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October 2008 Celestial Events & Space Research News
October 2008 –
SkyMaps & Celestial Guides
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October 2008: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – N. Hemisphere
October 2008: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – S. Hemisphere
Astronomy Today Sky Guide – October 2008
The Sky At Night – watch the latest programme online
October 01 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Asteroid 9770 Discovery Closest Approach To Earth (1.606 AU)
Asteroid 9880 Stegosaurus Closest Approach To Earth (1.175 AU)
“Hubble enters safe mode”
“Supernovae, spacewalks and snow: The week in space”
October 02 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Asteroid 2008 QS11 flyby – miss distance 11 LD, magnitude 14, size = 470 m
Cassini, Distant Flyby of Tethys
Asteroid 2002 GM5 Near-Earth Flyby (0.011 AU)
“How Round is the Sun?”
“Digging up Ancient Microbes”
October 03 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Asteroid 16857 Goodall Closest Approach To Earth (1.417 AU)
Asteroid 8084 Dallas Closest Approach To Earth (2.549 AU)
Asteroid 2246 Bowell Closest Approach To Earth (3.302 AU)
“Clocking the Speed of Stars”
October 04 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
As of today there are 987 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Asteroid 2008 SH148 flyby – miss distance 5.8 LD, magnitude 19, size = 26 m
“Cassiopeia’s and the Dipper’s unending ballet”
October 04 – 10 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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World Space Week
October 05 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 12
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
As of today there are 988 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Asteroid 12382 Niagara Falls Closest Approach To Earth (1.767 AU)
October 06 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
MESSENGER –
2nd Mercury Flyby
Comet 187P/LINEAR –
Perihelion (3.693 AU)
Asteroid 2005 GN59 flyby – miss distance 20 LD, magnitude 15, size = 1.4 km
Asteroid 164400 (2005 GN59) –
Near-Earth Flyby (0.052 AU)
Asteroid 4701 Milani Closest Approach To Earth (1.353 AU)
“COROT discovery stirs exoplanet classification rethink”
“Extinction by asteroid a rarity”
October 07 2008 – 14:04 UT –
First Lunar Quarter
October 07 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Asteroid 2008 TC3 flyby – IMPACT, magnitude -13, size = 3 m
Asteroid 1620 Geographos –
Closest Approach To Earth (0.535 AU)
Asteroid 2005 TQ45 Near-Earth Flyby (0.044 AU)
“2008 ozone hole larger than last year”
“NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 7 October 2008”
“Brown scientists among first to glimpse Mercury images”
October 08 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Comet C/2008 L2 (Hill) –
Closest Approach To Earth (1.387 AU)
“Splashy portrait paints picture of how stars form”
October 09 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Cassini –
Enceladus Flyby
Cassini, Distant Flyby of Telesto & Janus
Draconids Meteor Shower Peak
Comet 200P/Larsen –
Closest Approach To Earth (2.295 AU)
Asteroid 1991 Darwin Closest Approach To Earth (1.025 AU)
Asteroid 1225 Ariane Closest Approach To Earth (1.248 AU)
“‘Cosmic eye’ observes universe”
“Re-Discovery of Long-Lost Comet Barnard 3”
“Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle – new video”
“Cassiopeia reigns over autumn skies”
October 10 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Images of the 2008 TC3 fireball from space!
Asteroid 2008 TZ flyby – miss distance 5.3 LD, magnitude 18, size = 37 m
As of today there are 990 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Comet P/2001 J1 (NEAT) –
Closest Approach To Earth (0.980 AU)
“Venus Express searching for life – on Earth”
“The Day the World Didn’t End”
“NASA presses ahead for Mars rover launch in 2009”
October 11 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 12
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Comet P/2001 CV8 (LINEAR) –
Perihelion (2.160 AU)
“Saturn’s rings may be remains of ancient moon”
October 12 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 16
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
October 2008 Global Aurora Gallery
Comet 172P/Yeung –
Perihelion (2.240 AU)
Asteroid 2007 DM41 Near-Earth Flyby (0.061 AU)
Asteroid 29075 (1950 DA) –
Closest Approach To Earth (1.484 AU)
Asteroid 5143 Hercales Closest Approach To Earth (1.988 AU)
October 13 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 16
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Asteroid 2008 UV5 –
Near-Earth Flyby (0.047 AU)
“How Deep is the Gene Pool? – Interview with Anthony Poole”
“Giant Cycones at Saturn’s Poles Create a Swirl of Mystery”
“Skywatch: Columbus’ voyage written in the stars”
October 14 2008 – 20:02 UT –
The Full Hunter’s Moon
October 14 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 16
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Kuiper Belt Object 15760 (1992 QB1) –
Closest Approach To Earth (40.051 AU)
Dwarf Planet 136199 Eris (2003 UB313) –
Closest Approach To Earth (95.778 AU)
Asteroid 2008 UT2 –
Near-Earth Flyby (0.027 AU)
“Hubble re-boot expected this week”
“Faint gamma-ray bursts do actually exist”
October 15 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 14
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
“Penn State’s new astrobiology initiative”
October 16 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 13
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
US Govt. releases data from October 7 bolide IMPACT over Sudan
USAF Archive of Fireball Data Releases
Asteroid 2008 UA7 –
Near-Earth Flyby (0.067 AU)
Asteroid 1999 VP11 flyby – miss distance 72 LD, magnitude 17, size = 860 m
“Gamma-ray Bursts: The Mystery Continues”
“ESA closes in on the origin of Mars’ larger moon”
“Did Volcanoes Spark Life on Earth?”
“NASA Faces Obstacles in Its Search for Life on Mars”
October 17 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 24
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
“Ancient 486 PC takes over Hubble telescope”
“Gardening by the signs of the zodiac?”
“Discovered: A New Kind of Pulsar”
“Building a safer space together”
“Solar activity the primary driver of global temperature rise”
“NASA Faces Obstacles in Its Search for Life on Mars”
October 18 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 11
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Asteroid 2001 UY4 flyby – miss distance 74 LD, magnitude 17, size = 1.1 km
Asteroid 334 Chicago Closest Approach To Earth (2.915 AU)
October 19 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Asteroid 2008 UR2 –
Near-Earth Flyby (0.004 AU)
Asteroid 2008 UF1 –
Near-Earth Flyby (0.010 AU)
Asteroid 8000 Isaac Newton Closest Approach To Earth (1.998 AU)
Asteroid 1069 Planckia Closest Approach To Earth (2.449 AU)
“Interstellar Boundary Explorer Mission: IBEX is in Orbit!”
October 20 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Great World Wide Star Count starts today – assess light pollution in your area
October 2008 Aurora Gallery – updated
“October sky is ideal for watching Venus, meteors”
“How do we know how long the sun will last?”
October 21 2008 – 11:55 UT –
Last Lunar Quarter
October 21 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Great World Wide Star Count – assess light pollution in your area
Orionids Meteor Shower Peak
2008 Orionids Meteor Shower Peak – skymap looking south before sunrise
2008 Orionids Meteor Shower from Halleys Comet
Comet C/2007 U1 (LINEAR) –
Closest Approach To Earth (2.423 AU)
Comet Barnard-Boattini flyby –
miss distance 75 LD, magnitude 16, size = unknown
“India readies first moon mission in Asian space race”
October 22 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Great World Wide Star Count – assess light pollution in your area
2008 Orionids Meteor Shower Image Gallery
The IMO 2008 Orionids Meteor Shower visual data activity profile
Mercury –
At Its Greatest Western Elongation (18 Degrees)
Asteroid 2008 UM1 flyby miss distance 0.2 LD, magnitude 22, size = 2 m
Asteroid 2000 FJ10 Near-Earth Flyby (0.063 AU)
“India launches first unmanned moon mission”
“The Case of the Missing Gamma-ray Bursts”
“Antikythera mechanism exhibition”
“Chandrayaan-1 successfully launched – next stop: the Moon”
“Swedish, German and the UK’s payloads aboard Chandrayaan-1”
October 23 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Great World Wide Star Count – assess light pollution in your area
2008 Orionids Meteor Shower Image Gallery – updated
Asteroid 2008 TT26 flyby – miss distance 3.6 LD, magnitude 15, size = 70 m
Asteroid 2000 EX106 flyby – miss distance 69 LD, magnitude 18, size = 1.1 km
Asteroid 6984 Lewiscarroll Closest Approach To Earth (2.577 AU)
“India launches first unmanned moon mission”
“NASA along for India moon ride”
“Team records ‘music’ from stars”
“Seasonal Changes in Global Net Radiation”
October 24 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Great World Wide Star Count – assess light pollution in your area
Cassini, Distant Flyby of Mimas
Comet P/2008 T4 (Hill) –
Closest Approach To Earth (1.554 AU)
Asteroid 2008 UT1 –
Near-Earth Flyby (0.091 AU)
“Biogeochemistry: Life before the rise of oxygen”
“GOCE launch delayed until 2009”
“Earth’s core ‘getting colder'”
“COROT directly sees ‘Sun-quakes’ in other stars for the first time”
October 25 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Great World Wide Star Count – assess light pollution in your area
2008 Orionids Meteor Shower Image Gallery – updated
As of today there are 992 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Comet P/2008 Q2 (Ory) –
Closest Approach To Earth (0.395 AU)
Comet P/2008 T3 (Barnard-Boattini) –
Perihelion (1.145 AU)
Asteroid 7367 Giotto Closest Approach To Earth (2.572 AU)
October 25 – 26 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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All Arizona Star Party, Arizona City, Arizona
October 26 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Great World Wide Star Count – assess light pollution in your area
Daylight Saving – Set Clock Back 1 Hour (Europe)
2008 Orionids Meteor Shower still active: MO visual data activity profile
Comet P/2008 QP20 (LINEAR-Hill) –
Closest Approach To Earth (0.749 AU)
Asteroid 2008 UA92 –
Near-Earth Flyby (0.033 AU)
Asteroid 6000 United Nations Closest Approach To Earth (1.171 AU)
Asteroid 3949 Mach Closest Approach To Earth (1.284 AU)
Asteroid 11714 Mikebrown Closest Approach To Earth (1.507 AU)
“Southern Cross Stargazer”
“UK ambitions in space ‘at risk'”
“Starry eyed India now has the moon in its grip”
October 27 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Great World Wide Star Count – assess light pollution in your area
Asteroid 17024 Costello Closest Approach To Earth (1.510 AU)
Asteroid 4 Vesta –
Closest Approach To Earth (1.539 AU)
October 28 2008 – 23:14 UT –
New Moon
October 28 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Great World Wide Star Count – assess light pollution in your area
October 15 Canadian ‘Fireball’ event – see the University of Western Ontario movies
Asteroid 2003 UW29 Near-Earth Flyby (0.069 AU)
A fireball occurred over Colorado on October 28 –
watch another fireball video here
“NASA’s Phoenix Mission Faces Survival Challenges”
“Space Museum to be refurbished”
October 29 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Great World Wide Star Count – assess light pollution in your area
As of today there are 993 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Asteroid 2005 VN flyby – miss distance 4.1 LD, magnitude 15, size = 116 m
Asteroid 1998 VO Near-Earth Flyby (0.080 AU)
Asteroid 88292 Bora-Bora Closest Approach To Earth (1.018 AU)
“MESSENGER unveils more ‘hidden’ territory on Mercury”
“Rare event in life of distant quasar revealed”
“New minerals point to wetter Mars”
October 30 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Great World Wide Star Count – assess light pollution in your area
Asteroid 6602 Gilclark Closest Approach To Earth (0.889 AU)
Asteroid 2421 Nininger Closest Approach To Earth (2.147 AU)
“NASA Probe Reveals Traces of Intense Volcanism from Mercury’s Past”
“Cold Storage for Alien Organisms”
“First Planets Lived Fast and Died Young”
“Ancient Meteorites Give Clues to Planet Formation”
“Strange Martian Landforms Are Paleo Climate Clues”
“Probe in successful Mercury fly-by”
October 31 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 13
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Great World Wide Star Count – assess light pollution in your area
Cassini –
Enceladus Flyby
As of today there are 995 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Asteroid 13681 Monty Python Closest Approach To Earth (2.145 AU)
“Hubble works but servicing slips”
“IAU0808: UNESCO, IAU sign key agreement on Astronomy & World Heritage Initiative”
“Messenger Reports Back From Mercury”
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November 2008 Celestial Events & Space Research News
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November 2008 –
SkyMaps & Celestial Guides
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November 2008: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – N. Hemisphere
November 2008: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – S. Hemisphere
Astronomy Today Sky Guide – November 2008
Southern SkyWatch – November Skies
The Sky At Night – watch the latest programme online
November 01 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 16
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Great World Wide Star Count – assess light pollution in your area and report it…
As of today there are 996 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Asteroid 2008 TX3 flyby – miss distance 9 LD, magnitude 19, size = 45 m
Asteroid 4 Vesta –
At Opposition (6.5 Magnitude)
Asteroid 19367 Pink Floyd Closest Approach To Earth (1.057 AU)
Asteroid 8952 ODAS Closest Approach To Earth (1.749 AU)
“Magnetic Portals Connect Sun and Earth”
“November Skywatch: Demon star, asteroid, meteors”
“Venus and Jupiter head for conjunction”
“India’s lunar probe sends its first pictures from space”
November 02 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 16
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Great World Wide Star Count – assess light pollution in your area and report it…
Daylight Saving – Set Clock Back 1 Hour (United States)
Comet P/2008 QP20 (LINEAR-Hill) –
Closest Approach To Earth (0.749 AU)
Asteroid 2008 UC7 –
Near-Earth Flyby (0.011 AU)
Asteroid UC202 –
Near-Earth Flyby (0.014 AU)
Asteroid 2008 UT95 flyby – miss distance 1.5 LD, magnitude 17, size = 15 m
Asteroid 2008 UB7 –
Near-Earth Flyby (0.042 AU)
Asteroid 2404 Antarctica Closest Approach To Earth (2.462 AU)
“Decoding the Heavens – Antikythera Mechanism book review”
November 03 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 17
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Great World Wide Star Count ends today
Taurids Meteor Shower begins today with the 1st peak in the next 24-48 hours
Taurids Meteor ‘Swarm’ Radiant – SkyMap for early November
Asteroid 2008 VM –
Near-Earth Flyby (0.0003 AU)
Asteroid 2008 VM flyby – miss distance 0.1 LD, magnitude 20, size = 4 m
Asteroid 2001 VG16 Near-Earth Flyby (0.056 AU)
“Cassini might hold secrets to life on Saturn moon”
“Recent Fireball Sightings”
“Stunning Mercury Photos Return to Earth”
November 03/07 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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IAU Symposium 259: Cosmic Magnetic Fields – From Planets, to Stars and Galaxies
November 04 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 18
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Taurids Meteor ‘Swarm’ Radiant – SkyMap for early November
Comet P/2007 R1 (Larson) –
Closest Approach To Earth (3.750 AU)
Asteroid 2008 VA4 flyby – miss distance 7.7 LD, magnitude 17, size = 49 m
Asteroid 2008 VB4 flyby – miss distance 1.3 L, magnitude 18, size = 10 m
Asteroid 2008 VC flyby – miss distance 4.4 LD, magnitude 20, size = 18 m
Asteroid 3356 Resnik Closest Approach To Earth (1.381 AU)
Asteroid 2820 Robinwilliams Closest Approach To Earth (1.824 AU)
“Mars may have hosted water as recently as 2 billion years ago”
“Cosmic fireballs to dazzle the skies this week”
“Moon Might Preserve Alien Life in Dark Craters”
“Phoenix Mission Status Report – Mars Lander begins to fade… “
November 05 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 14
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Taurids Meteor ‘Swarm’ Radiant – SkyMap for early November
The On-going Taurid Meteor Shower
2008 a Taurid ‘Swarm’ year – expect more ‘fireballs’
Comet C/2008 J1 (Boattini) –
Closest Approach To Earth (1.753 AU)
Asteroid 9 Metis –
At Opposition (8.5 Magnitude)
Asteroid 3784 Chopin Closest Approach To Earth (2.351 AU)
“Chandrayaan-1 now in lunar transfer trajectory”
“Strange Martian landforms are climate clues, rover traps”
November 06 2008 – 04:03 UT –
First Lunar Quarter
November 06 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 11
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Southern SkyWatch – November Skies
Taurids Meteor ‘Swarm’ Radiant – SkyMap for early November
Comet P/2001 J1 (NEAT) –
Perihelion (0.944 AU)
Comet 51P/Harrington –
Closest Approach To Earth (1.215 AU)
“Why don’t all comets fall into the Sun?”
“Opal discovery on planet Mars”
November 07 2008 – 01:04 UT –
Cross-Quarter Day –
Samhain
November 07 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 11
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Taurids Meteor ‘Swarm’ Radiant – SkyMap for early November
As of today there are 997 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Asteroid 7231 Porco Closest Approach To Earth (2.088 AU)
“The Sun Shows Signs of Life”
November 08 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Taurids Meteor ‘Swarm’ Radiant – SkyMap for early November
Asteroid 9769 Nautilus Closest Approach To Earth (1.415 AU)
Asteroid 3656 Hemingway Closest Approach To Earth (1.481 AU)
Asteroid 17196 Mastrodemos Closest Approach To Earth (1.982 AU)
“Top 10 places to sky watch”
“Indian satellite orbiting Moon”
“Oldest Evidence for Complex Life in Doubt”
November 09 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Taurids Meteor ‘Swarm’ Radiants –
SkyMap for early November
2008 Taurid Fireball Gallery
Asteroid 4179 Toutatis flyby – miss distance 20 LD, magnitude 14, size = 3.8 km
Asteroid 4179 Toutatis –
Near-Earth Flyby (0.050 AU)
Asteroid 3753 Cruithne –
Closest Approach To Earth (0.396 AU)
Asteroid 6775 Giorgini Closest Approach To Earth (1.993 AU)
“Starwatch: Finding Draco a fun challenge for an evening under the stars”
November 10 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Taurids Meteor ‘Swarm’ Radiants –
SkyMap for early November
2008 Taurid Fireball Gallery
Asteroid 2008 VY3 –
Near-Earth Flyby (0.036 AU)
Asteroid 2062 Aten Closest Approach To Earth (1.087 AU)
“Step closer to crew selection for simulated Mars mission”
“Ancient galaxies pose for the camera”
“Chandrayaan-1 now in lunar orbit”
“An Adventure on the Red Planet”
November 10/14 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Symposium: Cosmic Cataclysms and Life, Frascati, Italy
November 11 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 11
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Taurids Meteor ‘Swarm’ Radiants –
SkyMap for early November
2008 Taurid Fireball Gallery
As of today there are 998 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Asteroid 2008 US4 –
Near-Earth Flyby (0.079 AU)
Asteroid 2991 Bilbo Closest Approach To Earth (1.538 AU)
“NASA Begins Hunt for New Meteor Showers”
“Probe ends historic Mars mission”
November 12 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 18
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Taurids Meteor ‘Swarm’ Radiants –
SkyMap for early November
2008 Taurid Fireball Gallery
Comet P/1999 XN120 (Catalina) –
Perihelion (3.304 AU)
As of today there are 997 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Asteroid 4702 Benclark Closest Approach To Earth (2.071 AU)
“New Sunspot Cycle Begins”
“NASA’s Shock With Dusty Stars”
November 13 2008 – 06:17 UT –
The Full Frosty/Beaver Moon
November 13 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 16
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Taurids Meteor ‘Swarm’ Radiants –
SkyMap for early November
2008 Taurid Fireball Gallery
Comet 59P/Kearns-Kwee –
Closest Appproach To Earth (1.555 AU)
Asteroid 2000 Herschel Closest Approach To Earth (0.867 AU)
“Satellite images of the Arkenu Impact Craters, Libya”
“Southern SkyWatch – in the sky this week”
“Indian lunar probe starts remote sensing of Moon”
November 14 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 21
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
The Taurids Meteor ‘Swarm’ Radiants –
SkyMap for early November
2008 Taurid Fireball Gallery
Kuiper Belt Object 90377 Sedna –
Closest Approach To Earth (86.999 AU)
Asteroid 2008 WE –
Near-Earth Flyby (0.031 AU)
“Planet outside solar system photographed”
“Indian probe touches down on Moon”
“Hubble Directly Observes a Planet Orbiting Another Star”
November 15 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 12
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Comet 193P/LINEAR-NEAT –
Closest Approach To Earth (1.900 AU)
Asteroid 2008 UL3 –
Near-Earth Flyby (0.077 AU)
Asteroid 3130 Hillary Closest Approach To Earth (1.209 AU)
“Lunar impactor dispatched from Indian spacecraft”
November 16 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 11
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Jupiter & Venus closing rapidly: SkyMap for this evening looking SouthWest
Leonids 2008: prediction of activity
IMO Live ZHR Graphs –
Leonids 2008 compiled ‘on-the-fly’
IMCCE Meteor Shower Ephemerides Server – 2008 Leonids
Comet C/2007 G1 (LINEAR) –
Perihelion (2.647 AU)
Asteroid 2008 WO2 flyby – miss distance 1.0 LD, magnitude 20, size = 5 m
November 17 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 11
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Venus & Jupiter closing rapidly: SkyMap looking southwest after sunset today
Leonids 2008 – prediction of activity peak at 00:22 UT from 1466 trail
IMO Leonids 2008 prediction – peak at 01:32 UT from 1466 trail (ZHR ~25 – 100?)
IMO Live ZHR Graphs –
Leonids 2008 compiled ‘on-the-fly’
IMCCE Meteor Shower Ephemerides Server – 2008 Leonids
Leonids Meteor Shower Peaks before dawn
Asteroid 2008 UT5 –
Near-Earth Flyby (0.031 AU)
Asteroid 2006 TS7 Near-Mercury Flyby (0.033 AU)
Asteroid 2074 Shoemaker Closest Approach To Earth (0.805 AU)
November 18 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 11
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Venus & Jupiter closing rapidly: SkyMap looking southwest after sunset today
IMO Leonids 2008 prediction – peak at 21:38 UT from 1932 trail (ZHR ~20?)
IMCCE Meteor Shower Ephemerides Server – 2008 Leonids
“More evidence points to past oceans on Mars”
“Gamma-Ray Evidence Suggests Ancient Mars Had Massive Oceans”
November 19 2008 – 21:31 UT –
Last Lunar Quarter
November 19 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Venus & Jupiter are closing rapidly: SkyMap looking southwest after sunset today
“Did an Asteroid Kill Mars’ Magnetic Field?”
“Discovered: Cosmic Rays from a Mysterious, Nearby Object”
“NASA Tests First Deep-Space Internet”
November 20 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
November 2008 Aurora Gallery – UPDATED
Venus & Jupiter are closing rapidly: SkyMap looking southwest after sunset today
Comet C/2008 O3 (Boattini) –
Closest Approach To Earth (2.046 AU)
“Copernicus’ remains and grave found”
“NASA whittles down list of Mars landing sites”
“Did asteroid cause ancient N.Y. tsunami?”
November 21 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Venus & Jupiter are closing rapidly: SkyMap looking southwest after sunset today
Asteroid 2008 VZ3 flyby – miss distance 5.7 LD, magnitude 18, size = 55 m
Asteroid 4238 Audrey Closest Approach To Earth (1.525 AU)
Asteroid 37452 Spirit Closest Approach To Earth (2.140 AU)
“Giant deposits of ice found by Mars orbiter”
“Mars Express observes aurorae on the Red Planet”
“Mile-thick glaciers give clues to life on Mars”
“Solar Wind Rips Up Martian Atmosphere”
November 22 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Venus & Jupiter are closing rapidly: SkyMap looking southwest after sunset today
As of today there are 999 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Asteroid 2008 VZ3 –
Near-Earth Flyby (0.015 AU)
Asteroid 85236 (1993 KH) –
Near-Earth Flyby (0.099 AU)
Asteroid 2004 XK3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.042 AU)
“New Insight on Mars’ Magnetic Field: The asteroids that altered it were enormous”
“Martian Underground Glaciers could provide samples of water for future colonies”
“The Ancient Oceans of Mars”
November 23 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Venus & Jupiter are closing rapidly: SkyMap looking southwest after sunset today
Asteroid 48300 Kronk Closest Approach To Earth (2.096 AU)
Asteroid 2008 WL –
Near-Earth Flyby (0.089 AU)
“Opal miner stumbles on mega meteorite crater”
November 24 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Venus & Jupiter are closing rapidly: SkyMap looking southwest after sunset today
Asteroid 2008 WD flyby – miss distance 6.9 LD, magnitude 19, size = 30 m
Asteroid 5035 Swift Closest Approach To Earth (1.312 AU)
“Spectacular Conjunction”
“Chandrayaan-1 starts observations of the Moon”
November 25 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Venus & Jupiter are closing rapidly: SkyMap looking southwest after sunset today
Asteroid 2006 US216 Near-Earth Flyby (0.046 AU)
Asteroid 17059 Elvis Closest Approach To Earth (1.283 AU)
Asteroid 2008 WD –
Near-Earth Flyby (0.033 AU)
“India moon craft hit by heat rise”
November 26 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Venus & Jupiter are closing rapidly: SkyMap looking southwest after sunset today
Comet 150P/LONEOS –
Perihelion (1.768 AU)
As of today there are 1001 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Asteroid 2008 WC –
Near-Earth Flyby (0.013 AU)
Asteroid 2008 WC flyby – miss distance 5.1 LD, magnitude 19, size = 23 m
Asteroid 2007 TL23 Near-Venus Flyby (0.030 AU)
Asteroid 3000 Leonardo Closest Approach To Earth (1.081 AU)
“Europe’s 10bn euro space vision”
“UK to have European space centre”
November 27 2008 – 16:55 UT –
New Moon
November 27 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Venus & Jupiter are closing rapidly: SkyMap looking southwest after sunset today
As of today there are 1002 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Asteroid 2008 WM61 flyby – miss distance 3.5 LD, magnitude 18, size = 20 m
Asteroid 2742 Gibson Closest Approach To Earth (1.747 AU)
“Hubble captures views of mammoth stars”
“Earth Perspectives”
November 28 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Venus & Jupiter are closing rapidly: SkyMap looking southwest after sunset today
Asteroid 10799 Yucatan Closest Approach To Earth (1.249 AU)
“Watch for the galaxy next door”
November 29 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Venus & Jupiter are closing rapidly: SkyMap looking southwest after sunset today
November 30 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Venus & Jupiter are closing rapidly: SkyMap looking southwest after sunset today
Asteroid 2002 WQ4 Near-Mars Flyby (0.015 AU)
Asteroid 11246 Orvillewright Closest Approach To Earth (1.196 AU)
Asteroid 4149 Harrison Closest Approach To Earth (2.034 AU)
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SkyMaps & Celestial Guides
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Astronomy Today Sky Guide – December 2008
The Sky At Night – watch the latest programme online
December 01 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Moon Occults Venus
Venus & Jupiter are closing rapidly: SkyMap looking southwest after sunset today
Asteroid 155336 (2006 GA) Near-Venus Flyby (0.032 AU)
Asteroid 2008 WK –
Near-Earth Flyby (0.058 AU)
Asteroid 2003 YS70 Near-Mars Flyby (0.036 AU)
Asteroid 30785 Greeley Closest Approach To Earth (1.357 AU)
December 02 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Kuiper Belt Object 19521 Chaos –
Closest Approach To Earth (40.798 AU)
“December Starwatch by Deane Morrison”
December 03 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
“Venus ultraviolet puzzle ‘solved'”
“World ‘must tackle space threat'”
“Venus, Jupiter and the Moon: The Great Conjunction Photo Gallery”
December 04 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
As of today there are 1005 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
“Ancient supernova mystery solved”
“Return of the Leonids”
“Demon Star: Not so scary after all”
“Astrophysics: Echo from an ancient supernova”
December 05 2008 – 21:26 UT –
First Lunar Quarter
December 05 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
As of today there are 1006 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Asteroid 2008 WY94 flyby – miss distance 3.2 LD, magnitude 19, size = 35 m
Asteroid 2008 WG14 flyby – miss distance 4.8 LD, magnitude 17, size = 49 m
Asteroid 4433 Goldstone Closest Approach To Earth (1.513 AU)
Asteroid 6758 Jesseowens Closest Approach To Earth (2.019 AU)
“Nasa delays its next Mars mission”
“400-yr old star explosion observed”
“Collider ‘needs warning system'”
December 06 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Comet P/2001 X2 (Scotti) –
Closest Approach To Earth (1.573 AU)
As of today there are 1008 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Asteroid 2008 XK flyby – miss distance 1.7 LD, magnitude 17, size = 15 m
Asteroid 6471 Collins Closest Approach To Earth (1.290 AU)
Asteroid 78577 JPL Closest Approach To Earth (1.674 AU)
Asteroid 25143 Itokawa –
Closest Approach To Earth (1.867 AU)
Kuiper Belt Object 2004 XR190 –
Closest Approach To Earth (57.093 AU)
“Orbiter finds Martian rock holding a rhythmic record”
“Martian Rocks Provide Hints on Planet’s Climate Change”
December 07 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Asteroid 10051 Albee Closest Approach To Earth (0.788 AU)
Archive of the Global Superbolide Network
“Colorado Superbolide: watch the video of this amazing fireball”
December 07/12 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Conference: Solar Activity During the Onset of Solar Cycle 24, Napa, California
December 08 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Comet C/2007 M2 (Catalina) –
Perihelion (3.541 AU)
As of today there are 1010 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Asteroid 2007 EE26 Near-Mars Flyby (0.013 AU)
Asteroid 11881 Mirstation Closest Approach To Earth (1.757 AU)
December 09 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Comet P/2001 TU80 (LINEAR-NEAT) –
Perihelion (1.940 AU)
Cassini, Distant Flyby of Calypso
“Black hole confirmed in Milky Way”
December 10 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 11
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Asteroid 2 Pallas –
At Opposition (8.0 Magnitude)
Asteroid 9969 Braille –
Closest Approach To Earth (2.256 AU)
“Orbit Determines Climate”
“Natural signs of the season are all around us”
“Water found in hot planet’s orbit”
“Asteroids Also Give Life, Not Only End It”
December 11 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 11
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Geminids 2008 – Live Updates from the International Meteor Organisation
“Did our cosmos exist before the big bang?”
“Hubble finds carbon dioxide on an extrasolar planet”
“European Mars500 participants announced”
December 12 2008 – 16:37 UT –
The Full Cold Moon or Long Nights Moon
December 12 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 12
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Asteroid 2008 XC1 flyby – miss distance 4.3 LD, magnitude 16, size = 102 m
Asteroid 5891 Gehrig Closest Approach To Earth (1.173 AU)
Asteroid 4628 Laplace Closest Approach To Earth (1.619 AU)
Geminids 2008 – Live Updates from the International Meteor Organisation
“Important role of groundwater springs in shaping Mars”
“Biggest Full Moon of the Year – tonight”
“Cosmic diamonds may be hidden in ‘carbon onions’”
December 13 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Biggest Full Moon of the Year – a photo by Vincent Jaques in the French Alps
Geminids Meteor Shower Peak
Asteroid 2008 XB2 flyby – miss distance 5.8 LD, magnitude 18, size = 47 m
Asteroid 162361 (2000 AF6) Near-Earth Flyby (0.074 AU)
Geminids 2008 – Live Updates from the International Meteor Organisation
“Earth enjoys full moon close-up”
“The Moon Could Be Earth’s Offspring”
December 14 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
2008 Geminid Meteor Gallery
Comet 144P/Kushida –
Closest Approach To Earth (0.589 AU)
Comet 146P/Shoemaker-LINEAR –
Closest Approach To Earth (1.783 AU)
Asteroid 2006 VB14 flyby – miss distance 36 LD, magnitude 15, size = 795 m
Asteroid 2006 VB14 Near-Earth Flyby (0.093 AU)
Asteroid 5036 Tuttle Closest Approach To Earth (2.018 AU)
Geminids 2008 – Live Updates from the International Meteor Organisation
“El’gygytgyn Crater, Russian Far East”
“The Motion of the Moon”
December 15 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Asteroid 2006 KZ39 Near-Mercury Flyby (0.044 AU)
Asteroid 4116 Elachi Closest Approach To Earth (0.978 AU)
Asteroid 447 Valentine Closest Approach To Earth (1.926 AU)
“Phoenix Site on Mars May be in Dry Climate Cycle Phase”
“Scientific theories aiming to explain the biblical ‘Christmas Star'”
“Solar Flare Surprise”
December 16 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Comet 85P/Boethin –
Perihelion (1.147 AU)
Asteroid 4150 Starr Closest Approach To Earth (1.444 AU)
“Enceladus has ‘spreading surface'”
“A Giant Breach in Earth’s Magnetic Field”
“Saturn’s moon has ‘ice volcanoes'”
December 17 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
December 2008 Aurora Gallery
Asteroid 2008 UE7 –
Near-Earth Flyby (0.045 AU)
Asteroid 5203 Pavarotti Closest Approach To Earth (1.556 AU)
“Where did Venus’s water go?”
“Flaw theory over Mars Beagle loss”
December 18 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Asteroid 6223 Dahl Closest Approach To Earth (1.657 AU)
“Unprecedented Tectonics Explain Mars’ Strange Landscape”
December 19 2008 – 10:29 UT –
Last Lunar Quarter
December 19 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Comet Tsuchinshan 2 Near-Jupiter Flyby (0.328 AU)
“Nasa finds ‘missing’ Mars mineral”
“Passage graves from an astronomical perspective”
December 20 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Asteroid 2004 XL14 Near-Earth Flyby (0.061 AU)
“Sky Watch: Sharing DNA with the stars”
December 21 2008 – 12:04 UT –
Alban Arthan –
Winter Solstice
December 21 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
A ‘LIVE WEBCAST’ of the Winter Solstice sunrise at Newgrange, Ireland
A ‘LIVE WEBCAM’ of the Winter Solstice sunset at Maes Howe, Orkney Islands
Cassini, Titan Flyby
Ursid Meteor Shower: Earth is entering a stream of debris from comet 8P/Tuttle
As of today there are 1011 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
December 22 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Ursids Meteor Shower Peak
2008 Ursids Meteor Shower Peak – latest forecast from the IMO
Listen To Live Meteor Radar Echoes – live audio from the USAF
Comet P/2008 T4 (Hill) –
Perihelion (2.511 AU)
Asteroid 8103 Fermi Closest Approach To Earth (2.111 AU)
Saturn’s Crazy Christmas Tilt
– click the image for more details –
, Efrain Morales Rivera, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
December 23 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
December 2008 Northern Lights Gallery
Comet 85P/Boethin –
Closest Appproach To Earth (0.873 AU)
Asteroid 2008 EV5 flyby – miss distance 8.4 LD, magnitude 13, size = 435 m
Asteroid 1221 Amor Closest Approach To Earth (1.084 AU)
Asteroid 18106 Blume Closest Approach To Earth (1.549 AU)
“Phoenix ground work for settling on Mars”
“No light in sight for solstice watchers”
December 24 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Asteroid 2008 YQ2 flyby – miss distance 8.6 LD, magnitude 18, size = 49 m
“Happy Birthday Earthrise”
“Satellites unearthing ancient Egyptian ruins”
December 25 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
As of today there are 1012 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Asteroid 232 Russia Closest Approach To Earth (1.703 AU)
“SNP calls for spaceport in Moray”
December 26 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Comet 57P/du Toit-Neujmin-Delporte –
Perihelion (1.724 AU)
Asteroid 4055 Magellan Closest Approach To Earth (1.306 AU)
“Astrobiology Top 10: Through a Glass Darkly”
December 27 2008 – 12:22 UT –
New Moon
December 27 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
December 27, 2008, California Fireball Sightings
Asteroid 2004 LV3 –
Near-Earth Flyby (0.069 AU)
Asteroid 7032 Hitchcock Closest Approach To Earth (1.094 AU)
Asteroid 39382 Opportunity Closest Approach To Earth (2.273 AU)
“Beauty of double stars”
December 28 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
As of today there are 1011 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Asteroid 2006 JY26 Near-Earth Flyby (0.096 AU)
Asteroid 6336 Dodo Closest Approach To Earth (1.435 AU)
Asteroid 18932 Robinhood Closest Approach To Earth (1.796 AU)
December 29 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Comet C/2008 Q1 (Maticic) –
Perihelion (2.960 AU)
“Could Deep-Sea Microbes Teach Us About Alien Life?”
December 30 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
December 29 2008 New England Fireball Sightings
“Private firms to haul ISS cargo”
December 31 2008 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
December 2008 Aurora Gallery
December 29 2008 New England Fireball Sightings: eye-witness reports
Asteroid 51826 Kalpanachawla Closest Approach To Earth (1.901 AU)
“Grim details of Columbia disaster”
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