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July 2008 Celestial Events & Space Research News
July 2008 –
SkyMaps & Celestial Guides
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July 2008: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – N. Hemisphere
July 2008: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – S. Hemisphere
Astronomy Today Sky Guide – July 2008
Southern Skywatch – July 2008
The Sky At Night – watch the latest programme online
July 2008 SkyMaps and Sky Guide NOT AVAILABLE UNTIL July 1st
July 01 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Mercury –
At Its Greatest Western Elongation (22 Degrees)
“A Piece of the Moon and Mars come to Piggott”
“Planets Align for the 4th of July – SkyMap”
“Are Volcanoes Melting Arctic?”
July 02 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
As of today there are 960 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Comet C/2008 J5 (Garradd) –
Closest Approach To Earth (1.136 AU)
“Mystery fireball streaks across sky”
“Lack of cracks may explain Peru meteorite mystery”
“Ulysses hanging on valiantly”
“Impact Earth: Could we divert a giant asteroid?”
“Russian scientists in bid to solve Tunguska Event”
“Fossils of early Earth life may be on the Moon”
“Rosetta awakes from hibernation for asteroid encounter”
“The Sky This Week: The zodiac”
July 03 2008 – 02:19 UT –
New Moon
July 03 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Comet C/2006 Q1 (McNaught) –
Perihelion (2.764 AU)
Asteroid 2004 TG10 Near-Earth Flyby (0.061 AU)
“New Discoveries at Mercury”
“Tunguska: 100 years of wondering”
July 04 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Earth –
At Aphelion (1.017 AU From Sun)
Asteroid 2620 Santana Closest Approach To Earth (1.884 AU)
“Smallest planet shrinks in size”
July 05 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Asteroid 4969 Lawrence Closest Approach To Earth (2.751 AU)
July 06 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Comet C/2007 M1 (McNaught) –
Closest Approach To Earth (6.613 AU)
Asteroid 12760 Maxwell Closest Approach To Earth (1.862 AU)
“The Moon, 2 Planets and Leo – SkyMap for sunset tonight”
July 07 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Cassini, Distant Flyby of Janus & Pandora
Asteroid 433 Eros –
Closest Approach To Earth (2.132 AU)
Asteroid 64070 NEAT Closest Approach To Earth (1.639 AU)
“UK Mars rover hopes face set-back”
July 08 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Jupiter shines brightly – SkyMap for tonight looking southeast after sunset
Asteroid 2906 Caltech Closest Approach To Earth (2.150 AU)
“Mars Rover Set for Final Trip”
“‘Holy grail’ of Mars rock testing on Earth within reach?”
“Nasa reveals final shuttle dates”
July 09 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Jupiter closest approach to Earth on July 9th 2008 – SkyMap for tonight after sunset
Jupiter –
At Opposition
“Moon’s interior ‘did hold water'”
July 10 2008 – 04:35 UT –
End of First Lunar Quarter
July 10 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Asteroid 2002 AZ1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.022 AU)
Asteroid 2003 RU11 Near-Earth Flyby (0.079 AU)
“Date set for Mars sample mission”
“Water on the Moon? New research boosts hopes”
July 11 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Last month Jupiter had three red spots – today there are only two
“What’s Wrong with the Sun? (Nothing)”
July 12 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Asteroid 2001 SZ269 Near-Mars Flyby (0.037 AU)
July 13 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Comet C/2008 J1 (Boattini) –
Perihelion (1.724 AU)
Asteroid 90403 (2003 YE45) –
Near-Earth Flyby (0.042 AU)
Asteroid 2003 YE45 flyby – miss distance 16.5 LD, magnitude 15, size = 1.4Km
“Making the case for a manned mission to Mars”
July 13 – 18 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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10th Annual Asteroids, Comets, Meteors Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland
July 14 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Cassini, Distant Flyby of Prometheus & Pallene
Asteroid 2008 BT18 –
Near-Earth Flyby (0.015 AU)
Asteroid 17058 Rocknroll Closest Approach To Earth (1.782 AU)
Asteroid 2008 BT18 flyby – miss distance 5.9 LD, magnitude 13, size = 1.0Km
“Echus Chasma”
“NASA telescopes spot star ‘factory’”
July 15 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
2008 Noctilucent Cloud Image Gallery
Binary asteroid 2008 BT18 flew past Earth yesterday – watch the movie
Asteroid 17 Thetis –
At Opposition (9.9 Magnitude)
Asteroid 9951 Tyrannosaurus Closest Approach To Earth (1.114 AU)
Asteroid 2003 LC5 flyby – miss distance 62 LD, magnitude 16, size = 1.4Km
“China could reach Moon before US”
July 16 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
“Phoenix takes a stab at Martian ice”
“Mars Express to rendezvous with Martian moon”
A color-enhanced image of the delta in Jezero Crater
which in ancient times held a massive lake
Click the image for a full-size image
NASA/JPL/JHUAPL/MSSS/Brown University
NASA Spacecraft Shows Diverse, Wet Environments on Ancient Mars – Full Story
The three-dimensional image of a trough below
shows types of minerals called phyllosilicates
Click the image for a full-size image
NASA/JPL/JHUAPL/MSSS/Brown University
SEE ALSO:
“Mars suitable for growing asparagus”
June 27 2008
July 17 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
As of today there are 961 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Asteroid 2008 NP3 flyby – miss distance 6.8 LD, magnitude 18, size = 85m
Asteroid 2005 UR64 Near-Mars Flyby (0.049 AU)
“Scientists flooded with signs of ‘rivers’ on Mars”
“Researchers: Enough water on early Mars to support life”
“Is the largest asteroid Pluto’s wayward cousin?”
July 18 2008 – 07:59 UT –
The Full Buck Moon
July 18 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
As of today there are 962 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Asteroid 1997 UA11 Near-Earth Flyby (0.100 AU)
“10 Greatest Major-Impact Craters on Earth”
“XMM-Newton discovers the star that everyone missed”
July 19 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 11
News Release – IAU0806: Fourth dwarf planet named Makemake
Asteroid 3905 Doppler Closest Approach To Earth (2.024 AU)
“Getting the dirt on Mars”
July 20 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 12
Asteroid 1134 Kepler Closest Approach To Earth (0.830 AU)
Asteroid 1566 Icarus Closest Approach To Earth (0.836 AU)
“Rediscover lost art of stargazing”
July 21 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
UNESCO’s Astronomy and World Heritage Initiative: A Call for Involvement
Cassini, Distant Flyby of Pallene, Atlas & Pan
Asteroid 2005 RC34 –
Near-Earth Flyby (0.037 AU)
“Northern star breathes new life”
July 22 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
The 2008 Perseid Meteor Shower: Mark Your Calendar Now For August 12
Comet 19P/Borrelly –
Perihelion (1.355 AU)
July 23 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
“Do black holes suck?”
“European Probe Swings Close by Martian Moon”
July 24 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Comet C/2008 J6 (Hill) –
Closest Approach To Earth (1.934 AU)
“COROT’s new find orbits Sun-like star”
“How Did Life on Earth Get Started?”
“Plasma Bullets Spark Northern Lights”
“StarStuff – subscribe to a weekly journey across the universe”
July 25 2008 – 18:42 UT –
End of Third Lunar Quarter
July 25 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Asteroid 6524 Baalke Closest Approach To Earth (1.390 AU)
Asteroid 2200 Pasadena Closest Approach To Earth (1.474 AU)
“Extinction Followed Eruption”
“Satellites shed light on borealis’ color romp”
“Asteroid threatens planet Earth”
“Down-to-earth science of gazing at the stars”
July 26 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Comet C/2008 J3 (McNaught) –
Closest Approach To Earth (2.805 AU)
Asteroid 5661 Hildebrand Closest Approach To Earth (2.040 AU)
“Comet Boattini, a brilliant icy reminder of our origins”
“Scientists Illuminate the Death of a Star, Birth of a Black Hole”
July 27 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Asteroid 2008 HB38 –
Near-Earth Flyby (0.073 AU)
Asteroid 4446 Carolyn Closest Approach To Earth (1.857 AU)
Asteroid 18725 Atacama Closest Approach To Earth (2.016 AU)
July 28 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Cassini, Distant Flyby of Pan & Prometheus
Asteroid 2004 SB56 Near-Earth Flyby (0.064 AU)
Asteroid 7392 Kowalski Closest Approach To Earth (1.858 AU)
“Reading Archaean Biosignatures”
“Texan following astronaut dad into space, but by a different path”
“‘Sun-eating dragon’ returns to China”
“Ancient galactic magnetic fields stronger than expected”
“Hooked On The Shadow: A Solar Eclipse Documentary”
July 29 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
As of today there are 964 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
South Delta-Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
Northern & Southern Delta-Aquarids Meteor Shower History
Comet C/2007 K3 (Siding Spring) –
Closest Approach To Earth (1.518 AU)
Asteroid 2004 DL1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.070 AU)
Asteroid 9937 Triceratops Closest Approach To Earth (1.106 AU)
“Nano-tools pick out traces of ancient life”
“Eclipses in Ancient China Spurred Science, Beheadings?”
“GOCE begins its journey to launch site”
“Solar eclipse won’t spook Olympics: astrologers”
July 30 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
“Bob Hazen: The Trumpeter Of Astrobiology”
“Mars Express acquires sharpest images of martian moon Phobos”
“Partial Eclipse, Total Fun – get ready for Friday’s Solar Eclipse”
July 31 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Cassini –
Titan Flyby
Asteroid 3350 Scobee Closest Approach To Earth (0.840 AU)
“Calendars with Olympiad display & eclipse prediction: Antikythera Mechanism”
“Antikythera mechanism linked to Archimedes’ home of Syracuse – slideshow”
“Solar eclipse best seen from the north”
“ESA meets increasing demand for Earth observation data”
“Oil doesnt come from dead dinosaurs”
“Total Solar Eclipse on August 1: Where, How to See It”
“Streaming video showing the workings of the Antikythera Mechanism”
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August 2008 Celestial Events & Space Research News
August 2008 –
SkyMaps & Celestial Guides
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August 2008: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – N. Hemisphere
August 2008: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – S. Hemisphere
Astronomy Today Sky Guide – August 2008
The Sky At Night – watch the latest programme online
August 2008 SkyMaps and Sky Guide NOT AVAILABLE UNTIL August 1st
August 01 2008 – 10:13 UT –
New Moon
August 01 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Alpha Capricornids Meteor Shower Peak
As of today there are 965 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Comet C/2008 E3 (Garradd) –
Perihelion (5.532 AU)
Asteroid 54509 YORP flyby – miss distance 67 LD, magnitude 22, size = 130m
Total Solar Eclipse – Visible in Canada, Greenland, Arctic, Russia, Mongolia, China
August 01 2008 Total Solar Eclipse – Live Webcast from the Exploratorium
– 08:04 UT – Beginning of the general eclipse
– 09:11 UT – Beginning of the total eclipse
– 09:24 UT – Beginning of the central eclipse
– 10:13 UT – NEW MOON
– 10:21 UT – Greatest eclipse
– 11:18 UT – End of the central eclipse
– 11:21 UT – End of the total eclipse
– 12:38 UT – End of the general eclipse
NASA Solar Eclipse Bulletin for August 01 2008
How the eclipse will look from London, UK
How the eclipse will look from Samarkand, Uzbekistan
How the eclipse will look from Qaanaaq, Greenland
How the eclipse will look from Dubai, United Arab Emirates
How the eclipse will look from Altay, China
How the eclipse will look from Damascus, Syria
How the eclipse will look from Zurich, Switzerland
How the eclipse will look from Repulse Bay, Nunavut, Canada
How the eclipse will look from Stockholm, Sweden
How the eclipse will look from Colombo, Sri Lanka
How the eclipse will look from Bratislava, Slovakia
How the eclipse will look from Oslo, Norway
How the eclipse will look from Moscow, Russian Federation
How the eclipse will look from Barnaul, Russian Federation
How the eclipse will look from Lahore, Pakistan
How the eclipse will look from Kiev, Ukraine
How the eclipse will look from Ulan Bator, Mongolia
How the eclipse will look from Weinan, China
Path of the Moon’s shadow over the Earth
during the Total Solar Eclipse on August 01 2008
NASA/GSFC
August 01 2008 Total Solar Eclipse – Live Webcast from northern China
August 01 2008 Total Solar Eclipse – Live Webcast from southern China
August 01 2008 Total Solar Eclipse – Live Webcast from Russia
August 01 2008 Total Solar Eclipse – Live Webcast from Norway
“UA’s Mars team: ‘We have water'”
August 02 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Meteor Activity Outlook for August 2-8, 2008
Asteroid 2005 CN61 Near-Earth Flyby (0.087 AU)
“Eclipse incites awe, wonder”
“Perseid meteor shower come thither”
August 03 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Meteor Activity Outlook for August 2-8, 2008
As of today there are 968 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
August 1st Solar Eclipse Global Photo Gallery
“Stars, planets and moons in the night skies this week”
“The night sky for August”
“Witness a private party of three planets”
August 04 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Meteor Activity Outlook for August 2-8, 2008
“Rosetta starts tracking asteroid Steins”
“Life From Earth Somewhere On Mars!”
“Thousands Enraptured by Solar Eclipse”
August 05 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Meteor Activity Outlook for August 2-8, 2008
Comet P/2001 R1 (LONEOS) –
Perihelion (1.345 AU)
Comet C/2007 N3 (Lulin) –
Closest Approach To Earth (1.628 AU)
Comet 95P/Chiron Closest Approach To Earth (14.406 AU)
Asteroid 7495 Feynman Closest Approach To Earth (2.246 AU)
“Phoenix Mars Team Opens Window on Scientific Process”
“Astronomy is a moving experience”
August 06 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Meteor Activity Outlook for August 2-8, 2008
As of today there are 971 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Southern Iota Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
Asteroid 11 Parthenope –
At Opposition (8.8 Magnitude)
Asteroid 2007 RT12 Near-Earth Flyby (0.046 AU)
Asteroid 7672 Hawking Closest Approach To Earth (1.260 AU)
“Free Webinar: Searching for Meteorites at the Bottom of the World”
August 07 2008 – 03:18 UT –
Cross-Quarter Day –
Lughnasad
August 07 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Meteor Activity Outlook for August 2-8, 2008
Comet C/2007 U1 (LINEAR) –
Perihelion (3.329 AU)
August 08 2008 – 20:20 UT –
End of First Lunar Quarter
August 08 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Meteor Activity Outlook for August 2-8, 2008
Asteroid 451 Plato Closest Approach To Earth (1.277 AU)
Asteroid 8721 AMOS Closest Approach To Earth (2.780 AU)
Kuiper Belt Object 2004 PG115 –
Closest Approach To Earth (35.677 AU)
“Cracking The Question Of Extraterrestrial Life”
August 09 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Comet 6P/d’Arrest –
Closest Approach To Earth (0.354 AU)
As of today there are 972 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Asteroid 1999 MN Near-Mercury Flyby (0.035 AU)
Asteroid 3728 IRAS Closest Approach To Earth (2.041 AU)
Asteroid 99905 Jeffgrossman Closest Approach To Earth (2.533 AU)
August 10 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Asteroid 51829 Williemccool Closest Approach To Earth (1.306 AU)
Asteroid 5553 Chodas Closest Approach To Earth (2.226 AU)
August 11 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Perseids (PER) 2008 Meteor Shower
Perseids (PER) SkyTour Details for 2008 Meteor Shower
Perseids Radiant glides past Cassiopia – IMO SkyMap
Cassini –
Enceladus Flyby
Cassini –
Distant Flyby of Mimas & Methone
Comet C/2008 E1 (Catalina) –
Perihelion (4.830 AU)
Asteroid 2008 ON10 flyby – miss distance 12 LD, magnitude 19, size = 50m
Asteroid 9000 Hal Closest Approach To Earth (0.778 AU)
Asteroid 2008 PK9 flyby – miss distance 11 LD, magnitude 18, size = 50m
Asteroid 2791 Paradise Closest Approach To Earth (1.816 AU)
“Perseid meteor shower set to dazzle”
August 12 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Perseids (PER) Meteor Shower Peak – 11:30 to 14:00 UT
Perseids Meteor Shower Images Gallery 2008,
2007,
2006,
2005,
2004,
2002,
2001
Comet C/2007 M1 (McNaught) –
Perihelion (7.473 AU)
August 13 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
“It came from the sky: school rock an ancient meteorite”
“Cracking the Question of Alien Life”
August 14 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
As of today there are 971 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Comet 6P/d’Arrest –
Perihelion (1.354 AU)
Asteroid 2001 RT17 flyby – miss distance 69 LD, magnitude 17, size = 1.2Km
“Dog Days date back to Greeks and Romans”
“Clyde primary school finds ancient meteorite”
August 15 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Neptune –
At Opposition
Asteroid 2006 BJ55 Near-Earth Flyby (0.044 AU)
Asteroid 1991 VH flyby – miss distance 18 LD, magnitude 15, size = 1.8Km
Asteroid 35107 (1991 VH) Near-Earth Flyby (0.046 AU)
Asteroid 2161 Grissom Closest Approach To Earth (1.441 AU)
“Global oxygen level falling, warn scientists”
“Mawrth Vallis Water: Martian Clays Tell Story of a Wet Past”
August 16 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Partial Lunar Eclipse visible Eastern Europe, Africa, Russia, Mid-East, Gulf region, India
– 18:24 UT – Penumbral Eclipse Begins
– 19:36 UT – Partial Eclipse Begins
– 21:10 UT – Greatest Eclipse
– 21:16 UT – The Full Sturgeon Moon
– 22:44 UT – Partial Eclipse Ends
– 23:55 UT – Penumbral Eclipse Ends
Lunar Eclipse Live Webcast from the Netherlands
Lunar Eclipse Live Webcast from Norway
Lunar Eclipse Live Webcast from the Canary Islands
Map of global shadow for the Partial Lunar Eclipse 2008 Aug 16 in .pdf
Crater Immersion and Emersion Times for the Partial Lunar Eclipse 2008 Aug 16 in .pdf
Asteroid 1998 HM1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.052 AU)
August 17 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
August 16th Lunar Eclipse Global Image Gallery &
Interactive Eclipse Map
Asteroid 31664 Randiiwessen Closest Approach To Earth (1.572 AU)
Asteroid 12002 Sues Closest Approach To Earth (1.682 AU)
Asteroid 3420 Standish Closest Approach To Earth (2.308 AU)
“What lunar eclipse means to you?”
August 18 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
“Perfect sight: Rosetta cameras track asteroid target”
“Microbiologist to the stars”
“Biggest 3D galaxy map to probe dark energy’’s history”
August 19 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
August 2008 Aurora Gallery
Cassini –
Distant Flyby of Pallene
Asteroid 12397 Peterbrown Closest Approach To Earth (2.465 AU)
“Meteor hunters set up on rooftops to snap fireballs”
“Living with a Star”
“Hard-to-find craters can reveal age-old mysteries of Earth”
August 20 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Comet C/2007 B2 (Skiff) –
Perihelion (2.975 AU)
Asteroid 9885 Linux Closest Approach To Earth (1.438 AU)
“Cracking the Question of Extraterrestrial Life”
August 21 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Asteroid 2006 SQ372 –
Closest Approach To Earth (23.323 AU)
“Hubble sees magnetic monster in erupting galaxy”
“New sunspots, finally!”
“Space photos solve ancient mystery”
August 22 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 11
Asteroid 2198 Ceplecha Closest Approach To Earth (1.406 AU)
Asteroid 9860 Archaeopteryx Closest Approach To Earth (1.918 AU)
Asteroid 2069 Hubble Closest Approach To Earth (2.628 AU)
“The VMC Mars Webcam: An ordinary camera in an extraordinary place!”
August 23 2008 – 23:50 UT –
End of Third Lunar Quarter
August 23 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
“Off-course rocket destroyed by NASA”
“Sky Watch: Waning summer brings out the stars”
August 24 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Asteroid 1566 Icarus –
Closest Approach To Earth (1.209 AU)
Asteroid 2005 QQ87 Near-Earth Flyby (0.079 AU)
“Southern Cross Stargazer”
August 25 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Northern Iota Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
“XMM-Newton’s massive discovery”
“Stargazing: Sea of the stars”
“Through a Glass Darkly”
“Strange Clouds at the Edge of Space”
“Sky survey yields new cosmic haul”
“Assessing the hazards of space hydrazine, and the media reportage of it”
“Rosetta spacecraft meets asteroid Steins”
August 26 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
As of today there are 975 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Asteroid 9965 GNU Closest Approach To Earth (1.418 AU)
“Mars rover works its way out of crater”
August 27 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Comet P/1997 V1 (Larsen) –
Perihelion (3.272 AU)
August 28 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
As of today there are 976 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Asteroid 2006 JY26 Near-Earth Flyby (0.085 AU)
August 28 – 31 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Iowa Star Party, near Coon Rapids, Iowa
August 29 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
August 2008 Global Aurora Image Gallery
As of today there are 977 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Asteroid 2000 BM19 Near-Venus Flyby (0.034 AU)
Asteroid 2005 GQ21 Near-Mars Flyby (0.038 AU)
Asteroid 2004 RX10 Near-Venus Flyby (0.039 AU)
“Integral locates origin of high-energy emission from Crab Nebula”
August 30 2008 – 19:58 UT –
New Moon
August 30 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Comet P/2003 K2 (Christensen) –
Closest Approach To Earth (1.340 AU)
August 31 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Asteroid 2008 MZ flyby – miss distance 60 LD, magnitude 17, size = 1.1Km
Asteroid 4305 Clapton Closest Approach To Earth (2.101 AU)
Asteroid 1815 Beethoven Closest Approach To Earth (2.494 AU)
“Mars rover leaves crater for Martian plains”
“Southern Cross Stargazer”
“Star Talk: Sagittarius points out center of the Milky Way galaxy”
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September 2008 Celestial Events & Space Research News
September 2008 –
SkyMaps & Celestial Guides
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September 2008: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – N. Hemisphere
September 2008: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – S. Hemisphere
Astronomy Today Sky Guide – September 2008
The Sky At Night – watch the latest programme online
Southern Sky Watch: September Skies
September 2008 SkyMaps and Sky Guide NOT AVAILABLE UNTIL September 1st
September 01 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Asteroid 951 Gaspra –
Closest Approach To Earth (0.916 AU)
Asteroid 1998 SD9 Near-Earth Flyby (0.024 AU)
“Cosmic connections: Imperial scientist locates the origin of cosmic dust”
September 02 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Cassini, Distant Janus Flyby
Comet C/2007 Y2 (McNaught) –
Closest Approach To Earth (4.260 AU)
Asteroid 3267 Glo Closest Approach To Earth (1.125 AU)
“Jules Verne prepares for ISS departure”
“Amateur Astronomers See Perseids Hit the Moon”
September 03 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Cassini, Distant Methone Flyby
Asteroid 10221 Kubrick Closest Approach To Earth (1.516 AU)
Asteroid 5254 Ulysses Closest Approach To Earth (4.140 AU)
“The Sky This Week: How high the moon?
September 04 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Comet C/2008 A1 (McNaught) –
Closest Approach To Earth (1.325 AU)
Asteroid 2004 ST26 Near-Ceres Flyby (0.018 AU)
“Uranus and Neptune: ‘Invisible’ planets of the solar system?”
“Skywatchers Guide: Summer Triangle helps orientation, observation
September 05 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Rosetta –
Asteroid 2867 Steins Flyby
“Look, Up in the Sky! Strange Star Names”
“Why are most space objects smooth?”
September 06 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Comet Shajn-Schaldach –
Perihelion (2.108 AU)
“Rosetta probe flies by ‘diamond in the sky'”
“Earth’s Cosmic Dust”
September 07 2008 – 14:04 UT –
End of First Lunar Quarter
September 07 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
As of today there are 980 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko –
Closest Approach To Earth (1.395 AU)
Asteroid 2003 WT153 flyby – miss distance 5.8 LD, magnitude 23, size = 11 m
Asteroid 2000 RK12 Near-Earth Flyby (0.059 AU)
Asteroid 3767 DiMaggio Closest Approach To Earth (1.922 AU)
September 2008 Aurora Gallery
“The Carolina bays: Explaining a cosmic mystery”
September 08 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
As of today there are 979 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Asteroid 2001 QL163 Near-Earth Flyby (0.062 AU)
Asteroid 1998 SJ70 Near-Earth Flyby (0.098 AU)
“Valley networks on Mars formed during long period of episodic flooding”
September 08 – 12 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Conference: Cosmology Across Cultures, Granada, Spain
September 09 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
“Secret of the universe in the light at the end of the tunnel?”
“Mars ‘had floods from time to time'”
September 10 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Asteroid 185851 (2000 DP107) –
Near-Earth Flyby (0.058 AU)
Asteroid 2005 QC5 Near-Venus Flyby (0.039 AU)
Asteroid 9941 Iguanodo Closest Approach To Earth (1.483 AU)
Cassini, Distant Epimetheus Flyby
“A trip to the beginning of the universe”
“Volcanoes’ meteorite past”
September 11 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Mercury –
At Its Greatest Eastern Elongation (27 Degrees)
Comet 7P/Pons-Winnecke Perihelion (1.253 AU)
Asteroid 2829 Bobhope Closest Approach To Earth (1.665 AU)
“Exploding star shoots gamma rays at earth”
“First Astronomy Open House of year is Sept. 26”
September 12 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 12
Asteroid 1996 HW1 flyby – miss distance 53 LD, magnitude 12, size = 3.7 Km
Asteroid 4370 Dickens Closest Approach To Earth (0.778 AU)
Asteroid 2309 Mr. Spock Closest Approach To Earth (1.942 AU)
“How to become an astronaut: Step-by-Step”
“Replay undocking Jules Verne ATV – video”
September 13 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Uranus –
At Opposition
Asteroid 588 Achilles Closest Approach To Earth (4.219 AU)
“Hosur witnesses shower of meteorites”
September 14 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
“Tremors in Bangalore were due to meteorite impact”
“Asteroid collisions, mass extinction and the loss of an entire sea”
September 15 2008 – 09:13 UT –
The Full Harvest Moon
September 15 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Comet C/2006 OF2 (Broughton) –
Perihelion (2.431 AU)
Asteroid 35352 Texas Closest Approach To Earth (0.952 AU)
“‘Big bang’ experiment is hacked”
“Exoplanet circles ‘normal star'”
September 16 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Asteroid 17023 Abbott Closest Approach To Earth (1.550 AU)
September 17 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Asteroid 2001 SQ3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.056 AU)
Cassini, Distant Mimas & Calypso Flyby
“BBC airs theory that meteorites hit every 1000 years”
“Fly your picture on the International Space Station”
September 18 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Comet C/2007 S2 (Lemmon) –
Perihelion (5.549 AU)
Asteroid 3352 McAuliffe –
Closest Approach To Earth (1.223 AU)
Asteroid 3568 ASCII Closest Approach To Earth (1.471 AU)
“MAVEN Will Uncover the Secrets of Mars’ Ancient Past”
“X-ray pulse seen in biggest holes”
“HiRISE Stereo, Color Images Detail Mars Terrain that Tantalizes Explorers”
September 18 – 21 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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International Meteor Conference 2008, Sachticka, Slovakia
September 19 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Asteroid 2003 SW130 flyby – miss distance 8.6 LD, magnitude 23, size = 7 m
Asteroid 9949 Brontosaurus Closest Approach To Earth (1.483 AU)
“Ice chunk suggests permafrost quite hardy”
“Research Underway at Ancient Observatory in Kokino, Macedonia”
“Controversial dwarf planet finally named ‘Haumea'”
“Navigating by the Stars”
“Amazing dunes reveal climate change on Mars”
September 20 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
“For hunters, the moon is more than meets the eye”
“CW: Survival of water bears in space strengthens theory of Panspermia”
“Dwarf planet named after Hawaiian goddess”
September 21 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
As of today there are 980 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
September 22 2008 – 05:04 UT –
End of Third Lunar Quarter
September 22 2008 – 15:44 UT –
Alban Elfed –
Autumnal Equinox
September 22 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
First sunspot of Solar Cycle 24?: View this latest SoHo magnetogram
Comet 147P/Kushida-Muramatsu –
Perihelion (2.756 AU)
“Unequal equinox: Season’s start is wrongly named”
September 23 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 18
First sunspot of Solar Cycle 24?: View this latest image
Asteroid 216 Kleopatra –
Closest Approach To Earth (1.233 AU)
Asteroid 5641 McCleese Closest Approach To Earth (1.079 AU)
Asteroid 12574 LONEOS Closest Approach To Earth (1.711 AU)
“Summer lingers in region’s night sky”
“Ulysses spacecraft data indicate Solar System shield lowering”
September 24 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
As of today there are 981 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
“NASA’s Mars rover will embark on two-year trek”
“Astronomers Detect The Most Distant Gamma-Ray Burst”
“Solar Wind Loses Power, Hits 50-year Low”
September 25 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Asteroid 2001 SY269 Near-Mars Flyby (0.044 AU)
“Lift-off for China space mission”
“Europe all set for lunar mission Chandrayaan-1”
September 25 – 28 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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6th Annual Great Lakes Star Gaze, Gladwin, Michigan
September 26 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
As of today there are 982 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Asteroid 1998 UO1 flyby – miss distance 25 LD, magnitude 18, size = 2.0 Km
Asteroid 137032 (1998 UO1) Near-Earth Flyby (0.063 AU)
“China’s space city beams with pride following Shenzhou launch”
“Unknown Earth: Our planet’s seven biggest mysteries”
“Lava deposits in Mangala Fossae”
“China’s Shenzhou-7 spacecraft completes orbit maneuver”
September 27 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Asteroid 2006 TD Near-Earth Flyby (0.081 AU)
Asteroid 8014 (1990 MF) Near-Mars Flyby (0.022 AU)
September 28 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
“Pleiades rises late on fall evenings”
“Venus, Jupiter brighten October’s evening skies”
“Mission Homepage: Shenzhou-7 lands safely”
September 29 2008 – 08:12 UT –
New Moon
September 29 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
As of today there are 985 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Comet C/2008 A1 (McNaught) –
Perihelion (1.073 AU)
Asteroid 7818 Muirhead Closest Approach To Earth (0.734 AU)
Asteroid 3355 Onizuka Closest Approach To Earth (1.141 AU)
“Long Trip: Mars rover aimed at giant crater”
“Successful re-entry marks bright future for ATV”
“Nicaraguan Volcano Provides Insight into Early Mars”
September 30 2008 –
Today’s Space News & Celestial Events
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
As of today there are 986 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Asteroid 3808 Tempel Closest Approach To Earth (1.619 AU)
Asteroid 4169 Celsius Closest Approach To Earth (1.827 AU)
“Hubble glitch delays shuttle trip”
“Jules Verne re-entry video”
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