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Skywatching Calendar July - September 2009

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 an image of the International Year of Astronomy 2009, which is also a link direct to the IYA 2009 website

 

Skywatching Calendars for:
January - March 2009 | April - June 2009 | October - December 2009

Morien Institute Skywatching Calendars for:

2010 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002

past Morien Institute Skywatching Expeditions



For Your Safety When Daytime Skywatching Please Visit These Websites:

Safe SunWatching | Observing Eclipses Safely | Safely Viewing Sunspots
Safety In Sight | Solar and Heliospheric Observatory


Useful Websites for Skywatchers:

Definition of "Local Time" used in many SkyMaps

Definition of UT - "Universal Time" used by Astronomers

Theodore von Kármán Lecture Series 2009

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Archive 1996 to present

António Cidadão's Practical Advice for Astrophotography & CCD Imaging

Phil Plait's Bad Astronomy Website debunks astro-nonsense


As of September 24 2009
there are 1076 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Why Does This Number Go Up, Then Sometimes Go Down?

Impact Craters on Earth, our Moon
and the other planets in our Solar System

USAF Archive of Fireball Data Releases

 

Listed below are some of the near-earth environment events due to happen in 2009
Many of them will be naked-eye visible, but some may require strong binoculars
or even a small backyard telescope to fully appreciate the celestial event

These will be supplemented with news and new discoveries as they arise

 

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July 2009 Celestial Events & Space Research News

July 2009 SkyMaps and Sky Guide NOT AVAILABLE UNTIL July 1st

July 2009 - SkyMaps & Celestial Guides ....................................................................
July 2009: SkyMaps & Observing Notes - N. Hemisphere
July 2009: SkyMaps & Observing Notes - S. Hemisphere
Astronomy Today Sky Guide - July 2009
The Sky At Night - watch the latest programme online
Night Sky - July

July 01 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ..............................
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Space Weather Radio
Asteroid 18626 Michaelcarr Closest Approach To Earth (1.142 AU)
"XMM-Newton discovers a new class of black holes"
"Triple eclipse, a precursor to calamity?"

July 02 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ..............................
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Space Weather Radio
Asteroid 82332 Las Vegas Closest Approach To Earth (1.667 AU)
"Earth at Aphelion"

July 03 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ..............................
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Space Weather Radio
Asteroid 12104 Chesley Closest Approach To Earth (1.946 AU)
"Coolest spacecraft ever in orbit around L2"
"Space Station Marathon"
"Earth from Space: ‘Great Red Island’"

July 04 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ..............................
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 12
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Space Weather Radio
Earth - At Aphelion (1.017 AU From Sun)

July 05 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ..............................
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 24
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Space Weather Radio
Asteroid 9950 ESA Closest Approach To Earth (0.875 AU)
Asteroid 2675 Tolkien Closest Approach To Earth (1.171 AU)

July 06 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ..............................
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 26
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Space Weather Radio
Comet C/2006 W3 (Christensen) - Perihelion (3.127 AU)
"So why do they call it the 'dog days of summer'?"

 

July 07 2009 - 09:21 UT - The Full Buck Moon

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July 07 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ..............................
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 23
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Space Weather Radio
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse - visible N. America; South America; Eastern Australia; Japan
Asteroid 2710 Veverka Closest Approach To Earth (1.486 AU)
"Exoplanet pairs may be masquerading as singles"
"Europe targets manned spaceship"

July 08 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ..............................
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 21
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Space Weather Radio
Cassini - Titan Flyby
Asteroid 6560 Pravdo Closest Approach To Earth (1.074 AU)
Asteroid 6470 Aldrin Closest Approach To Earth (1.330 AU)
"ESA and NASA establish a joint Mars exploration initiative"

July 09 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ..............................
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 18
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Space Weather Radio
Asteroid 16035 Sasandford Closest Approach To Earth (1.522 AU)
Asteroid 4766 Malin Closest Approach To Earth (1.922 AU)
Asteroid 3693 Barringer Closest Approach To Earth (1.990 AU)
"New images of dying stars captured"
"Moonship Photographed by Backyard Astronomers"
"Stargazers spot oldest supernova yet"

July 10 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ..............................
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 15
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Space Weather Radio
Asteroid 2001 HY7 Near-Earth Flyby (0.092 AU)
Asteroid 63163 Jerusalem Closest Approach To Earth (1.706 AU)
"Universe's first stars 'may have been born in twins'"
"Herschel shows breadth of vision"

July 11 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ..............................
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Space Weather Radio
Cassini - Distant Dione Flyby
Asteroid 14967 Madrid Closest Approach To Earth (1.431 AU)
Asteroid 5102 Benfranklin Closest Appraoch To Earth (1.657 AU)

July 12 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ..............................
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Space Weather Radio
Asteroid 13609 Lewicki Closest Approach To Earth (1.325 AU)

July 13 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ..............................
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Space Weather Radio
Colorado Fireball July 13 2009 - more info from the Cloudbait Observatory
Asteroid 2009 MM8 flyby - miss distance 11.4 LD, magnitude 18, size = 53 m
Asteroid 5790 Nagasaki Closest Approach To Earth (1.363 AU)
Asteroid 4783 Wasson Closest Approach To Earth (2.063 AU)

July 14 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ..............................
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Space Weather Radio
"Giant Martian egg cups could be used to trace the Red Planet's climate"
"Lovell Telescope Helps Scientists Solve Gamma-Ray Mystery"
"New map hints at Venus's wet, volcanic past"
"U.S. Meteorite Hunters Go Bicoastal"

 

July 15 2009 - 09:53 UT - End of Third Lunar Quarter

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July 15 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ..............................
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Space Weather Radio
"Wide Awake in the Sea of Tranquillity"
"Space shuttle finally blasts off"
"Triple eclipse not an indicator of catastrophe: Expert"

July 16 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ..............................
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Space Weather Radio
Comet C/2008 N1 (Holmes) - Closest Approach To Earth (2.576 AU)
Asteroid 2933 Amber Closest Approach To Earth (1.510 AU)
"Asteroid belt home to displaced comets"
"New element named 'copernicium'"
"Space Week: Why the Moon rocks"
"Pluto's kin may have invaded asteroid belt"

July 16-22 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News .........................
15th Anniversary (1994), Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 Impacts on Jupiter

July 17 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ..............................
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Space Weather Radio
Asteroid 4535 Adamcarolla Closest Approach To Earth (1.523 AU)
"Apollo Landing Sites Photographed"

July 18 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ..............................
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Space Weather Radio
Asteroid 2008 NP3 flyby - miss distance 11.8 LD, magnitude 18, size = 87 m
Asteroid 2008 NP3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.030 AU)
Asteroid 6318 Cronkite Closest Approach To Earth (2.372 AU)

July 19 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ..............................
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Space Weather Radio
Asteroid 17898 Scottsheppard Closest Approach To Earth (1.011 AU)

July 20 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ..............................
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Space Weather Radio
As of today there are 1067 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Asteroid 2006 TU7 flyby - miss distance 14.2 LD, magnitude 17, size = 175 m
Asteroid 2006 TU7 Near-Earth Flyby (0.036 AU)
Asteroid 8749 Beatles Closest Approach To Earth (1.593 AU)
Asteroid 12927 Pinocchio Closest Approach To Earth (1.307 AU)
"4th spacewalker Alan Bean says US should focus on Mars now"
"Frank De Winne reflects on historic anniversary - ESA Video"
"Solar eclipse pits superstition against science"
"Jupiter Impact Update - New Image by Zac Pujic in Brisbane, Australia"
"ESA's Director General on Apollo 11 anniversary"
"California's Channel Islands hold evidence of Clovis-age comets"
"Astronomy Question of the Week: When do Solar and Lunar eclipses occur?"

July 21 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ..............................
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Space Weather Radio
"New NASA Images Indicate Object Hits Jupiter"
"Longest Solar Eclipse of the 21st Century"
"Tiny diamonds on Santa Rosa Island give evidence of cosmic impact"
"Impact mark on Jupiter, 19th July 2009"
"Jupiter Impact Update - New Image by Robert Lunsford in Chula Vista, California, USA"
"Jupiter Impact Update - New Image by Paul Klauninger in Marathon, Ontario, Canada"

 

July 22 2009 - 02:35 UT - New Moon

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July 22 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ..............................
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Space Weather Radio
Total Solar Eclipse
Animations of the Total Solar Eclipse July 22, 2009 - visible in India & Southern Asia
Comet C/2008 P1 (Garradd) - Perihelion (3.896 AU)
Asteroid 3623 Chaplin Closest Approach To Earth (1.684 AU)
"World's Longest Solar Eclipse in Century"
"Biggest partial solar eclipse in 51 years observed"
"Scramjets promise space travel for all"
"Stone inscription on solar eclipse found"
"July 22nd Total Solar Eclipse Gallery - updated regularly"

July 23 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ..............................
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Space Weather Radio
"Jupiter Impact Update - New Image by Joel Warren in Amarillo, Texas, USA"
"Jupiter Impact Update - New Image by Jim Melka in Chesterfield, Missouri, USA"
"Jupiter Impact Update - New Image"

July 24 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ..............................
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Space Weather Radio
Cassini - Titan Flyby
Asteroid 2006 LC Near-Pallas Flyby (0.036 AU)
"Hubble pictures Jupiter's 'scar'"
"Craters, lava flows and tectonic features near Ma'adim Vallis"

July 25 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ..............................
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Space Weather Radio
Comet P/1999 XB69 (LINEAR) - Perihelion (1.652 AU)
Asteroid 2001 GM2 Near-Mars Flyby (0.023 AU)

July 26 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ..............................
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Space Weather Radio
Cassini - Distant Tethys Flyby
Asteroid 2005 SP9 Near-Mercury Flyby (0.034 AU)
Asteroid 8734 Warner Closest Approach To Earth (1.832 AU)
Asteroid 9250 Chamberlin Closest Approach To Earth (1.862 AU)
"July 22nd Total Solar Eclipse Gallery - Updated... "

July 27 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ..............................
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Space Weather Radio
Asteroid 5703 Hevelius Closest Approach To Earth (1.706 AU)
"Astronomy Question of the Week: Whither goest thou, Milky Way?"
"Comets, not asteroids, to blame for moon's scarred face"
"Early Perseid Fireball"

 

July 28 2009 - 22:00 UT - End of First Lunar Quarter

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July 28 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ..............................
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Space Weather Radio
Asteroid 6312 Robheinlein Closest Approach To Earth (1.275 AU)
"Is Pluto a planet after all?"
"That tiny black dot in Galileo’s notes... "

July 29 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ..............................
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Space Weather Radio
South Delta-Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
"A 17th century mission to the Moon"

July 30 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ..............................
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Space Weather Radio
"Nasa defends its spaceflight plan"

July 31 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ..............................
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Space Weather Radio
Asteroid 9134 Encke Closest Approach To Earth (1.799 AU)
Asteroid 7853 Confucius Closest Approach To Earth (2.594 AU)
"Join the Big Aussie Star Hunt - Can you find south without a compass?"
"The Perseids are Coming"

 

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August 2009 Celestial Events & Space Research News

August 2009 SkyMaps and Sky Guide NOT AVAILABLE UNTIL August 1st

August 2009 - SkyMaps & Celestial Guides ................................................................
August 2009: SkyMaps & Observing Notes - N. Hemisphere
August 2009: SkyMaps & Observing Notes - S. Hemisphere
Astronomy Today Sky Guide - August 2009
The Sky At Night - watch the latest programme online
Night Sky - August

August 01 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ..........................
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Space Weather Radio
Alpha Capricornids Meteor Shower Peak
"Research Hints at Extraterrestrial Origin for Platinum"
"Experts puzzled by spot on Venus"

August 02 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ..........................
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Space Weather Radio
Asteroid 243 Ida - Closest Approach To Earth (1.912 AU)
"Is Pluto a planet after all?"
"This week in space history: Vikings explore, photograph Mars"
"Scorpius the scorpion visible above our southern horizon"

August 03 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ..........................
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: No data as SOHO is having a minor problem
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Space Weather Radio
"Solar eclipse proves big business for retailers"
"What Hit Jupiter?"
"Astronomy Question of the Week: Why aren’t all celestial bodies spherical?"
"Top 10 places to sky watch"

August 04 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ..........................
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Space Weather Radio
"Beach-ball-sized rock is largest meteorite found on Mars"
"Where did the phrase 'dog days of summer' come from?"

August 05 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ..........................
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Space Weather Radio
Asteroid 1537 Transylvania Closest Approach To Earth (1.547 AU)
"Martian methane mystery deepens"

 

August 06 2009 - 00:55 UT - The Full Sturgeon Moon

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August 06 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ..........................
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Space Weather Radio
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
Southern Iota Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
Asteroid 3773 Smithsonian Closest Approach To Earth (0.823 AU)
Asteroid 19148 Alaska Closest Approach To Earth (2.435 AU)
"Kepler Detects an Exoplanet Atmosphere"
"Big Aussie Star Hunt: Night sky quiz"

August 07 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ..........................
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Space Weather Radio
2009 Perseid Photo Gallery - Updated Daily
Radio Perseids: Listening in to the meteor 'pings' - data updated daily
A meteor radar echo sounds like this in MP3:
Perseids 2009: visual data quicklook from the International Meteor Organisation
Asteroid 2009 MC9 flyby - miss distance 70.3 LD, magnitude 16, size = 1.2 Km
Asteroid 2006 UL185 Near-Mercury Flyby (0.032 AU)
"Ground segment declared ready for CryoSat-2 launch"
"Space Porch Open for Business"
"Nasa telescope passes planet test"

August 08 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ..........................
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Space Weather Radio
2009 Perseid Photo Gallery - Updated Daily
Radio Perseids: Listening in to the meteor 'pings' - data updated daily
A meteor radar echo sounds like this in MP3:
Perseids 2009: visual data quicklook from the International Meteor Organisation
Asteroid 2009 OF flyby - miss distance 15.4 LD, magnitude 18, size = 220 m
Asteroid 2322 Kitt Peak Closest Approach To Earth (1.245 AU)
"Solar eclipse: Paradox of science and superstition"

August 09 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ..........................
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Space Weather Radio
2009 Perseid Photo Gallery - Updated Daily
Radio Perseids: Listening in to the meteor 'pings' - data updated daily
A meteor radar echo sounds like this in MP3:
Perseids 2009: visual data quicklook from the International Meteor Organisation
Asteroid 2007 RQ17 flyby - miss distance 8.4 LD, magnitude 17, size = 130 m
Cassini - Titan Flyby
Comet 24P/Schaumasse - Perihelion (1.214 AU)
Asteroid 2007 RQ17 Near-Earth Flyby (0.022 AU)
"Perseids meteors to light up skies midweek"

August 10 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ..........................
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Space Weather Radio
2009 Perseid Photo Gallery - Updated Daily
Radio Perseids: Listening in to the meteor 'pings' - data updated daily
A meteor radar echo sounds like this in MP3:
Perseids 2009: visual data quicklook from the International Meteor Organisation
Asteroid 2000 SJ8 Near-Mars Flyby (0.026 AU)
Asteroid 7934 Sinatra Closest Approach To Earth (1.943 AU)
Kuiper Belt Object 2004 PG115 - Closest Approach To Earth (35.781 AU)
"Visitor influx expected for total solar eclipse"
"Horse Flies and Meteors"
"Mars, methane and mysteries"
"Why Aren't All Celestial Bodies Spherical"
"Astronomy exhibit provides good scientific education: deputy minister"

August 11 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ..........................
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Space Weather Radio
The 2009 Perseids Meteor Shower: start skywatching from 21:00 tonight
2009 Perseid Photo Gallery - Updated Daily
Radio Perseids: Listening in to the meteor 'pings' - data updated daily
A meteor radar echo sounds like this in MP3:
Perseids 2009: visual data quicklook from the International Meteor Organisation
Comet 95P/Chiron Closest Approach To Earth (14.935 AU)
Asteroid 12524 Conscience Closest Approach To Earth (0.871 AU)
Asteroid 3255 Tholen Closest Approach To Earth (1.429 AU)
"Traces of planet collision found"
"Meteorite mineral made in the lab"
"Here come the Perseids!"

August 12 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ..........................
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Space Weather Radio
The 2009 Perseids Meteor Shower: start skywatching from 21:00 tonight
2009 Perseid Photo Gallery - Updated Daily
Radio Perseids: Listening in to the meteor 'pings' - data updated daily
A meteor radar echo sounds like this in MP3:
Perseids 2009: visual data quicklook from the International Meteor Organisation
Perseids Meteor Shower Peak
Asteroid 2006 BM8 Near-Earth Flyby (0.069 AU)
Asteroid 9253 Oberth Closest Approach To Earth (0.976 AU)
Asteroid 13667 Samthurman Closest Approach To Earth (1.187 AU)
"Aorounga Impact Crater, Chad"
"New planet displays exotic orbit"
"'Block Island' Reveals Clues of Mars' Past"

 

August 13 2009 - 18:55 UT - End of Third Lunar Quarter

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August 13 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ..........................
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Space Weather Radio
2009 Perseid Photo Gallery - Updated Daily
Comet P/2004 X1 (LINEAR) Near-Earth Flyby (0.194 AU)
"Late light reveals what space is made of"
"Planck Sees Light Billions of Years Old"
"Fresh Craters on the Moon and Earth"
"In Search of Antimatter Galaxies"
"Big Aussie Star Hunt: How the sky works"

August 14 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ..........................
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Space Weather Radio
2009 Perseid Photo Gallery - Updated Daily
"US probe captures Saturn equinox"
"Rover investigating ancient meteorite on Mars"

August 15 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ..........................
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Space Weather Radio
2009 Perseid Photo Gallery - Updated Daily
Asteroid 84225 Verish Closest Approach To Earth (1.638 AU)

August 16 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ..........................
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Space Weather Radio
Asteroid 434 Hungaria Closest Approach To Earth (0.854 AU)

August 17 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ..........................
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Space Weather Radio
2009 Perseid Photo Gallery - Updated Daily
Neptune - At Opposition
Comet 89P/Russell - Perihelion (2.280 AU)
Asteroid 2000 LC16 flyby - miss distance 75.6 LD, magnitude 14, size = 2 Km
Asteroid 163697 (2003 EF54) Near-Earth Flyby (0.053 AU)
"Space telescope captures ancient light from Big Bang" -
"Nasa assembles Ares test rocket" -
"Starry-eyed son names asteroid for mum"

August 18 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ..........................
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Space Weather Radio
2009 Perseid Photo Gallery - Updated Daily
Asteroid 2002 RQ25 Near-Earth Flyby (0.077 AU)
Asteroid 6373 Stern Closest Approach To Earth (1.846 AU)

August 19 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ..........................
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Space Weather Radio
2009 Perseid Photo Gallery - Updated Daily
"SETI telescope array produces first science results"

 

August 20 2009 - 10:01 UT - New Moon

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August 20 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ..........................
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Space Weather Radio
2009 Perseid Photo Gallery - Updated Daily
Asteroid 2006 SQ372 - Closest Approach To Earth (23.328 AU)
Asteroid 2005 CW25 Near-Earth Flyby (0.087 AU)
"Let there be night"
"SETI telescope array produces first science results"

August 20-23 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News .....................
2nd Annual Earth Wind and Sky Star Party, Barry Illinois

August 21 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ..........................
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Space Weather Radio
2009 Perseid Photo Gallery - Updated Daily
As of today there are 1068 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Asteroid 2006 SV19 flyby - miss distance 59.2 LD, magnitude 16, size = 1.3 Km
Asteroid 4151 Alanhale Closest Approach To Earth (2.578 AU)

August 22 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ..........................
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Space Weather Radio
Asteroid 1566 Icarus Closest Approach To Earth (0.404 AU)
Asteroid 1886 Lowell Closest Approach To Earth (1.310 AU)
Asteroid 55 Pandora Closest Approach To Earth (1.463 AU)
Asteroid 3192 A'Hearn Closest Approach To Earth (1.767 AU)
"Cosmologists Look To Helium To Understand More Of Universe's Origins"

August 23 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ..........................
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Space Weather Radio
Asteroid 12426 Racquetball Closest Approach To Earth (1.282 AU)

August 24 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ..........................
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
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Mercury - At Its Greatest Eastern Elongation (27 Degrees)
Asteroid 2005 QQ87 Near-Earth Flyby (0.080 AU)
"Stopwatch found for Solar System"
"Ice Ages Linked To Slight Shifts In Solar Radiation"

August 25 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ..........................
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
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Cassini - Titan Flyby
Northern Iota Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
Asteroid 1855 Korolev Closest Approach To Earth (1.404 AU)
"Watch the STS-128 launch live"
"Stardust Retrieves Life Building-Block from Comet"
"Podcast: Ice Age Impact"
"Bad weather delays shuttle launch"

August 26 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ..........................
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
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Asteroid 10001 Palermo Closest Approach To Earth (1.233 AU)
"Water on Earth and in space – the ESA/UNICEF water quiz"
"Space probes fly in tandem to search for lunar water"

 

August 27 2009 - 11:42 UT - End of First Lunar Quarter

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August 27 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ..........................
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Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
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Cassini - Telesto Flyby
Comet 54P/de Vico-Swift-NEAT - Closest Approach To Earth (1.286 AU)
Asteroid 69230 Hermes Closest Approach To Earth (1.484 AU)
"What's the most distant galaxy a telescope can detect?"

August 28 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ..........................
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Space Weather Radio
Asteroid 2008 KT Near-Earth Flyby (0.087 AU)
Asteroid 6135 Billowen Closest Approach To Earth (1.636 AU)

August 29 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ..........................
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Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
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Asteroid 2008 KT Near-Earth Flyby (0.087 AU)
Asteroid 6135 Billowen Closest Approach To Earth (1.636 AU)

August 30 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ..........................
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
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August 31 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ..........................
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Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
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"Is The Milky Way Doomed To Be Destroyed By Galactic Bombadment?"

 

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September 01 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ....................
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Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
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Asteroid 327 Columbia Closest Approach To Earth (1.621 AU)

September 02 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ....................
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Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
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Asteroid 2009 QC35 flyby - miss distance 2.9 LD, magnitude 17, size = 35 m
Asteroid 2006 SV217 Near-Earth Flyby (0.006 AU)

September 03 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ....................
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Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 12
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Asteroid 2006 SV217 Near-Earth Flyby (0.006 AU)
"Galaxy's 'cannibalism' revealed"
"Are Sunspots Disappearing?"
"XMM-Newton uncovers a celestial Rosetta stone"
"Solar Minimum Vs Global Warming"

 

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September 04 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ....................
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Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 12
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"CryoSat ready for launch: Media Day at IABG/Munich"
"Earth from Space: Hurricane Jimena"

September 05 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ....................
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Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 12
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September 06 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ....................
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Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 12
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Asteroid 15845 Bambi Closest Approach To Earth (1.066 AU)

September 07 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ....................
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Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 12
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Asteroid 11945 Amsterdam Closest Approach To Earth (1.658 AU)
"Proba-2 flies into its Russian launch site"
"Astronomers get neutron star's measure"

September 08 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ....................
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Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
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Comet P/2001 MD7 (LINEAR) Perihelion (1.224 AU)
Asteroid 433 Eros - Closest Approach To Earth (0.989 AU)
"Perspectives: Why EOS Matters, 10 years later"
"Rain of meteorites makes the moon hum"
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September 09 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ....................
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Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
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Asteroid 9777 Enterprise Closest Approach To Earth (1.029 AU)
Asteroid 2709 Sagan Closest Approach To Earth (1.330 AU)
Asteroid 9252 Goddard Closest Approach To Earth (1.563 AU)
"ESA campaign reveals glimpse of future Sentinel-3 imagery"
"Black holes are the ultimate particle smashers"
"ESA Bulletin 139"
"Catalog of Earth Satellite Orbits"
"Spectacular First Images from the Rejuvenated Hubble Space Telescope"

September 10 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ....................
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Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
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"Astronauts could reach Mars in 2020s, panel says"
"Japan's space freighter in orbit"
"Repaired Hubble gives glimpse of 'pillar of creation'"

September 11 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ....................
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Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
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Asteroid 2009 RY3 flyby - miss distance 1.9 LD, magnitude 15, size = 50 m
"NASA Selects Target Crater for Lunar Impact"
"Countdown to a UK space agency"
"The Rise and Fall of Oxygen"

 

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September 12 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ....................
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Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
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As of today there are 1069 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Asteroid 1831 Nicholson Closest Approach To Earth (1.249 AU)
Asteroid 2865 Laurel Closest Approach To Earth (1.581 AU)
Asteroid 7610 Sudbury Closest Approach To Earth (1.931 AU)
"ESA astronaut returns to Earth with Columbus lab experiment"
"Solar Prominences"
"Ancient book on display at astronomy exhibition"

September 13 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ....................
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Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
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Asteroid 2007 UT3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.068 AU)
Asteroid 3001 Michelangelo Closest Approach To Earth (1.375 AU)

September 14 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ....................
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Asteroid 5471 Tunguska Closest Approach To Earth (1.927 AU)
"February launch for ESA’s CryoSat ice mission"
"Earth Rocks In Space"
"Crunch time for Russia Mars probe"

September 15 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ....................
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Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
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"In Search of Dark Asteroids (and Other Sneaky Things)"

September 16 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ....................
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
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Space Weather Radio
As of today there are 1070 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Asteroid 2009 RR flyby - miss distance 2.8 LD, magnitude 18, size = 33 m
Asteroid 1776 Kuiper Closest Approach To Earth (2.115 AU)
"Distant world 'has rocky surface'"
"Too much radiation for astronauts to make it to Mars"
"Comet outburst sends fragments flying"
"The Sun - Farside Images"

September 17 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ....................
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
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Uranus - At Opposition
Asteroid 2008 EJ68 Near-Earth Flyby (0.027 AU)
Asteroid 2000 CO101 Near-Earth Flyby (0.046 AU)
Asteroid 8299 Tealeoni Closest Approach To Earth (1.243 AU)
"Planck first light yields promising results"
"Planck telescope's first glimpse"

 

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As of today there are 1072 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
"SMOS arrives safely at Russian launch site"
"Rare meteorite find in Australian outback"
"Scrambling to Read the Meaning Of the Sky's Most Ancient Flare"

September 19 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ....................
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Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
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September 20 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ....................
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Asteroid 5535 Annefrank - Closest Approach To Earth (1.301 AU)
Asteroid 5050 Doctorwatson Closest Approach To Earth (1.187 AU)
Asteroid 1000 Piazzia Closest Approach To Earth (2.499 AU)

September 21 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ....................
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Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
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As of today there are 1073 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Asteroid 2009 RG2 flyby - miss distance 9.1 LD, magnitude 19, size = 31 m
Asteroid 16761 Hertz Closest Approach To Earth (1.178 AU)
"Ozone layer depletion levelling off"
"School Kids Track LCROSS"
"'Quiet' Sun continues to affect Earth"
"ESA to call for ideas for climate change studies from ISS"

 

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Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 12
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As of today there are 1074 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Asteroid 5281 Lindstrom Closest Approach To Earth (1.689 AU)
"Satellite to begin gravity quest"

September 23 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ....................
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 26
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Space Weather Radio
Comet C/2008 P1 (Garradd) - Closest Approach To Earth (3.028 AU)
Asteroid 1990 UA Near-Pallas Flyby (0.044 AU)
Asteroid 3252 Johnny Closest Approach To Earth (1.823 AU)
"MESSENGER's Final Flyby of Mercury"
"Asteroid attack: Putting Earth's defences to the test"
"The Status of Earth's Ocean Heat Content"

September 24 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ....................
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Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 31
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Space Weather Radio
As of today there are 1076 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
"Scientists find signs of water on the Moon"
"NASA Mercury probe to scan mineral ores"
"Water Molecules Found on the Moon"
"Martian Ice Exposed by Meteorite Impacts"
"Spacecraft see 'damp' Moon soils"

September 25 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ....................
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 32
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
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Comet C/2008 N1 (Holmes) - Perihelion (2.783 AU)
Asteroid 2005 CN Near-Earth Flyby (0.052 AU)
Asteroid 2005 SP9 Near-Earth Flyby (0.095 AU)
Asteroid 6154 Stevesynnott Closest Approach To Earth (1.280 AU)
Asteroid 6377 Cagney Closest Approach To Earth (1.870 AU)
"Mars probe watches water-ice fade"
"99 percent pure water ice found on Mars"

 

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September 26 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ....................
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Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 25
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
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Asteroid 2000 WC67 Near-Mars Flyby (0.012 AU)

September 27 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ....................
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 14
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Space Weather Radio

September 28 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ....................
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 11
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Space Weather Radio

September 29 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ....................
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 15
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Asteroid 2009 HD21 flyby - miss distance 22.9 LD, magnitude 15, size = 1.0 km
Asteroid 1998 FW4 flyby - miss distance 8.6 LD, magnitude 14, size = 550 m
Asteroid 152664 (1998 FW4) Near-Earth Flyby (0.022 AU)
"Cosmic Rays Hit Space Age High"

September 30 2009 - Today's Celestial Events & Space Exploration News ....................
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 15
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
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MESSENGER, 3rd Mercury Flyby
"SETI at 50: 10 key moments in the search for extraterrestrial life"

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