January 2007 –
January 2007 –
January 2007: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – N. Hemisphere
January 2007 –
January 2007: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – S. Hemisphere
January 2007 –
Astronomy Today Sky Guide – January 2007
January 2007 –
The Sky At Night – watch the latest programme online
January 2007 –
“What Is a Planet?”
January 01 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
January 01 –
Asteroid 5143 Heracles Closest Approach To Earth (0.380 AU)
January 01 –
“Hunting the sky for Orion”
January 01 –
“The seeds of life: Comet changes ideas about solar system’s start”
January 02 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
January 02 –
As of today there are 832 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
January 02 –
Comet P/2006 HR30 (Siding Spring) –
Perihelion (1.226 AU)
January 02 –
Asteroid 2006 YD12 –
near-Earth flyby (0.092 AU)
January 02 –
Asteroid 2006 UQ17 near-Earth flyby at 11 LD (mag. 16) size 175m
January 02 –
“Meteors ‘Quadrantids’ to be visible on Jan 3”
January 02 –
“Hunter and Scorpion Legend”
January 02 –
“Meteors ‘Quadrantids’ to be visible on Jan 3”
January 03 – 13:57 UT –
Full Moon
Wolf Moon
January 03 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
January 03 – 20:00 UT –
Earth at Perihelion –
closest to the Sun (0.983 AU from Sun)
January 03/04 –
Quadrantids meteor shower peak 00:30 January 4
January 03 –
Basic Visual Meteor Observing Form (Word.docs to Print)
January 03 –
Basic Visual Meteor Observing Form Instructions (Word.doc)
January 03 –
Advanced Visual Meteor Observing Form (Word.doc to Print)
January 03 –
Advanced Visual Meteor Observing Form Instructions (Word.doc)
January 03 –
“Lunar Geminids”
January 03 –
“Black hole boldly goes where no black hole has gone before”
January 03/04 –
Meteors from an Extinct Constellation: the Quadrantids
January 04 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
January 04 –
Comet C/2005 EL173 (LONEOS) –
Closest Approach To Earth (3.310 AU)
January 04 –
Asteroid 2001 YE4 near-Earth flyby (0.033 AU)
January 04 –
Asteroid 7853 Confucius Closest Approach To Earth (1.662 AU)
January 04 –
How to find Comet McNaught with binoculars January 5-7, 2007
January 04 –
Comet C/2006 P1 (McNaught) 3D animated orbit
January 04 –
“NASA Spacecraft Read Layered Clues To Changes On Mars”
January 04 –
“‘Proof’ of methane lakes on Titan”
January 04 –
“Black hole found in ancient lair”
January 05 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
January 05 –
Asteroid 5641 McCleese Closest Approach To Earth (1.010 AU)
January 05 –
Asteroid 6469 Armstrong Closest Approach To Earth (1.636 AU)
January 05 –
“Astrophysicist seeks missing ‘pages’ of universe”
January 05 –
“X-ray evidence supports possible new class of supernova”
January 06 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
January 06 –
Deep Impact Near-Mars flyby (0.033 AU)
January 06 –
Comet C/2006 E1 (McNaught) –
Perihelion (6.041 AU)
January 06 –
Asteroid 4664 Hanner Closest Approach To Earth (2.012 AU)
January 06 –
Asteroid 1886 Lowell Closest Approach To Earth (2.054 AU)
January 07 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
January 07 –
How to find Comet McNaught with binoculars January 7-9, 2007
January 07 –
Asteroid 9249 Yen Closest Approach To Earth (1.485 AU)
January 07 –
“Moon and the Sickle”
January 08 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
January 08 –
How to find Comet McNaught just before sunrise: now naked-eye
January 08 –
How to find Comet McNaught just after sunset: now naked-eye
January 08 –
Comet P/1999 DN3 (Korlevic-Juric) –
Closest Approach (3.257 AU)
January 08 –
“Mesmerized by Mars”
January 08 –
“Primordial Stone Soup”
January 09 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
January 09 –
Comet McNaught now ‘naked-eye’ almost as bright as Venus
January 09 –
Comet McNaught Global Photo Gallery – updated daily
January 09 –
Asteroid 2006 XP4 –
near-Earth flyby (0.074 AU)
January 09 –
Asteroid 1940 Whipple Closest Approach To Earth (1.878 AU)
January 09 –
Asteroid 9250 Chamberlin Closest Approach To Earth (2.577 AU)
January 10 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
January 10 –
Comet McNaught Global Photo Gallery – updated daily
January 10 –
Asteroid 2006 QQ56 near-Earth flyby (0.052 AU)
January 10 –
Asteroid 2865 Laurel Closest Approach To Earth (1.746 AU)
January 10 –
Asteroid 12104 Chesley Closest Approach To Earth (2.084 AU)
January 10 –
“Andromeda galaxy up to 5 times larger than thought”
January 10 –
“‘Pillars of creation’ captured by Hubble blown apart by supernova blast”
January 10 –
“Spica, Moon get close before dawn Thursday”
January 11 – 12:45 UT –
Last Lunar Quarter
January 11 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
January 11 –
Asteroid 5703 Hevelius Closest Approach To Earth (1.407 AU)
January 11 –
“Diamonds are from outer space”
January 12 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
January 12 –
Comet C/2006 P1 (McNaught) –
Perihelion (0.171 AU)
January 12 –
Asteroid 2874 Jim Young Closest Approach To Earth (1.145 AU)
January 12 –
Cassini –
Titan flyby
January 12 –
“One year of Galileo signals; new website opens”
January 12 –
“Meteorite smashes through roof”
January 12 –
“Huygens’s second landing anniversary – the surprises continue”
January 13 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
January 13 –
Asteroid 2006 YH14 –
Near-Earth Flyby (0.099 AU)
January 14 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
January 14 –
Comet McNaught is now visible in daylight – skymap looking south
January 14 –
Comet Kowal 1 –
Perihelion (4.719 AU)
January 14 –
Asteroid 6377 Cagney Closest Approach To Earth (1.886 AU)
January 14 –
Asteroid 6456 Golombek Closest Approach To Earth (2.097 AU)
January 14 –
“Astronomy’s influence profound, continuing”
January 15 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
January 15 –
Comet C/2006 P1 (McNaught) –
Closest Approach To Earth (0.818 AU)
January 15 –
“Rare black diamonds may have come from space”
January 15 –
“Comet to light up the skies at sunset”
January 15 –
“Online Astronomers Seek Out New Worlds”
January 16 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
January 16 –
Comet McNaught now visible in southern hemisphere
January 16 –
Asteroid 5050 Doctorwatson Closest Approach To Earth (1.316 AU)
January 16 –
Asteroid 719 Albert –
Closest Approach To Earth (2.430 AU)
January 17 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
January 17/21 –
Deep South Texas Stargaze 2007, Escondido Ranch, Texas
January 17 –
“Dwarf planet ‘becoming a comet'”
January 18 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
January 18 –
Comet McNaught a “SPECTACULAR SIGHT” in southern hemisphere
January 18 –
Comet P/2006 U5 (Christensen) –
Perihelion (2.326 AU)
January 19 – 04:01 UT –
New Moon –
January 19 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
January 19 –
“Comet McNaught SkyMap – looking west at sunset in S. Hemisphere”
January 19 –
Asteroid 118401 LINEAR Closest Approach To Earth (2.218 AU)
January 19 –
“NASA Spacecraft Nears Close Encounter with Jupiter”
January 19 –
“Korean astronomy roots date back to Bronze Age”
January 20 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
January 20 –
Comet 176P/LINEAR –
Closest Approach To Earth (2.218 AU)
January 20 –
Comet McNaught Photo Gallery –
Spectacular Tail seen in S. Hemisphere
January 20 –
“Nasa spacecraft approaches Jupiter”
January 20 –
“New Horizons Prepares for Jupiter Encounter Before Voyage to Pluto”
January 20 –
“Astrobiology: The Great Preserver”
January 21 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
January 21 –
Comet P/2005 S3 (Read) –
Closest Approach To Earth (2.719 AU)
January 21 –
Comet McNaught tail so long it’s still visible at N. Hemisphere sunset
January 21 –
Asteroid 7341 (1991 VK) –
near-Earth flyby (0.068 AU)
January 21 –
Asteroid 1991 VK near-Earth flyby at 26 LD (mag. 15) size 2.0km
January 21 –
Asteroid 5011 Ptah near-Earth flyby at 77 LD (mag. 15) size 1.6km
January 22 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
January 22 –
Comet P/2006 HR30 (Siding Spring) –
Closest Approach (0.749 AU)
January 22 –
Comet C/2005 G1 (LINEAR) –
Closest Approach To Earth (4.708 AU)
January 22 –
“Significant milestone for Columbus flight readiness”
January 22 –
“Comet Wild 2’s Complex Chemistry”
January 23 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
January 23 –
Comet C/2006 Y2 (Gibbs) –
Closest Approach To Earth (0.987 AU)
January 23 –
Comet McNaught photo gallery – now a S. Hemisphere spectacular
January 23 –
Comet C/2006 GZ2 (Spacewatch) –
Closest Approach To Earth (2.649 AU)
January 23 –
Asteroid 2000 WP19 near-Venus flyby (0.046 AU)
January 23 –
Asteroid 9618 Johncleese Closest Approach To Earth (1.623 AU)
January 23 –
Asteroid 1198 Atlantis Closest Approach To Earth (1.771 AU)
January 23 –
“Scientists Find Evidence of Ancient Galactic Collision”
January 23 –
“‘Black’ diamonds may come from outer space”
January 23 –
“Earth, She’s Hot and Cold”
January 23 –
“Lunar Transient Phenomena”
January 24 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
January 24 –
Comet McNaught as seen from South Africa –
Updated photo gallery
January 24 –
Asteroid 4957 Brucemurray –
Closest Approach To Earth (1.139 AU)
January 24 –
Asteroid 7861 Messenger Closest Approach To Earth (1.872 AU)
January 24 –
“Orion constellation dominates night sky”
January 24 –
“The jet stream of Titan”
January 25 – 23:01 UT –
First Lunar Quarter
January 25 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
January 25 –
“Clear South Is Skies Capture Comet McNaught Glory”
January 25 –
Asteroid 25143 Itokawa –
Closest Approach To Earth (0.447 AU)
January 25 –
“Sun’s fickle heart may leave us cold”
January 25 –
“Scientists start search for planetary origins”
January 26 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
January 26 –
Asteroid 3623 Chaplin Closest Approach To Earth (2.024 AU)
January 26 –
“Air on Mars playing game of hide-and-seek?”
January 26 –
“Lutetia asteroid in Rosetta’s spotlight”
January 26 –
“Meteorite’s origin traced by Czech geologists”
January 27 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
January 27 –
Asteroid 1996 AW1 near-Venus flyby (0.023 AU)
January 27 –
Asteroid 3255 Tholen Closest Approach To Earth (0.977 AU)
January 27 –
15th Annual Regional Meeting of Amateur Astronomers “Bobfest”
January 27 –
“Last-gasp test could reveal dark matter”
January 27 –
“Mars may hold massive reservoirs of water, CO2 just beneath surface”
January 28 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
January 28 –
Asteroid 9134 Encke Closest Approach To Earth (2.013 AU)
January 28 –
“Orion, the hunter, too grand for one tale to tell all”
January 28 –
“Learn about astronomy at lectures, parties”
January 29 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
January 29 –
Comet McNaught now visible at dawn in the S. Hemisphere – SkyMap
January 29 –
Comet McNaught still visible after sunset in S. Hemisphere – SkyMap
January 29 –
Asteroid 8734 Warner Closest Approach To Earth (1.908 AU)
January 29 –
“Planetarium celebrates Hubble telescope’s 16 years”
January 29 –
“Huge Portion of Martian Atmosphere may Simply be Hiding”
January 30 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
January 30 –
Asteroid 7359 Messier Closest Approach To Earth (2.063 AU)
January 30 –
Comet McNaught now circumpolar, visible all night over New Zealand
January 30 –
“Life on Mars may lie dormant in frozen seas”
January 30 –
“Hubble’s main camera shuts down”
January 31 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
January 31 –
“Hundreds of pics of Comet McNaught in the global photo gallery”
January 31 –
Asteroid 2006 CJ near-Earth flyby at 10 LD (mag. ~16) size 385m
January 31 –
Asteroid 2006 CJ near-Earth flyby (0.026 AU)
Comet (C/2006 P1) McNaught, taken on January 20 2007 by Steve Coetzee in Cape Town, South Africa
:
Steve Coetzee, Cape Town, South Africa
click the image to go to the global gallery
February 2007 –
February 2007 –
February 2007: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – N. Hemisphere
February 2007 –
February 2007: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – S. Hemisphere
February 2007 –
Astronomy Today Sky Guide – February 2007
February 2007 –
“The Sky At Night – watch the latest programme online”
February 01 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
February 01 –
Cross-Quarter Day –
Imbolc
February 01 –
Comet C/2005 W2 (Christensen) –
Closest Approach (3.273 AU)
February 01 –
Asteroid 2006 AM4 near-Earth flyby (0.014 AU)
February 01 –
Asteroid 2006 AM4 near-Earth flyby at 5.2 LD (mag. 16) size 180m
February 01 –
Asteroid 243 Ida –
Closest Approach To Earth (1.805 AU)
February 01 –
Asteroid 11911 Angel Closest Approach To Earth (2.388 AU)
February 01 –
“February 1 Full Moon falls on Groundhog’ Eve”
February 01 –
“Four lunar markers registered at Kokino”
February 01 –
“Cassini images mammoth cloud engulfing Titan’s North Pole”
February 02 – 05:45 UT –
Full Moon
Snow Moon
February 02 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
February 02 –
Asteroid 5102 Benfranklin Closest Approach To Earth (2.074 AU)
February 02 –
Asteroid 9950 ESA Closest Approach To Earth (2.232 AU)
February 02 –
“Meteorites Found At South Pole”
February 02 –
“Meteorite lands in Didim”
February 03 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
February 03 –
Asteroid 2362 Mark Twain Closest Approach To Earth (1.488 AU)
February 03 –
“Venus shares the evening sky”
February 04 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
February 04 –
As of today there are 842 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
February 04 –
Asteroid 2004 RN251 near-Earth flyby (0.061 AU)
February 04 –
Asteroid 2041 Lancelot Closest Approach To Earth (2.046 AU)
February 04 –
“Cosmic Calendar: Spaceshapes – triangle and pinwheel”
February 04 –
“Satellite prepares to go super-cold”
February 04 –
“Searching for micro-Martians”
February 04 –
“First lunar satellite to lift off soon”
February 05 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
February 05 –
Asteroid 327 Columbia Closest Approach To Earth (1.967 AU)
February 06 –
Comet 182P/LONEOS Perihelion (0.980 AU)
February 06 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
February 06 –
Comet McNaught Global Photo Gallery Update: loads of new photos
February 06 –
Comet Wiseman-Skiff –
Closest Approach To Earth (1.294 AU)
February 06 –
Asteroid 9349 Lucas Closest Approach To Earth (1.731 AU)
February 06 –
Asteroid 19148 Alaska Closest Approach To Earth (1.799 AU)
February 07 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
February 07 –
Asteroid 2007 BZ48 near-Earth flyby at 4.5 LD (mag. 18) size 30m
February 07 –
Asteroid 2003 YX1 near-Venus flyby (0.040 AU)
February 07 –
“Earth’s Early Temperature”
February 08 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
February 08 –
Comet McNaught is now fading fast as it moves away from the sun
February 08 –
Asteroid 67 Asia Closest Approach To Earth (1.882 AU)
February 08 –
“The Hare and the Dove below the Hunter”
February 08 –
“Surprise from the sky: Couple thinks meteorite landed near home”
February 08 –
“‘Meteorite’ kills two nomads in India”
February 08 –
“Telescope mirror nears completion”
February 08 –
“Meteorite claims 3 lives in Rajasthan”
February 08 –
“Forensic team called in to investigate meteorite death”
February 08 –
“Mars’s top camera suffers worrying glitch”
February 09 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
February 09 –
Asteroid 2200 Pasadena Closest Approach To Earth (1.209 AU)
February 09 –
Asteroid 2266 Tchaikovsky Closest Approach To Earth (2.115 AU)
February 09 –
Kuiper Belt Object 55565 (2002 AW197) Closest Approach (45.817 AU)
February 09 –
“Cassiopeia is shaped like an ‘M’ or a ‘W'” –
February 09 –
“Meteorite program set for Feb. 14”
February 10 – 09:51 UT –
Last Lunar Quarter
February 10 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
February 11 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
February 11 –
Comet 182P/LONEOS Closest Approach To Earth (0.297 AU)
February 11 –
“Lunar new year will be a Boar”
February 12 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
February 12 –
The first hiking maps of Mars
February 12 –
60th Anniversary (1947) of Sikhote Alin Meteorite Fall in Russia
February 12/18 –
23rd Annual Winter Star Party, West Summerland Key, Florida
February 13 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
February 13 –
Comet C/2006 M1 (LINEAR) –
Perihelion (3.556 AU)
February 13 –
Asteroid 2006 XB –
near-Earth flyby (0.100 AU)
February 13 –
“Story from a stone: A meteorite that fell in Piplia Kalan … “
February 13 –
“Johannes Kepler, Book V – The Harmony of the World”
February 13 –
“Extraterrestrial Visitor”
February 13 –
“Comet clash kicks up dusty haze”
February 13 –
“Octagon Earthworks’ alignment with moon likely is no accident”
February 14 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
February 15 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
February 15 –
As of today there are 843 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
February 15 –
A solar wind stream hit Earth on Feb 13th –
Aurora Photo Gallery
February 15 –
Asteroid 32096 Puckett Closest Approach To Earth (1.943 AU)
February 15 –
“Meteorite interpretive trail set for Fields Bridge Park”
February 16 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
February 16 –
“Spaceship finds hard evidence of water on Mars”
February 17 – 16:14 UT –
New Moon
February 17 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
February 17 –
Kuiper Belt Object 90482 Orcus Closest Approach To Earth (46.825 AU)
February 17 –
“Objects of Magnitude Shine Bright in the Night Sky”
February 17 –
“THEMIS Launches!: a journey to study the iridescent Northern Lights”
February 17 –
“Meteor buffs say ancient impact Erin’s claim to fame”
February 18 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
February 18 –
Chinese New Year #1 –
Chinese New Year #2 –
Chinese New Year #3
February 18 –
Comet C/2006 YC (Catalina-Christensen) –
Closest 2 Earth (4.117 AU)
February 18 –
Asteroid 9000 Hal Closest Approach To Earth (1.674 AU)
February 18 –
“Fractured Mars”
February 19 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
February 19 –
The Moon and Venus – SkyMap looking west into the sunset tonight
February 19 –
“Surprises from the Sun’s South Pole”
February 19 –
“Earth’s Hazy Past”
February 19 –
“International Heliophysical Year begins”
February 20 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
February 20 –
Asteroid 9951 Tyrannosaurus Closest Approach To Earth (1.644 AU)
February 20 –
“Integral expands our view of the gamma-ray sky”
February 20 –
“Hunting Martian Fossils Best Bet For Locating Mars Life”
February 20 –
“Meteorites and Climate Change”
February 20 –
“Rosetta in critical Mars swingby”
February 21 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
February 21 –
Asteroid 1677 Tycho Brahe Closest Approach To Earth (1.766 AU)
February 21 –
“Probe to look for Martian rings”
February 22 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
February 22 –
“Jazzing Up Lunar Exploration Plans”
February 23 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
February 23 –
Asteroid 1000 Piazzia Closest Approach To Earth (2.095 AU)
February 24 – 07:56 UT –
First Lunar Quarter
February 24 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
February 24 –
Comet P/2001 Q2 (Petriew) –
Perihelion (0.938 AU)
February 24 –
Asteroid 4055 Magellan Closest Approach To Earth (1.413 AU)
February 25 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
February 25 –
As of today there are 846 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
February 25 –
Comet 2P/Encke (should be 2P/Pons/Encke) –
SkyMap &
Ephemeris
February 25 –
Observations of Comet 2P/Pons/Encke and its Dust Trail
February 25 –
Rosetta –
Mars flyby
February 25 –
“Stunning view of Rosetta skimming past Mars”
February 25 –
“Rosetta successfully swings-by Mars – next target: Earth”
February 25 –
“Beautiful new images from Rosetta’s approach to Mars”
February 25 –
“Skywatching part of March 31 science festival”
February 26 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
February 26 –
Asteroid 16761 Hertz Closest Approach To Earth (2.089 AU)
February 26 –
“Pluto Probe Nearing the Gas Giant Jupiter on Wednesday”
February 26 –
“Grand Theft Pluto”
February 27 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
February 27 –
Asteroid 9342 Carygrant Closest Approach To Earth (1.651 AU)
February 27 –
“Shooting asteroids”
February 27 –
“Passing probe to study ‘crop circles’ on Europa”
February 28 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
February 28 –
Asteroid 9963 Sandage Closest Approach To Earth (2.037 AU)
February 28 –
New Horizons Jupiter flyby
February 28 –
“Students learn meteor ‘rights’ and meteor ‘wrongs'”
February 28 –
“Nasa probe makes flyby of Jupiter”
March 2007 –
March 2007 –
March 2007: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – N. Hemisphere
March 2007 –
March 2007: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – S. Hemisphere
March 2007 –
Astronomy Today Sky Guide – March 2007
March 2007 –
The Sky At Night – watch the latest programme online
March 01 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
March 01 –
Asteroid 51829 Williemccool Closest Approach To Earth (1.224 AU)
March 01 –
Asteroid 3693 Barringer Closest Approach To Earth (2.728 AU)
March 01 –
“Eclipse reveals The red side of the moon”
March 02 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
March 02 –
“Astronomy has its roots in ancient sea navigation”
March 02 –
“Earth to reveal the dark side of the moon”
March 02 –
“Rosetta teams up with New Horizons”
March 03 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
March 03 –
Animation of tonight’s Total Lunar Eclipse
March 03 –
“Head to Tibet for a taste of Mars”
March 03 –
Live webcasts are planned for tonight’s Total Lunar Eclipse from:
Norway,
Netherlands 1,
Netherlands 2,
Italy,
Spain,
Canary Islands,
Iran 1,
Iran 2,
Georgia, USA
March 03 –
“Higgs boson: Glimpses of the God particle”
March 03/04 –
“Total Eclipse of the Moon – visible Europe, Africa, Middle East”
March 03/04 –
“Total Lunar Eclipse of the Moon – global chart of visibility”
March 03 – 20:16 UT –
Moon Enters Penumbra
March 03 – 21:30 UT –
Moon Enters Umbra
March 03 – 22:43 UT –
Moon Enters Totality
March 03 – 23:17 UT –
Full Moon
Worm Moon
March 03 – 23:20 UT –
Middle of Eclipse
March 03 – 23:58 UT –
Moon Leaves Totality
March 04 – 01:11 UT –
Moon Leaves Umbra
March 04 – 02:54 UT –
Moon Leaves Penumbra
March 03/04 –
“Lunar Eclipse diagrams – explanatory material”
March 03/04 –
March 2007 Total Lunar Eclipse Global Photo Gallery
Total Lunar Eclipse March 03/04 2007
Below are some eclipse images taken by Kevan Dickin of Southport
Kevan Dickin, Southport
Total Lunar Eclipse March 03/04 2007
Below are some images taken by Dave Crank of Wigan
Dave Crank, Wigan
March 04 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
March 04 –
Asteroid 3350 Scobee Closest Approach To Earth (1.764 AU)
March 05 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
March 05 –
Comet C/2005 EL173 (LONEOS) –
Perihelion (3.886 AU)
March 05 –
Asteroid 5554 Keesey Closest Approach To Earth (1.572 AU)
March 05 –
“Skywatch: Hunting Orion is the perfect excuse to buy yourself a telescope”
March 05/08 –
2007 Planetary Defense Conference, Washington DC
March 06 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
March 06 –
Asteroid 9965 GNU Closest Approach To Earth (1.294 AU)
March 06 –
Asteroid 3252 Johnny Closest Approach To Earth (1.448 AU)
March 06 –
Asteroid 7328 Casanova Closest Approach To Earth (2.059 AU)
March 06 –
“NASA has no money to stop asteroid menace”
March 07 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
March 07 –
Asteroid 5471 Tunguska Closest Approach To Earth (2.123 AU)
March 08 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
March 08 –
Asteroid 1578 Kirkwood Closest Approach To Earth (2.804 AU)
March 08 –
30th Annversary (1977) of the discovery of Uranus’ Rings
March 08 –
“Venus has longtime association with love”
March 08 –
“Mars water traces left by springs, not seas: Study”
March 08 –
“The Great Global Warming Swindle?” UK Channel 4 21:00 UT (GMT) tonight
March 09 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
March 09 –
Comet P/1999 J5 (LINEAR) –
Closest Approach To Earth (3.224 AU)
March 09 –
Comet C/2006 X1 (LINEAR) –
Perihelion (6.136 AU)
March 09 –
Asteroid 1999 VF22 Near-Mercury Flyby (0.042 AU)
March 09 –
Asteroid 9548 Fortran Closest Approach To Earth (1.228 AU)
March 09 –
“Scientists consider asteroid defense: ‘Gravity tug’ possible solution … “
March 09 –
“Alien Volcano”
March 09 –
“Suspected meteorite crashes through bedroom window”
March 10 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
March 10 –
Asteroid 5451 Plato Closest Approach To Earth (1.566 AU)
March 11 –
Daylight Saving – Set Clock Ahead 1 Hour (United States)
March 11 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
March 11 –
Comet P/2007 A3 (Petriew) –
Closest Approach To Earth (1.643 AU)
March 11 –
Asteroid 2005 ES70 Near-Earth Flyby (0.072 AU)
March 11 –
Asteroid 3581 Alvarez Closest Approach To Earth (2.928 AU)
March 11 –
Asteroid 2007 EH –
near-Earth flyby at 0.5 LD (mag. 16) size 10m
March 11 –
“Mars water traces left by springs, not seas, experts say”
March 12 – 03:54 UT –
Last Lunar Quarter
March 12 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
March 12 –
Asteroid 2004 RE84 Near-Earth Flyby (0.082 AU)
March 12 –
“‘Falling star’ frightens Earthlings”
March 12 –
“Church organist required for jungle meteorite hunt”
March 12 –
“CryoSat-2 on the road to recovery”
March 12 –
“Meteorite lights night sky”
March 13 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
March 13 –
Comet C/2006 K3 (McNaught) –
Perihelion (2.501 AU)
March 13 –
Asteroid 2007 EK near-Earth flyby at 0.7 LD (mag. 18) size 5m
March 13 –
Asteroid 35352 Texas Closest Approach To Earth (1.704 AU)
March 13 –
Kuiper Belt Object 136472 (2005 FY9) Closest Approach (51.120 AU)
March 13 –
“Hot start explains moon’s geysers”
March 13 –
“NASA seeks a near-Earth asteroid sample”
March 13 –
“Theory: Saturn moon’s heat from decay”
March 14 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
March 14 –
Comet C/2003 WT42 (LINEAR) –
Closest Approach To Earth (4.893 AU)
March 14 –
Asteroid 7610 Sudbury Closest Approach To Earth (1.896 AU)
March 14 –
Asteroid 7536 Fahrenheit Closest Approach To Earth (2.100 AU)
March 14 –
Bright Martian Soil Puzzles Scientists
March 14/18 –
7th Annual Kisatchie Star Party, Kisatchie National Forest, Louisiana
March 15 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
March 15 –
Asteroid 99942 Apophis Closest Approach To Earth (0.865 AU)
March 15 –
“Ancient eye test relied on two stars in Big Dipper”
March 15 –
“NASA Mars Rover Churns Up Questions With Sulfur-Rich Soil”
March 16 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
March 16 –
Comet Bus –
Closest Approach To Earth (1.336 AU)
March 16 –
“Caves spotted on Mars”
March 16 –
“ESA’s new microgravity laboratory”
March 17 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
March 17 –
As of today there are 853 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
March 17 –
Comet P/2006 Y2 (Gibbs) –
Closest Approach To Earth (0.800 AU)
March 17 –
“Saturn moon geyser theory: ancient heat”
March 17 –
“Mars’ thick ice offers hope some has melted, harboring life”
March 17 –
“The All-Sky Camera doesn’t quite see all”
March 18 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
March 18 –
Comet Kowal-LINEAR –
Closest Approach To Earth (3.861 AU)
March 18 –
Asteroid 2004 AM Near-Mars Flyby (0.028 AU)
March 18 –
Asteroid 2004 FA5 Near-Earth Flyby (0.082 AU)
March 18 –
Asteroid 6524 Baalke Closest Approach To Earth (1.582 AU)
March 18 –
Asteroid 7000 Curie Closest Approach To Earth (2.119 AU)
March 18 –
“What’s all the buzz about the Beehive Cluster?”
March 18 –
“Cosmic Calendar: Targeting Aries on the first day of spring”
March 19 – 02:43 UT –
New Moon
March 19 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
March 19 –
Partial Eclipse of the Sun –
visible
India,
China,
Far East
March 19 –
US Naval Observatory Partial Solar Eclipse .pdf Map
March 19 –
GSFC NASA Partial Solar Eclipse visibility map
March 19 –
March 19 2007 Solar Eclipse Photo Gallery
March 19 –
“Giant Remnants of Cosmic Collision Found”
March 20 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
March 20 –
Asteroid 7672 Hawking Closest Approach To Earth (1.357 AU)
March 20 –
Asteroid 1941 Wild Closest Approach To Earth (4.093 AU)
March 20 –
“OSIRIS camera on Rosetta obtains ‘light curve’ of asteroid Steins”
March 20 –
“Out-of-This-World (and Old World) Auction Set”
March 20 –
“First greenhouse gas animations produced using Envisat SCIAMACHY data”
March 20 –
“Massive Meteorite Found In California”
March 21 – 00:07 UT –
Alban Eilir –
Vernal (Spring) Equinox
March 21 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
March 21 –
“Hinode sees the dynamic and violent sun as sharply as never before”
March 21 –
“Int’l Astronautical Federation joins project to protect World Heritage sites”
March 22 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
March 22 –
“Sun’s magnetic field twisted and tangled”
March 23 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
March 23 –
Asteroid 2006 GB Near-Earth Flyby (0.039 AU)
March 23 –
Asteroid 2006 JY26 Near-Earth Flyby (0.090 AU)
March 23 –
Asteroid 2224 Tucson Closest Approach To Earth (1.950 AU)
March 23 –
Wernher von Braun’s 95th Birthday (1912)
March 23 –
“Ancient crater discovered under the Delta”
March 24 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
March 24 –
Asteroid 2001 FE7 Near-Earth Flyby (0.078 AU)
March 24 –
Asteroid 6602 Gilclark Closest Approach To Earth (0.948 AU)
March 24 –
Asteroid 1991 Darwin Closest Approach To Earth (1.538 AU)
March 24 –
Asteroid 9252 Goddard Closest Approach To Earth (2.612 AU)
March 24 –
“Astronomers find pieces from ancient iceball collision”
March 25 – 18:16 UT –
First Lunar Quarter
March 25 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
March 25 –
Daylight Saving – Set Clock Ahead 1 Hour (Europe)
March 25 –
Asteroid 1537 Transylvania Closest Approach To Earth (2.929 AU)
March 25 –
“Fingerprinting the Milky Way”
March 26 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
March 26 –
Cassini –
Titan Flyby
March 26 –
Comet C/2006 V1 (Catalina) –
Closest Approach To Earth (2.742 AU)
March 26 –
“Wealth of new results from AKARI infrared sky-surveyor”
March 27 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
March 27 –
“Magnetic fields get reconnected in turbulent plasma too, Cluster reveals”
March 27 –
“Kansas, Meteorites just go together”
March 27 –
“Saturn’s North Pole Hexagon and Aurora”
March 28 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
March 28 –
Comet Harrington-Abell –
Closest Approach To Earth (1.721 AU)
March 28 –
Asteroid 4151 Alanhale Closest Approach To Earth (1.855 AU)
March 28 –
Asteroid 1134 Kepler Closest Approach To Earth (2.703 AU)
March 28 –
“Giant meteorite hit ancient California, crater study suggests”
March 28 –
“ESA open-source software supports Germany’s TerraSAR-X”
March 28 –
“Meteorites rich with information, expert says”
March 28 –
“NASA’s moon base: reality is futile”
March 28 –
“Meteorites contain solar system clues”
March 29 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
March 29 –
Comet C/2002 VQ94 (LINEAR) –
Closest Approach To Earth (6.646 AU)
March 29 –
“Science vs. Exploration: A Piggyback Solution?”
March 29 –
“Meteorites set to star”
March 30 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
March 30 –
“EuroNews: spotlight on space cameras”
March 31 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
March 31 –
Asteroid 2006 VV2 near-Earth flyby at 8.8 LD (mag. 9) size 2Km
March 31 –
Asteroid 2006 VV2 –
Near-Earth Flyby (0.023 AU)
March 31 –
Asteroid 2004 FU162 Near-Earth Flyby (0.036 AU)
March 31 –
Asteroid 17058 Rocknroll Closest Approach To Earth (1.592 AU)
March 31 –
“Use the Big Dipper to locate the Hunting Dogs”
April 2007 –
April 2007 SkyMaps and Sky Guide NOT AVAILABLE UNTIL APRIL 1st
April 2007 –
“April 2007: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – N. Hemisphere”
April 2007 –
“April 2007: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – S. Hemisphere”
April 2007 –
“Astronomy Today Sky Guide – April 2007”
April 2007 –
“Aurora Photo Gallery – April 2007”
April 01 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
April 01 –
As of today there are 855 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
April 01 –
Asteroid 7392 Kowalski Closest Approach To Earth (1.414 AU)
April 01 –
Asteroid 88292 Bora-Bora Closest Approach To Earth (1.602 AU)
April 01 –
Sally Ride Science Festival, Santa Clara, California
April 01 –
“April brings meteor showers and annual Astronomy Day”
April 01 –
“Detailed Picture of Double Asteroid”
April 02 – 17:15 UT –
Full Moon
Pink Moon
April 02 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
April 02 –
Comet C/2006 T1 (Levy) –
Closest Approach To Earth (1.495 AU)
April 02 –
Comet Schuster –
Perihelion (1.556 AU)
April 02 –
Comet C/2006 U7 (Gibbs) –
Perihelion (4.433 AU)
April 02 –
Asteroid 2007 FY20 near-Earth flyby at 5.3 LD (mag. 19) size 50m
April 02 –
Asteroid 64070 NEAT Closest Approach To Earth (1.938 AU)
April 02 –
“Will the April full moon look the smallest”
April 02 –
“ESA prepares for a human mission to Mars”
April 03 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
April 03 –
Asteroid 2074 Shoemaker Closest Approach To Earth (0.927 AU)
April 03 –
Asteroid 30785 Greeley Closest Approach To Earth (1.618 AU)
April 04 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
April 04 –
Comet Machholz 1 Perihelion (0.125 AU)
April 04 –
Comet Comas Sola Near-Jupiter Flyby (0.311 AU)
April 04 –
Asteroid 9937 Triceratops Closest Approach To Earth (1.916 AU)
April 04 –
“Solar Bursts May Threaten GPS”
April 04 –
“X-ray satellites catch magnetar in gigantic stellar ‘hiccup’”
April 05 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
April 05 –
Asteroid 3061 Cook Closest Approach To Earth (2.589 AU)
April 05 –
Kuiper Belt Object 136108 (2003 EL61) –
Closest Approach (50.279 AU)
April 05 –
“NASA Astrophysicist Scott Sandford Discusses Stardust Preliminary Findings”
April 06 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
April 06 –
Asteroid 5281 Lindstrom Closest Approach To Earth (2.401 AU)
April 07 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
April 07 –
Asteroid 2002 OY21 Near-Mars Flyby (0.045 AU)
April 07 –
Asteroid 1776 Kuiper Closest Approach To Earth (2.116 AU)
April 07 –
Asteroid 4370 Dickens Closest Approach To Earth (1.635 AU)
April 07 –
“Clue to Mars’ warming is seen”
April 08 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
April 08 –
Asteroid 951 Gaspra –
Closest Approach To Earth (1.594 AU)
April 08 –
Asteroid 2620 Santana Closest Approach To Earth (2.068 AU)
April 08 –
“Earth’s Magnetic Cocoon”
April 09 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
April 09 –
Asteroid 8120 Kobe Closest Approach To Earth (1.802 AU)
April 09 –
Asteroid 5663 McKeegan Closest Approach To Earth (1.832 AU)
April 10 – 18:04 UT –
Last Lunar Quarter
April 10 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
April 10 –
Cassini –
Titan Flyby
April 10 –
“Mystery spiral arms explained?”
April 11 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
April 11 –
Venus and The Pleiades walk side-by-side – SkyMap
April 11 –
“‘The universe will be our campus'”
April 11 –
“Measuring Martian Meteorites at Houston’s Lunar and Planetary Institute”
April 11 –
“One year at Venus, and going strong”
April 12 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
April 12 –
Asteroid 31664 Randiiwessen Closest Approach To Earth (1.516 AU)
April 12 –
Asteroid 12760 Maxwell Closest Approach To Earth (2.266 AU)
April 12 –
“First sign of water found on an alien world”
April 12 –
“Cluster sees tsunamis in space”
April 13 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
April 13 –
As of today there are 857 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
April 13 –
Asteroid 1994 GL Near-Earth Flyby (0.020 AU)
April 13 –
“Asteroid to skirt Earth on future Friday the 13th”
April 13 –
“Panel finds battery failure doomed Mars probe”
April 13/15 –
2007 Southern Mendoza Star Party, Argentina
April 14 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
April 14 –
Asteroid 9885 Linux Closest Approach To Earth (1.410 AU)
April 14 –
Asteroid 2007 DS84 –
Near-Earth Flyby (0.042 AU)
April 14 –
Asteroid 2007 DS84 near-Earth flyby at 16 LD (mag. 15) size 325m
April 15 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
April 15 –
“Star-struck on Mauna Kea”
April 16 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
April 16 –
Comet C/2005 YW (LINEAR) –
Closest Approach To Earth (1.978 AU)
April 16 –
Comet C/2007 B3 (Garradd) Closest Approach To Earth (3.481 AU)
April 16 –
Asteroid 2007 GU1 near-Earth flyby at 2.1 LD (mag. 16) size 45m
April 16 –
Leonardo DaVinci’s 555th Birthday (1452)
April 16 –
“Stars taking center stage again as observatory opens for season”
April 16/20 –
Royal Astronomical Society National Astronomy Meeting 2007
April 16/22 –
Astronomy Week 2007
April 17 – 11:36 UT –
New Moon
April 17 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
April 17 –
As of today there are 858 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
April 17 –
Asteroid 2007 HA near-Earth flyby at 6.5 LD (mag. 13) size 300m
April 17 –
“Meteorite Traces Deep In The Ocean”
April 17 –
“Ancient impact may have bowled the Moon over”
April 18 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
April 18 –
“Finding the ‘DNA’ of the galaxy”
April 18 –
“Celestial Fender-Bender Left Naked Asteroid to Cool in Space”
April 19 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
April 19 –
Comet 2P Encke –
Perihelion (0.339 AU)
April 19 –
“Rocks show how universe formed”
April 19 –
“Sound waves reverberate through solar ‘pipes”
April 20 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
April 20 –
“Lyrid meteors to sear Sunday’s skies”
April 20 –
“UK tests Moon lander technology”
April 21 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
April 21 –
Asteroid 18106 Blume Closest Approach To Earth (2.110 AU)
April 22 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
April 22 –
Lyrids Meteor Shower Peak – SkyMap
April 22 –
Comet Kowal 1 –
Closest Approach To Earth (3.727 AU)
April 23 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
April 23 –
“Meteorites Less Common Than Meteor Showers”
April 24 – 06:36 UT –
First Lunar Quarter
April 24 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
April 24 –
“Spectacular star birth pictures on Hubble’s 17th birthday”
April 25 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
April 25 –
Comet C/2007 E2 (Lovejoy) –
Closest Approach To Earth (0.042 AU)
April 25 –
“New ‘super-Earth’ found in space”
April 25 –
“Satellites play vital role in understanding the carbon cycle”
April 25 –
“Found 20 light years away: the New Earth”
April 26 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
April 26 –
Cassini –
Titan Flyby
April 27 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
April 27 –
Asteroid 9949 Brontosaurus Closest Approach To Earth (1.206 AU)
April 27 –
“ESA pays tribute to 50 years of space”
April 27 –
“Chemist: Mystery rock from a meteorite”
April 27 –
“Satellites shed light on global warming”
April 28 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
April 28 –
As of today there are 859 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
April 28 –
Asteroid 2003 WW26 Near-Earth Flyby (0.096 AU)
April 28 –
“Tiny hitchhikers score ride through the galaxy”
April 29 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
April 29 –
Comet Helin-Roman-Crockett –
Closest Approach To Earth (3.239 AU)
April 29 –
Asteroid 10221 Kubrick Closest Approach To Earth (1.416 AU)
April 29 –
Asteroid 3905 Doppler Closest Approach To Earth (2.100 AU)
April 29 –
13th Annual Meeting of the SETI League, Little Ferry, New Jersey
April 30 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
April 30 –
Asteroid 2002 FB3 Near-Mercury Flyby (0.016 AU)
April 30 –
Asteroid 2003 FU3 –
Near-Earth Flyby (0.082 AU)
April 30 –
Asteroid 3355 Onizuka Closest Approach To Earth (1.290 AU)
April 30 –
Asteroid 4969 Lawrence Closest Approach To Earth (2.682 AU)
April 30 –
“Track ESA spacecraft online”
April 30 –
“Chankillo Observatory, Peru – first satellite image”
April 30 –
“LodeStar to Premiere New Show That Shines Brilliantly”
May 2007 –
May 2007 SkyMaps and Sky Guide NOT AVAILABLE UNTIL MAY 1st
May 2007 –
“May 2007: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – N. Hemisphere”
May 2007 –
“May 2007: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – S. Hemisphere”
May 2007 –
“Astronomy Today Sky Guide – May 2007”
May 01 –
Cross-Quarter Day –
Beltane
May 01 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
May 01 –
“Planets shine in May sky”
May 02 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
May 02 – 10:09 UT –
Full Moon
Flower Moon
May 02 –
Asteroid 9770 Discovery Closest Approach To Earth (0.958 AU)
May 02 –
“Spacecraft returns Jupiter images”
May 03 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
May 03 –
Asteroid 2991 Bilbo Closest Approach To Earth (1.155 AU)
May 03 –
Asteroid 5553 Chodas Closest Approach To Earth (1.435 AU)
May 04 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
May 04 –
Comet Holmes –
Perihelion (2.053 AU)
May 04 –
Asteroid 2007 GQ3 –
Near-Earth Flyby (0.033 AU)
May 04 –
Asteroid 1999 HF1 Near-Venus Flyby (0.048 AU)
May 04 –
Asteroid 3352 McAuliffe –
Closest Approach To Earth (0.907 AU)
May 04 –
Asteroid 3356 Resnik Closest Approach To Earth (1.007 AU)
May 04 –
Asteroid 18725 Atacama Closest Approach To Earth (2.036 AU)
May 04 –
“NASA Discovers ‘Twilight Zone’ of New Air Particles”
May 04 –
“Planet Mercury Now Believed to Have Molten Core”
May 05 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
May 05 –
Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
May 06 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
May 06 –
“NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter CRISM Imagery”
May 06 –
“The stars haven’t changed”
May 06 –
“Researchers report that Mercury has a fluid outer core”
May 06 –
“NASA Spirit heads for Home Plate and slides into a volcano”
May 07 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
May 07 –
Comet C/2006 S2 (LINEAR) –
Perihelion (3.161 AU
May 07 –
Asteroid 1998 VO –
Near-Earth Flyby (0.063 AU)
May 07 –
Asteroid 4116 Elachi Closest Approach To Earth (0.958 AU)
May 07 –
Asteroid 12002 Sues Closest Approach To Earth (1.993 AU)
May 07 –
Asteroid 2161 Grissom Closest Approach To Earth (2.125 AU)
May 07 –
Asteroid 4446 Carolyn Closest Approach To Earth (2.643 AU)
May 07 –
“Astronomer believes habitable planets are common”
May 07 –
“Tornado snatches 1,000 pound pallasite meteorite”
May 07 –
“Researchers find meteorite fragments in Altai”
May 07 –
“Venus Express’ infrared camera goes filming”
May 08 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
May 08 –
Asteroid 1862 Apollo Near-Earth Flyby (0.071 AU)
May 08 –
Asteroid 1862 Apollo near-Earth flyby at 72 LD (mag. 13) size 2.4Km
May 08 –
“Star dies in monstrous explosion”
May 09 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
May 09 –
Asteroid 2000 LG6 Near-Earth Flyby (0.079 AU)
May 09 –
Asteroid 2906 Caltech Closest Approach To Earth (2.577 AU)
May 09 –
“Saving the Earth’s last dinosaurs”
May 09 –
“Astronomer sees Mayan culture in stars”
May 09 –
“X-rays provide a new way to investigate exploding stars”
May 10 – 04:27 UT –
Last Lunar Quarter
May 10 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
May 10 –
Comet C/2006 F2 (Christensen) –
Closest Approach To Earth (4.110 AU)
May 10 –
Asteroid 9941 Iguanodo Closest Approach To Earth (1.358 AU)
May 10 –
“Meteorite Fragment Found In Altai”
May 11 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
May 11 –
Asteroid 2007 JD near-Earth flyby at 12 LD; mag. 18; size = 100m
May 11 –
“Milky Way’s oldest star is 13.2 billion years old”
May 12 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
May 12 –
Comet P/1998 QP54 (LONEOS-Tucker) –
Perihelion (1.880 AU)
May 12 –
“Meteorite officially Canada’s No. 72”
May 13 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
May 13 –
As of today there are 861 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
May 13 –
Comet Shoemaker-Levy 8 –
Closest Approach To Earth (1.704 AU)
May 13 –
Asteroid 11714 Mikebrown Closest Approach To Earth (1.496 AU)
May 13 –
“Star as old as the galaxy itself”
May 14 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
May 14 –
Asteroid 2007 JZ2 near-Earth flyby at 7.0 LD; mag. 19; size = 30m
May 14 –
Comet Hergenrother –
Closest Approach To Earth (1.521 AU)
May 14 –
Asteroid 3656 Hemingway Closest Approach To Earth (0.909 AU)
May 14 –
“Galactic fossil is 13.2 billion years old”
May 15 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
May 15 –
Asteroid 7495 Feynman Closest Approach To Earth (1.816 AU)
May 15 –
Asteroid 2198 Ceplecha Closest Approach To Earth (2.088 AU)
May 15 –
Asteroid 3728 IRAS Closest Approach To Earth (2.198 AU)
May 15 –
Asteroid 5661 Hildebrand Closest Approach To Earth (2.822 AU)
May 16 – 19:27 UT –
New Moon
May 16 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
May 16 –
“Hubble sees dark matter ring in a galaxy cluster”
May 16 –
“New technique for ‘weighing’ black holes”
May 17 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
May 17 –
Comet 2P Encke –
Closest Approach To Earth (0.507 AU)
May 17 –
Asteroid 2007 FK1 –
Near-Earth Flyby (0.077 AU)
May 17/20 –
3rd Annual Central Nevada Star Party – Monte Cristo’s Castle, Nevada
May 18 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
May 18 –
As of today there are 863 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
May 18 –
Asteroid 3767 DiMaggio Closest Approach To Earth (1.342 AU)
May 19 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
May 19 –
Asteroid 2006 WN3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.087 AU)
May 19 –
Asteroid 9880 Stegosaurus Closest Approach To Earth (1.519 AU)
May 19 –
Asteroid 2829 Bobhope Closest Approach To Earth (1.846 AU)
May 20 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
May 20 –
As of today there are 862 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
May 20 –
Asteroid 1225 Ariane Closest Approach To Earth (1.315 AU)
May 20 –
Asteroid 5145 Pholus Closest Approach To Earth (20.254 AU))
May 20 –
“Diamonds tell tale of comet that killed off the cavemen”
May 21 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
May 21 –
Asteroid 3949 Mach Closest Approach To Earth (1.145 AU)
May 22 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
May 22 –
Asteroid 2003 YN107 Near-Earth Flyby (0.062 AU)
May 22 –
“NASA rover finds new evidence of wet past on Mars”
May 22 –
“How NASA Screwed Up (And Four Ways to Fix It)”
May 22 –
“Tracing Our Sun’s Family Tree”
May 23 – 21:03 UT –
First Lunar Quarter
May 23 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
May 23 –
Comet C/2007 E1 (Garradd) –
Perihelion (1.286 AU)
May 23 –
Asteroid 2003 HB Near-Earth Flyby (0.089 AU)
May 23 –
Asteroid 6371 Heinlein Closest Approach To Earth (2.029 AU)
May 23 –
Asteroid 9860 Archaeopteryx Closest Approach To Earth (2.069 AU)
May 23 –
“NASA’s Spirit finds ancient volcanic activity”
May 24 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
May 24 –
Asteroid 3267 Glo Closest Approach To Earth (2.087 AU)
May 24 –
Asteroid 3568 ASCII Closest Approach To Earth (2.124 AU)
May 25 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
May 25 –
As of today there are 863 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
May 25 –
“Star-gazing class emphasizes mythology”
May 25 –
“The Ions are Coming!”
May 25 –
“Solar system may not have formed with a bang, reveals new study”
May 26 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
May 26 –
“Violent Past: Young sun withstood a supernova blast”
May 27 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
May 27 –
Comet C/2007 D3 (LINEAR) –
Perihelion (5.209 AU)
May 27 –
Asteroid 4179 Toutatis –
Closest Approach To Earth (2.878 AU)
May 27 –
“Cosmic Calendar: Mercury – the planet and the project”
May 28 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
May 28 –
Comet Machholz 1 Closest Approach To Earth (0.618 AU)
May 28 –
Asteroid 17023 Abbott Closest Approach To Earth (1.591 AU)
May 29 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
May 29 –
Asteroid 3130 Hillary Closest Approach To Earth (1.566 AU)
May 29 –
Asteroid 7818 Muirhead Closest Approach To Earth (2.222 AU)
May 29 –
“Meteorites hit near Redwater”
May 29 –
“Radio ’screams’ from the Sun warn of radiation storms”
May 30 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
May 30 –
Comet Shoemaker-Levy 8 –
Perihelion (2.711 AU)
May 30 –
Asteroid 3808 Tempel Closest Approach To Earth (1.251 AU)
May 30 –
Asteroid 10051 Albee Closest Approach To Earth (2.066 AU)
May 30 –
“Blue Moon over North America”
May 30 –
“Hinode’s solar data ready for Europe’s access”
May 30 –
“Streams of Stars Reveal Cannibal Nature of Milky Way “
May 30 –
“‘Seat belts’ restrain galaxies’ black holes”
May 31 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
May 31 –
“Lab study indicates Mars has a molten core”
May 31 –
“Mars’ Gooey Core is Freezing”
June 2007 –
June 2007 SkyMaps and Sky Guide NOT AVAILABLE UNTIL JUNE 1st
June 2007 –
“June 2007: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – N. Hemisphere”
June 2007 –
“June 2007: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – S. Hemisphere”
June 2007 –
“Astronomy Today Sky Guide – June 2007”
June 01 – 01:04 UT –
Full Moon
Strawberry Moon
June 01 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
June 01 –
Asteroid 4 Vesta –
Closest Approach To Earth (1.144 AU)
June 01 –
Asteroid 3420 Standish Closest Approach To Earth (2.090 AU)
June 01 –
“Visit to an Asteroid”
June 01 –
“Mars molten core could restore its magnetic field”
June 01 –
“Fathers of the zodiac tracked down: when ancient counterparts worked”
June 02 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
June 02 –
Asteroid 6000 United Nations Closest Approach To Earth (1.773 AU)
June 02 –
Asteroid 12397 Peterbrown Closest Approach To Earth (2.086 AU)
June 02 –
Sally Ride Science Festival, Towson, Maryland
June 02 –
“Stellar wind may have formed our solar system”
June 02/09 –
IPM Cosmology School and Workshop (ICSW07), Tehran, Iran
June 03 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
June 03 –
Asteroid 2007 JG16 –
Near-Earth Flyby (0.085 AU)
June 03 –
Asteroid 3000 Leonardo Closest Approach To Earth (1.545 AU)
June 04 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
June 04 –
Asteroid 5682 Beresford Closest Approach To Earth (1.308 AU)
June 04 –
“With A Big Assist From NASA, UW-Madison Launches Astrobiology Push”
June 05 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
June 05 –
As of today there are 864 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
June 05 –
Asteroid 216 Kleopatra Closest Approach To Earth (2.288 AU)
June 05 –
Kuiper Belt Object 28978 Ixion –
Closest Approach To Earth (41.027 AU)
June 06 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
June 06 –
Asteroid 2004 KH17 Near-Earth Flyby (0.077 AU)
June 06 –
“Get ready for the Venus Show”
June 06 –
“Cosmic clock dates ancient star”
June 07 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
June 07 –
Asteroid 4150 Starr Closest Approach To Earth (1.046 AU)
June 07 –
Asteroid 4150 Starr Closest Approach To Earth (1.046 AU)
June 07 –
Asteroid 17024 Costello Closest Approach To Earth (1.278 AU)
June 07 –
Asteroid 4305 Clapton Closest Approach To Earth (1.947 AU)
June 07 –
“Meteorite makes hole in Space Station”
June 07 –
“Avalanche on Mars revealed”
June 08 – 11:43 UT –
Last Lunar Quarter
June 08 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
June 08 –
Comet C/2007 JA21 (LINEAR) –
Closest Approach To Earth (5.099 AU)
June 08 –
“‘Puddles’ of Water Sighted on Mars”
June 09 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
June 09 –
Kuiper Belt Object 50000 Quaoar –
Closest Approach To Earth (42.300 AU)
June 09 –
“Chunk of Meteorite Stolen from Russian Museum”
June 10 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
June 10 –
Asteroid 10799 Yucatan Closest Approach To Earth (1.522 AU)
June 10 –
Asteroid 19367 Pink Floyd Closest Approach To Earth (1.719 AU)
June 10 –
Asteroid 99905 Jeffgrossman Closest Approach To Earth (2.748 AU)
June 10 –
“Cosmic Calendar: Draco the Dragon”
June 11 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
June 11 –
As of today there are 868 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
June 11/15 –
Meteoroids 2007 Conference, Barcelona, Spain
June 12 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
June 12 –
“Did comet over Canada wipe out mammoths?”
June 13 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
June 13 –
Comet Shoemaker-Holt 1 –
Perihelion (3.069 AU)
June 13 –
Asteroid 2007 DF8 –
Near-Earth Flyby (0.062 AU)
June 13 –
Asteroid 17744 Jodiefoster Closest Approach To Earth (1.189 AU)
June 13 –
“Mystery Solved: Mars Had Large Oceans”
June 13 –
“Scientist Sifts Through Meteorites and Bricks”
June 13 –
“Two of Saturn’s moons found to be active”
June 14 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
June 14 –
Asteroid 5203 Pavarotti Closest Approach To Earth (0.910 AU)
June 14 –
Asteroid 4701 Milani Closest Approach To Earth (1.916 AU)
June 14 –
Asteroid 8721 AMOS Closest Approach To Earth (2.872 AU)
June 14 –
“New evidence finds oceans once covered third of Mars”
June 14 –
“Pluto is demoted again”
June 14 –
“Mars’s uphill ocean explained”
June 14/17 –
Rocky Mountain Star Stare, Pike National Forest, Colorado
June 15 – 03:15 UT –
New Moon
June 15 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
June 15 –
As of today there are 869 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
June 15 –
Asteroid 4769 Castalia Closest Approach To Earth (1.343 AU)
June 15/17 –
Western Colorado Star Party 2007, Uncompahgre National Forest
June 16 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
June 16 –
Asteroid 11246 Orvillewright Closest Approach To Earth (1.555 AU)
June 17 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
June 17 –
Comet Russell-LINEAR –
Perihelion (1.593 AU)
June 18 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
June 18 –
Moon Occults Venus
June 18 –
Dwarf Planet 134340 Pluto –
Closest Approach To Earth (30.294 AU)
June 18 –
Asteroid 2005 NW44 Near-Earth Flyby (0.059 AU)
June 18 –
Asteroid 2005 AD13 –
Near-Earth Flyby (0.085 AU)
June 18 –
Asteroid 2005 AD13 near-Earth flyby at 33 LD, mag. 16, size = 1.2Km
June 18 –
Asteroid 16857 Goodall Closest Approach To Earth (1.772 AU)
June 18 –
Asteroid 2000 Herschel Closest Approach To Earth (2.041 AU)
June 18 –
“When Fungi Ruled the World”
June 18 –
“Dawn: Voyage to the Giant Asteroids”
June 18 –
“Mars might have had oceans despite its uneven shoreline”
June 19 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
June 19 –
As of today there are 871 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
June 19 –
Moon Occults Saturn
June 19 –
Pluto –
At Opposition
June 19 –
Comet C/2006 E1 (McNaught) –
Closest Approach To Earth (5.862 AU)
June 19 –
Asteroid 12382 Niagara Falls Closest Approach To Earth (1.654 AU)
June 20 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
June 20 –
Asteroid 12574 LONEOS Closest Approach To Earth (1.909 AU)
June 20 –
“Black holes` existence questioned”
June 20 –
“Volunteers sought for Mars test”
June 20 –
“Celebrate this solstice as the Chinese philosophers did”
June 21 – 18:06 UT –
Alban Hefyn –
Summer Solstice
June 21 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
June 21 –
Comet C/2007 D1 (LINEAR) –
Perihelion (8.792 AU)
June 21 –
“The Sun in the sky: Astronomical terms and tidbits”
June 22 – 13:15 UT –
First Lunar Quarter
June 22 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
June 22 –
Asteroid 1566 Icarus Closest Approach To Earth (1.203 AU)
June 22 –
“Has a Tunguska Crater Been Found?”
June 22 –
“Surviving a Supernova”
June 22 –
“ESA, NASA, Russian astronauts: Where next in space?”
June 23 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
June 23 –
Asteroid 2309 Mr. Spock Closest Approach To Earth (2.258 AU)
June 24 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
June 24 –
Comet C/2005 L3 (McNaught) –
Closest Approach To Earth (4.825 AU)
June 24 –
Asteroid 2069 Hubble Closest Approach To Earth (2.666 AU)
June 24 –
“Meet the fleet: Giotto”
June 25 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
June 26 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
June 26 –
As of today there are 872 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
June 26 –
Asteroid 2003 WE Near-Earth Flyby (0.061 AU)
June 26 –
Asteroid 1034 Mozartia Closest Approach To Earth (0.865 AU)
June 26 –
“Team makes Tunguska crater claim”
June 27 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
June 27 –
“How NASA’s Dawn Spacecraft Will Explore Solar System’s Origin”
June 27 –
“Nasa readies for asteroid mission”
June 28 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
June 28 –
“Tectonic signatures at Aeolis Mensae”
June 28 –
“Iranian geologist discovers mud volcano phenomenon on Mars”
June 28 –
“Earth And Mars Are Different To The Core, Scientists Find”
June 29 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
June 29 –
Asteroid 4433 Goldstone Closest Approach To Earth (1.203 AU)
June 29 –
Asteroid 17059 Elvis Closest Approach To Earth (1.444 AU)
June 29 –
“NASA’s Opportunity rover ready for descent into Mars’ Victoria Crater”
June 30 – 13:49 UT –
Full Moon
Snow Moon
June 29 –
Astronomy Picture of the Day
June 30 –
As of today there are 874 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
June 30 –
Asteroid 9769 Nautilus Closest Approach To Earth (1.261 AU)
June 30 –
“The M3 globular cluster”
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