To Earth (2.410 AU)
September 04/18 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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6th NEON Observing Summer School, Asiago, Italy
September 05 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
As of today there are 881 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Asteroid 4628 Laplace Closest Approach To Earth (1.977 AU)
Asteroid 2007 RS1 -
Near-Earth Flyby (0.0005 AU)
"Study: Ancient Space Collision Killed Off Dinosaurs"
"Meteorite shower blamed for emergency calls"
September 06 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Asteroid 5649 Donnashirley Closest Approach To Earth (1.180 AU)
Asteroid 91287 Simon-Garfunkel Closest Approach To Earth (1.508)
September 06/09 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Astrofest 2007, near Kankakee, Illinois
September 07 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Asteroid 2007 RG2 -
Near-Earth Flyby (0.062 AU)
"Sputnik's Legacy: How Sputnik changed the world"
"AKARI’s observations of galaxy M101"
September 07/08 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Gamma Aquarids meteor shower peak
September 08 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
As of today there are 882 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
September 09 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Asteroid 2006 BZ147 Near-Earth Flyby (0.081 AU)
Asteroid 6758 Jesseowens Closest Approach To Earth (1.766 AU)
September 10 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Moon Occults Saturn
Uranus -
At Opposition
Asteroid 37452 Spirit -
Closest Approach To Earth (2.410 AU)
"Celestial Explorations"
"Eclipse Phenomena"
September 11 2007 - 12:44 UT -
New Moon
September 11 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Partial Eclipse of the Sun -
visible in
Brazil,
Argentina,
South Atlantic
US Naval Observatory Partial Solar Eclipse .pdf Map
"NASA Rover Begins Drive Into Huge Crater"
"Radio telescopes are linked for first time"
"Japan prepares to launch lunar explorer"
September 11/12 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Aries-Triangulids meteor shower peak
September 11/20 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Southern Piscids (SPI) meteor shower peak
September 12 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
As of today there are 884 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Asteroid 7291 Hyakutake Closest Approach To Earth (1.560 AU)
"Mars rover risks wheels to explore ancient crater"
"Cosmic 'egg-beaters' may have left magnetic legacy"
"Greensburg meteorite finds temporary home at Hays museum"
September 12/13 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Eta Draconids meteor shower peak
September 13 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
September 2007 Aurora Gallery
Asteroid 2007 RO133 -
Near-Earth Flyby (0.024 AU)
Asteroid 69230 Hermes Closest Approach To Earth (1.231 AU)
"Saturn's moon Iapetus, the Yin-and-Yang of solar system"
September 13/16 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Great Lakes Star Gaze 2007, Gladwin, Michigaun
Prairie Skies Star Party, near Bourbonnais, Illinois
September 14 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Asteroid 447 Valentine Closest Approach To Earth (1.899 AU)
Asteroid 2007 SH -
Near-Earth Flyby (0.013 AU)
Disintegrating Fireball over New Mexico - watch the movie
"Opportunity Begins Sustained Exploration Inside Crater"
"Japan successfully launches its first lunar explorer"
September 14/16 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Black Forest Star Party, Cherry Springs State Park, Pennsylvania
September 15 2007 -
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Astronomy Day
"Equinox is upon us now"
September 16 2007 -
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
As of today there are 886 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Comet C/2007 H1 (McNaught) -
Closest Approach To Earth (1.300 AU)
Comet P/2007 R3 (Gibbs) -
Closest Approach To Earth (1.382 AU)
Asteroid 2007 SN6 -
Near-Earth Flyby (0.012 AU)
Asteroid 2007 RJ1 near-Earth flyby at 2.5 LD, mag. 16, size = 40m
Asteroid 1991 VE Near-Venus Flyby (0.049 AU)
Asteroid 2007 RJ1 -
Near-Earth Flyby (0.006 AU)
September 17 2007 -
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Comet Mueller 3 -
Closest Approach To Earth (1.969 AU)
"Rare medical, astronomical MSS ‘rediscovered’ in Egypt’s National Library"
September 18 2007 -
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Comet 82P/Gehrels 3 -
Closest Approach To Earth (3.271 AU)
Asteroid 51823 Rickhusband Closest Approach To Earth (1.716 AU)
"Scientist Confirms Meteorite in Puno, Peru is a Chondrite"
"Mars rover begins mission into massive crater"
September 19 2007 - 16:48 UT -
First Lunar Quarter
September 19 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Asteroid 2007 SO6 -
Near-Earth Flyby (0.027 AU)
Asteroid 5049 Sherlock Closest Approach To Earth (0.847 AU)
Asteroid 2007 RN133 -
Near-Earth Flyby (0.033 AU)
"Hundreds ill after Peru 'toxic meteor crash'"
"Q&A: Do meteors make you ill?"
"Herschel's heart and brain mated"
"Scientists puzzle over Peruvian meteorite"
"Peruvian Geophysicist Confirms Claim of Meteorite Crash"
September 20 2007 -
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Asteroid 2007 RW19 -
Near-Earth Flyby (0.038 AU)
Asteroid 2007 RC20 near-Earth flyby at 5.1 LD, mag. 19, size = 22m
"Peru meteorite strike highlights need for expanded scientific knowledge"
"Meteorites, 'plagues' and bad omens"
"Dealing with threatening space rocks"
September 20/21 2007 -
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Theodore von Kármán Lecture Series - Tonight's Lecture at JPL:
"Voyager: 30 Years in Space - The Outer Planets and Far Beyond"
September 21 2007 -
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Asteroid 2007 SV1 -
Near-Earth Flyby (0.041 AU)
"Mars close-up casts doubts on signs of recent water"
"Ancient Collision between Asteroids Likely Transformed Life on Earth"
"Lava flow could have buried signs of past water on Mars"
"NASA spacecraft finds possible Mars caves"
September 22 2007 -
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Comet P/2000 U6 (Tichy) -
Closest Approach To Earth (1.433 AU)
Asteroid 2007 SS1 -
Near-Earth Flyby (0.047 AU)
Asteroid 5450 Sokrates Closest Approach To Earth (1.889 AU)
September 23 2007 - 09:51 UT -
Alban Elfed -
Autumnal Equinox
September 23 2007 -
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Comet C/2007 M3 (LINEAR) -
Perihelion (3.419 AU)
Asteroid 2001 RY47 Near-Earth Flyby (0.092 AU)
September 23/24 2007 -
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Gamma Piscids meteor shower peak
September 24 2007 -
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
"Research team says extraterrestrial impact to blame for Ice Age extinctions"
"Peru’s Meteor: Illness Explained, Invitation Extended"
"Moon could be best place for evidence of early life on Earth"
September 25 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
As of today there are 887 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Asteroid 1998 YM4 Near-Mercury Flyby (0.027 AU)
Asteroid 2007 RF2 -
Near-Earth Flyby (0.033 AU)
"Space bugs become more dangerous"
"Meteorite in Puno, Peru Reported to be a U.S. Spy Satellite"
"SOHO's new catch: its first officially periodic comet"
September 26 2007 - 19:45 UT -
Full Moon
Harvest Moon
September 26 2007 -
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Comet P/2007 R4 (Garradd) -
Perihelion (1.923 AU)
Asteroid 2007 SU1 -
Near-Earth Flyby (0.015 AU)
Asteroid 1691 Oort Closest Approach To Earth (1.765 AU)
Asteroid 232 Russia Closest Approach To Earth (1.972 AU)
"Space junk threat to earth"
September 27 2007 -
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
"NASA Rover Reaches First Stop in Crater"
September 28 2007 -
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Asteroid 51826 Kalpanachawla Closest Approach To Earth (1.946 AU)
"Spacecraft begins three billion mile mission to explore the asteroid belt"
"Mysteries remain over Peru meteorite impact"
September 29 2007 -
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
As of today there are 888 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Asteroid 2000 TH1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.081 AU)
"'Super-Meteor' Lights up Northern Sky"
September 30 2007 -
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Comet P/1998 S1 (LINEAR-Mueller) -
Closest Approach To Earth (1.608 AU)
Comet P/1998 VS24 (LINEAR) -
Closest Approach To Earth (2.587 AU)
Asteroid 2002 TA67 Near-Earth Flyby (0.093 AU)
"In the sky — is that an, um, dolphin?"
October 2007 Celestial Events & Space Research News
October 2007 SkyMaps and Sky Guide NOT AVAILABLE UNTIL OCTOBER 1st
October 2007 -
SkyMaps & Celestial Guides
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October 2007: SkyMaps & Observing Notes - N. Hemisphere
October 2007: SkyMaps & Observing Notes - S. Hemisphere
Astronomy Today Sky Guide - October 2007
The Sky At Night - watch the latest programme online
October 01 2007 -
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Asteroid 73491 Robmatson Closest Approach To Earth (1.881 AU)
"The Sun Rips Off a Comet's Tail"
"Papal stargazers reach for heaven"
"4,000 Kilometers above Saturn's Iapetus"
October 01/05 2007 -
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Eta Cetids meteor shower peak
October 01/15 2007 -
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The Great World Wide Star Count
October 02 2007 -
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Asteroid 4148 McCartney Closest Approach To Earth (1.464 AU)
Asteroid 8103 Fermi Closest Approach To Earth (2.044 AU)
"Turin, inaugurated the first Italian astronomical park"
"Extreme star cluster in new Hubble images"
October 03 2007 - 10:06 UT -
Last Lunar Quarter
October 03 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Comet 46P/Wirtanen -
Closest Approach To Earth (1.050 AU)
October 04 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
50th Anniversary (1957) -
Sputnik 1 Launch
Comet P/2007 S1 (Zhao) -
Closest Approach To Earth (1.545 AU)
"ESA pays tribute to 50 years of space"
October 04/09 2007 -
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October Cygnids meteor shower peak
October 05 2007 -
Today's Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Comet 70P/Kojima -
Perihelion (2.012 AU)
Comet 147P/Kushida-Muramatsu -
Closest Approach To Earth (2.304 AU)
Asteroid 12 Victoria -
At Opposition (9.4 Magnitude)
Asteroid 19578 Kirkdouglas Closest Approach To Earth (1.528 AU)
Asteroid 7862 Keikonakamura Closest Approach To Earth (1.636 AU)
Asteroid 2007 TL16 near-Earth flyby at 1.6 LD, mag. 16, size = 27m
Asteroid 5036 Tuttle Closest Approach To Earth (2.635 AU)
"Supernovae: Not What They Used to Be"
"Did an ancient impact bowl Pluto over?"
"Japan's probe satellite put into orbit around moon"
October 05/07 2007 -
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8th Annual White Sands Star Party, Alamogordo, New Mexico
October 06 2007 -
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Asteroid 37582 Faraday Closest Approach To Earth (0.946 AU)
Sally Ride Science Festival, Huntsville, Alabama
October 06/14 2007 -
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24th Annual Okie-Tex Star Party, Kenton, Oklahoma
October 06/15 2007 -
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Delta Aurigids (DAU) meteor shower peak
October 07 2007 -
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