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January 2009 Celestial Events & Space Research News
January 2009 SkyMaps and SkyGuides NOT AVAILABLE UNTIL January 1st
January 2009 –
SkyMaps & Celestial Guides
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January 2009: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – N. Hemisphere
January 2009: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – S. Hemisphere
Astronomy Today Sky Guide – January 2009
The Sky At Night – watch the latest programme online
Night Sky January 2009
January 01 2009 –
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
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment – begins today
As of today there are 1013 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Asteroid 2008 LW16 Near-Earth Flyby (0.076 AU)
“Meteorite Triggered Ancient New York Tsunami?”
“The Sky This Week: Why January 1 is the first of the year?”
January 02 2009 –
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
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
Asteroid 2008 YC29 flyby – miss distance 3.4 LD, magnitude 18, size = 35 m
Asteroid 2008 YC29 –
Near-Earth Flyby (0.009 AU)
Asteroid 2008 WQ63 –
Near-Earth Flyby (0.067 AU)
“Did a Comet Hit Earth 12,000 Years Ago?”
“Ancient nanodiamonds proof of Earth’s impact with comets 12900 yrs ago”
“Comet Impact May Have Wiped Out Mammoths, Indians”
“Diamond clues to beasts’ demise”
“North American Comet Swarm 12,900 Years Ago?”
“Six North American Sites Hold 12,900-year-old Nanodiamond-rich Soil”
January 02/04 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Meteors from a Shattered Comet: the Quadrantids
The 2009 Quadrantids Meteor Shower – SkyMap
Quadrantids (QUA) meteor shower…
January 03 2009 –
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
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
Quadrantids (QUA) meteor shower peak expected January 03, 12:50 UT
Daylight or cloudy night skies? Listen to the meteors on Space Weather Radio
As of today there are 1015 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Asteroid 2008 YY32 flyby – miss distance 6.2 LD, magnitude 18, size = 40 m
“The Holocene Broken Comet Impact Sequence”
“NASA’s rovers mark five years on Red Planet”
“Books to help you look up at the skies”
January 04 2009 – 11:56 UT –
End of First Lunar Quarter
January 04 2009 –
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
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
2009 Quadrantid Meteor Gallery
Earth –
At Perihelion (0.983 AU From Sun)
As of today there are 1014 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Asteroid 2008 YG30 flyby – miss distance 3.6 LD, magnitude 16, size = 50 m
Asteroid 17744 Jodiefoster Closest Approach To Earth (1.712 AU)
Asteroid 1034 Mozartia Closest Approach To Earth (1.743 AU)
January 05 2009 –
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
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
January 2009 Aurora Gallery
Comet P/2002 CW134 (LINEAR) –
Perihelion (1.844 AU)
Asteroid 7291 Hyakutake Closest Approach To Earth (1.941 AU)
Asteroid 51824 Mikeanderson Closest Approach To Earth (2.255 AU)
January 06 2009 –
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
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
“Severe Space Weather Events: Executive Summary in .pdf”
“Alien asteroid dust hints at Earth-like planets”
January 07 2009 –
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
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
Asteroid 6735 Madhatter Closest Approach To Earth (1.033 AU)
Asteroid 51823 Rickhusband Closest Approach To Earth (1.832 AU)
Asteroid 1691 Oort Closest Approach To Earth (1.886 AU)
“Catastrophic Coincidence: Contemporaneous Meteorite Impact, Flood Volcanism”
January 08 2009 –
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
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
Comet Lulin (C/2007 N3) – SkyMap for early January 2009 –
now approaching Earth
Comet P/2003 K2 (Christensen) –
Perihelion (0.534 AU)
Asteroid 5682 Beresford Closest Approach To Earth (1.567 AU)
“Biggest Full Moon of the Year: Take 2”
January 09 2009 –
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
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
As of today there are 1015 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Asteroid 2008 YV32 flyby – miss distance 2.7 LD, magnitude 19, size = 25 m
“Scientists publish first ever evidence of asteroids with earth-like crust”
January 10 2009 –
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
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
Comet C/2007 N3 (Lulin) –
Perihelion (1.213 AU)
As of today there are 1016 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
January 11 2009 – 03:27 UT –
The Full Wolf Moon
January 11 2009 –
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
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
Asteroid 2008 YF29 flyby – miss distance 9.7 LD, magnitude 18, size = 65 m
Asteroid 2008 YF29 –
Near-Earth Flyby (0.025 AU)
Asteroid 5450 Sokrates Closest Approach To Earth (1.486 AU)
“Mars robot sets out on an epic trek”
January 12 2009 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 20
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
Forum for Astrobiology Research (FAR) Seminar: Habitability
Comet Lulin Photo Gallery
Comet C/2008 G1 (Gibbs) –
Perihelion (3.990 AU)
Asteroid 19578 Kirkdouglas Closest Approach To Earth (1.776 AU)
“Light pollution ‘masking stars'”
January 13 2009 –
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
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
Asteroid 91287 Simon-Garfunkel Closest Approach To Earth (1.228 AU)
Asteroid 6676 Monet Closest Approach To Earth (1.744 AU)
January 14 2009 –
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
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
Venus –
At Its Greatest Eastern Elongation (47 Degrees)
Comet C/2008 Y1 (Boattini) –
Closest Approach To Earth (1.790 AU)
Asteroid 1224 Fantasia Closest Approach To Earth (1.271 AU)
Asteroid 2985 Shakespeare Closest Approach To Earth (1.984 AU)
“Giant Rockets Could Revolutionize Astronomy”
“Europe expects busy year in space”
“Venus may have had continents and oceans in its ancient past”
January 15 2009 –
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
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
Comet Lulin Photo Gallery – updated
Asteroid 2002 AO11 flyby – miss distance 7.7 LD, magnitude 17, size = 120 m
Asteroid 2002 AO11 Near-Earth Flyby (0.020 AU)
“Winter Wonder Rocket Movie”
“Launch of the International Astronomy Year, at UNESCO in Paris”
“The Red Planet is Not a Dead Planet”
January 16 2009 –
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
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
As of today there are 1015 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Asteroid 5430 Luu Closest Approach To Earth (1.692 AU)
“Hubble snaps images of a nebula within a star cluster”
“ESA Envisat: Earth from Space – Canada’s James Bay”
January 17 2009 –
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
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
Comet 204P/LINEAR-NEAT –
Closest Approach To Earth (0.990 AU)
Comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann –
Closest Approach To Earth (5.115 AU)
As of today there are 1017 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Asteroid 1998 CS1 flyby – miss distance 11 LD, magnitude 12, size = 1.3 Km
Asteroid 2009 BS5 flyby – miss distance 2.4 LD, magnitude 18, size = 15 m
Asteroid 136849 (1998 CS1) Near-Earth Flyby (0.029 AU)
Asteroid 11055 Honduras Closest Approach To Earth (1.983 AU)
Asteroid 9661 Hohmann Closest Approach To Earth (3.536 AU)
“Thomas Harriot: A Telescopic Astronomer Before Galileo”
January 18 2009 – 02:46 UT –
End of Third Lunar Quarter
January 18 2009 –
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
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
Comet C/2008 E1 (Catalina) –
Closest Approach To Earth (4.129 AU)
Asteroid 51827 Laurelclark Closest Approach To Earth (1.641 AU)
Asteroid 3162 Nostalgia Cl.osest Approach To Earth (1.756 AU)
Asteroid 656 Beagle Closest Approach To Earth (1.820 AU)
Asteroid 7862 Keikonakamura Closest Approach To Earth (1.848 AU)
January 19 2009 –
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
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
“January 17, 2009, Scandinavian Fireball Sightings”
“Video footage of the January 17, 2009, Scandinavian Fireball”
“NASA Detects Methane On Mars”
January 20 2009 –
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
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
Comet 68P/Klemola –
Perihelion (1.759 AU)
Asteroid 24101 Cassini Closest Approach To Earth (1.082 AU)
Asteroid 48575 Hawaii Closest Approach To Earth (1.782 AU)
Asteroid 886 Washingtonia Closest Approach To Earth (2.599 AU)
January 21 2009 –
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
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
Comet 195P/Hill –
Perihelion (4.439 AU)
Asteroid 2009 BJ2 flyby – miss distance 4.6 LD, magnitude 19, size = 16 m
Comet C/2007 N3 Lulin now visible for binoculars –
SkyMap for late January 2009
Asteroid 132524 APL Closest Approach To Earth (2.305 AU)
“Outer planets choice is narrowed”
“Planet eaters: Chain reactions, black holes and climate change”
January 22 2009 –
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
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
“Danish experts ask to open astronomer Tycho Brahe’s grave”
“Did you know a solar flare can make your toilet stop working?”
January 23 2009 –
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
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
Asteroid 2009 BE flyby – miss distance 2.1 LD, magnitude 17, size = 26 m
Asteroid 2000 CK59 Near-Earth Flyby (0.050 AU)
“Flip-Flop: Did the Moon Do a Turnabout?”
January 24 2009 –
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
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
Asteroid 17062 Bardot Closest Approach To Earth (2.249 AU)
Asteroid 1604 Tombaugh Closest Approach To Earth (2.252 AU)
“Ancient stars can cannibalize to stay young”
January 25 2009 –
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
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
Comet P/2002 JN16 –
(LINEAR) Perihelion (1.784 AU)
Asteroid 2009 BD flyby – miss distance 1.8 LD, magnitude 19, size = 10 m
Asteroid 2009 BO5 flyby – miss distance 6.7 LD, magnitude 20, size = 19 m
Asteroid 8249 Gershwin Closest Approach To Earth (1.175 AU)
January 26 2009 – 07:55 UT –
New Moon
The animation, by Dr. Andrew Sinclair, shows the grey penumbral shadow where the eclipse will be seen as a partial one and the smaller red antumbral shadow
where the eclipse will be seen as an annular
Dr. Andrew Sinclair
click the image to go to the South African Moon Shadow site
and a Live Webcast of the eclipse
January 26 2009 –
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
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
Annular Solar Eclipse – central track visible in Cocos Islands, S. Sumatra & W. Java
Map showing the path of the Annular Solar Eclipse for southeast Asia
Local Circumstances for the partial phases of the Annular Solar Eclipse
Animated Eclipse Map showing phases at various locations
Chinese New Year
MassPike Fireball Sightings: January 23, 2009
Comet 144P/Kushida –
Perihelion (1.439 AU)
Asteroid 8088 Australia Closest Approach To Earth (1.387 AU)
Asteroid 25399 Vonnegut Closest Approach To Earth (1.521 AU)
“Zircon grain dates moon crust’s formation”
January 27 2009 –
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
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
January 26 2009 Solar Eclipse Photo Gallery
Comet C/2007 N3 (Lulin) photo gallery &
SkyMap for late January 2009
Asteroid 2007 UY1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.073 AU)
Asteroid 73491 Robmatson Closest Approach To Earth (1.348 AU)
Asteroid 1288 Santa Closest Approach To Earth (2.019 AU)
“Mars plane could be ideal methane ‘sniffer dog'”
January 28 2009 –
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
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
Asteroid 5029 Asimov Closest Approach To Earth (1.592 AU)
“Exoplanet spotted in Hubble archive”
“The six biggest mysteries of our solar system”
January 29 2009 –
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
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
As of today there are 1018 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
January 30 2009 –
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
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
January 31 2009 –
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
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
As of today there are 1019 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Asteroid 38237 Roche Closest Approach To Earth (1.398 AU)
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February 2009 Celestial Events & Space Research News
February 2009 SkyMaps and SkyGuides NOT AVAILABLE UNTIL February 1st
February 2009 –
SkyMaps & Celestial Guides
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February 2009: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – N. Hemisphere
February 2009: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – S. Hemisphere
Astronomy Today Sky Guide – February 2009
The Sky At Night – watch the latest programme online
Night Sky: February 2009
February 01 2009 –
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
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
“Southern Cross Stargazer”
February 02 2009 – 23:13 UT –
End of First Lunar Quarter
February 02 2009 –
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
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
Cassini, Distant Rhea Flyby
Comet Lulin is brightening fast – SkyMap for early February 2009 before dawn
Asteroid 2009 BK58 flyby – miss distance 1.7 LD, magnitude 17, size = 30 m
Asteroid 2009 BG81 flyby – miss distance 4.4 LD, magnitude 19, size = 12 m
Asteroid 2009 CC2 flyby – miss distance 0.5 LD, magnitude 17, size = 12 m
Asteroid 2008 CD119 Near-Earth Flyby (0.044 AU)
Asteroid 6227 Alanrubin Closest Approach To Earth (2.642 AU)
“Is the Roman Pantheon a colossal sundial?”
Comet Lulin taken by Rolano Ligustri on February 02, 2009
using a remotely-controlled telescope in New Mexico
Rolano Ligustri
click the image to see a higher resolution image and more details
February 03 2009 –
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
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
Comet Lulin (C/2007 N3) Photo Gallery
“Google Earth 5.0 looks up at Mars”
“COROT discovers smallest exoplanet yet, with a surface to walk on”
“International Year of Astronomy activities launched”
February 04 2009 –
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
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
As of today there are 1022 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Asteroid 10389 Robmanning Closest Approach To Earth (1.593 AU)
Asteroid 51825 Davidbrown Closest Approach To Earth (1.943 AU)
Asteroid 43844 Rowling Closest Approach To Earth (2.090 AU)
“Green Comet Approaches Earth”
“March launch planned for ESA’s gravity mission”
“Ancient lunar mineral ‘reveals’ moon’s history”
February 05 2009 –
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
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
February 2009 Aurora Gallery
Comet P/2003 K2 (Christensen) –
Closest Approach To Earth (0.331 AU)
Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko –
Closest Approach To Earth (1.669 AU)
Comet 11P/Tempel-Swift-LINEAR Closest Approach To Earth (1.981 AU)
Asteroid 2009 BW2 flyby – miss distance 8.4 LD, magnitude 20, size = 40 m
Asteroid 3351 Smith Closest Approach To Earth (2.489 AU)
“Exceptionally deep view of strange galaxy”
“ESA’s next long-term ISS mission has a name: OasISS”
“StarStuff with Stuart Gary”
February 06 2009 –
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
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
Comet Lulin glides by Zubenelgenubi in Libra today – pre-dawn SkyMap looking south
As of today there are 1024 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Asteroid 6433 Enya Closest Approach To Earth (1.399 AU)
“Sponges on Steroids”
“Astronauts Swab the Deck”
February 07 2009 –
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
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
Comet 202P/Scotti –
Perihelion (2.527 AU)
Comet Lulin has now become visible to the naked-eye from dark-sky sites
Asteroid 3169 Ostro Closest Approach To Earth (0.898 AU)
Asteroid 2830 Greenwich Closest Approach To Earth (1.233 AU)
Asteroid 5000 IAU Closest Approach To Earth (1.753 AU)
February 08 2009 –
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
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
Comet Lulin (C/2007 N3) Updated Photo Gallery
Comet 201P/LONEOS –
Closest Approach To Earth (1.466 AU)
Asteroid 2009 CP flyby – miss distance 7.7 LD, magnitude 19, size = 20 m
Asteroid 5555 Wimberly Closest Approach To Earth (1.954 AU)
February 09 2009 – 14:49 UT –
The Full Snow Moon
February 09 2009 –
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
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
Animation of the Penumbral Eclipse of the Moon February 9, 2009
Visibility Map of the Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
Asteroid 2008 CQ116 Near-Earth Flyby (0.029 AU)
Asteroid 2004 BY1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.096 AU)
Asteroid 4957 Brucemurray –
Closest Approach To Earth (1.198 AU)
Asteroid 99942 Apophis –
Closest Approach To Earth (1.709 AU)
Asteroid 3259 Brownlee Closest Approach To Earth (1.981 AU)
“‘Silver sensation’ seeks cold cosmos”
“Herschel and Planck ready to move to launch site”
“Hadron Collider relaunch delayed”
February 10 2009 –
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
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
As of today there are 1025 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Asteroid 2009 BE58 flyby – miss distance 8.6 LD, magnitude 16, size = 225 m
Asteroid 2006 AS2 flyby – miss distance 9.2 LD, magnitude 15, size = 370 m
Asteroid 2006 AS2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.024 AU)
Asteroid 10204 Turing Closest Approach To Earth (1.703 AU)
Asteroid 1006 Lagrangea Closest Approach To Earth (2.581 AU)
Kuiper Belt Object 55565 (2002 AW197) Closest Approach To Earth (45.576 AU)
“Gamma-ray Flare Star”
“ESA extends missions studying Mars, Venus and Earth’s magnetosphere”
February 11 2009 –
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
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
Asteroid 2009 BL58 flyby – miss distance 4.8 LD, magnitude 17, size = 55 m
Asteroid 2008 EE5 Near-Earth Flyby (0.047 AU)
“‘Dark’ comets may pose threat to Earth”
“Stratosphere Influences Winter Weather”
February 12 2009 –
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
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
“Russian and US satellites collide”
“ESA’s water mission on track for launch”
February 13 2009 –
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
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
Asteroid 2007 GX5 Near-Venus Flyby (0.026 AU)
Asteroid 1877 Marsden Closest Approach To Earth (3.725 AU)
“Details emerge on possible Mars hot springs”
“Study Raises Doubt about Ancient Giant Comet Explosion”
“Ariane 5 – First launch of 2009”
February 14 2009 –
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
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
Asteroid 1814 Bach Closest Approach To Earth (1.081 AU)
“School astronomy project is out of this world!”
“You can see a star cluster in the February sky”
February 15 2009 –
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
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
Asteroid 5223 McSween Closest Approach To Earth (2.641 AU)
“Galaxy has ‘billions of Earths'”
“Sunspots sketched by Galileo in 1613”
February 16 2009 – 21:37 UT –
End of Third Lunar Quarter
February 16 2009 –
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
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
Comet Lulin glides by Spica in Virgo today – pre-dawn SkyMap looking south
Asteroid 2005 YR3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.070 AU)
“February 13th Kentucky ‘fireball’ eyewitness reports”
“Alien life ‘may exist among us'”
“Mars Craters Tell Story of Water and Ice”
“NASA says Austin, Texas ‘fireball’ NOT satellite debris – watch the video”
February 17 2009 –
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
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
As of today there are 1026 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Asteroid 2003 UX34 Near-Mercury Flyby (0.034 AU)
Asteroid 4763 Ride Closest Approach To Earth (1.450 AU)
Asteroid 2688 Halley Closest Approach To Earth (2.458 AU)
“Help astronomers explore the Universe at Galaxy Zoo”
“Serbia to extend support for astronomers”
“Race for ‘God particle’ heats up”
February 18 2009 –
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
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
Comet Lulin is approaching Earth – SkyMap looking southwest before dawn today
Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko –
Perihelion (1.247 AU)
Asteroid 1999 AQ10 flyby – miss distance 4.4 LD, magnitude 13, size = 390 m
Asteroid 1999 AQ10 Near-Earth Flyby (0.011 AU)
Asteroid 9133 d’Arrest Closest Approach To Earth (2.040 AU)
“Natural antifreeze may keep Mars running with water”
“NASA and ESA prioritise outer planet missions”
“Do gravity holes harbour planetary assassins?”
“UK ‘eyes’ to hunt for other Earths”
February 19 2009 –
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
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
Comet Lulin is approaching Earth – SkyMap looking southwest before dawn today
Asteroid 2956 Yeomans Closest Approach To Earth (1.733 AU)
“Destination Jupiter: NASA & ESA plan multi-billion dollar space mission to gas giant”
“Second ATV named after Johannes Kepler”
“9 amazing observatories of the ancient world unveiled”
“Massive star formation within the Leo ‘primordial’ ring”
“Spectacular Photo-op on Saturn”
February 20 2009 –
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
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
Comet Lulin is approaching Earth – SkyMap looking southwest before dawn today
Asteroid 2007 VU6 Near-Earth Flyby (0.028 AU)
Asteroid 9016 Henrymoore Closest Approach To Earth (2.167 AU)
“Kepler Mission to Hunt for Earth-like Planets”
“Planck follows Herschel to launch site”
“Extreme Gamma-ray Burst”
February 21 2009 –
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
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
Comet Lulin, now 3 times as wide as Jupiter, closest Earth approach to be webcast
Comet Lulin Global Photo Gallery – Updated with Latest Images
As of today there are 1028 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Asteroid 1247 Wilburwright Closest Approach To Earth (2.741 AU)
February 21-28 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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25th Annual Winter Star Party, West Summerland Key, Florida
Comet Lulin photographed by Karzaman Ahmad at the
Langkawi National Observatory, Malaysia
on February 17, 2009
Karzaman Ahmad
click the image to see it in higher resolution
February 22 2009 –
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
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
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“Dwarf Galaxies Forming Out of Nothing More than Pristine Gas”
February 23 2009 –
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
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
Comet Lulin closest approach webcast begins at 16:00 UT today
Comet Lulin approaching Saturn in Leo: SkyMap for 01:00 today
As of today there are 1029 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Asteroid 2009 CV flyby – miss distance 4.8 LD, magnitude 18, size = 62 m
Asteroid 4923 Clarke Closest Approach To Earth (1.494 AU)
“Early astronomy to go on display”
“ESA Bulletin (No. 137, February 2009) now online”
February 24 2009 –
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
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
Comet Lulin & Saturn converge today – SkyMap looking south at 01:00
Comet Lulin near Saturn in Leo today – pre-dawn SkyMap looking south
Comet C/2007 N3 (Lulin) –
Closest Approach To Earth Today (0.412 AU)
Asteroid 2009 DU10 flyby – miss distance 2.3 LD, magnitude 16, size = 18 m
“Watching Venus glow in the dark”
“Astronaut-authored report says NASA needs new direction”
“Dark energy to erase Big Bang’s signal”
“$2 million Geauga park would preserve a patch of dark sky”
February 25 2009 – 01:35 UT –
New Moon
February 25 2009 –
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
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
Comet Lulin moves away from Earth – SkyMap looking south at 01:00
Asteroid 2004 DA53 Near-Earth Flyby (0.051 AU)
Asteroid 13801 Kohlhase Closest Approach To Earth (1.576 AU)
“How to survive the coming century”
“Surviving in a warmer world – interactive map”
“Hacking the planet: The only climate solution left?”
“Otherworldly Solar Eclipse”
February 25-March 01 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Orange Blossom Special Star Party, Dade City, Florida
February 26 2009 –
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
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
Comet Lulin now heading for Regulus in Leo – SkyMap looking south at 01:00
Comet P/2008 T1 (Boattini) –
Perihelion (3.045 AU)
Asteroid 1 Ceres Closest Approach To Earth (1.581 AU)
Asteroid 2007 AG Near-Mercury Flyby (0.025 AU)
“Final European crewmembers announced for human Mars mission simulation”
“Evening Sky Tours Features Saturn, Venus and Comet Lulin”
“Knowledge of astronomy vital, says Pappootty”
“Pretty Sky Alert”
“Southern SkyWatch – February Skies”
February 27 2009 –
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
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
Comet Lulin now approaching Regulus in Leo – SkyMap looking south at 01:00
As of today there are 1030 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
“Follow the Herschel and Planck missions online”
February 28 2009 –
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
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
Comet Lulin moving past Regulus in Leo – SkyMap looking south at 01:00
As of today there are 1032 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Asteroid 2005 XV77 Near-Mercury Flyby (0.026 AU)
Asteroid 2004 XN50 Near-Mercury Flyby (0.029 AU)
Asteroid 2007 CX50 Near-Mars Flyby (0.031 AU)
Asteroid 4148 McCartney Closest Approach To Earth (1.050 AU)
Asteroid 117329 Spencer Closest Approach To Earth (1.059 AU)
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March 2009: SkyMaps & Observing Notes – N. Hemisphere
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Astronomy Today Sky Guide – March 2009
The Sky At Night – watch the latest programme online
Night Sky: March 2009
March 01 2009 –
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
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
As of today there are 1033 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Asteroid 2009 DS43 flyby – miss distance 6.9 LD, magnitude 18, size = 32 m
Asteroid 2008 EY5 Near-Earth Flyby (0.087 AU)
Asteroid 37582 Faraday Closest Approach To Earth (1.617 AU)
Asteroid 24102 Jacquecassini Closest Approach To Earth (1.722 AU)
March 02 2009 –
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
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
Asteroid 2009 DD45 flyby – miss distance 0.2 LD, magnitude 11, size = 35 m
“Help to define a lunar lander”
“Mysterious Moon Flashes Signs of “Last Gasps”?”
March 03 2009 –
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
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
Asteroid 2009 DN4 flyby – miss distance 8.1 LD, magnitude 21, size = 27 m
“Ancient supernovae may be recorded in Antarctic ice”
“Stars forced to relocate near the Southern Fish”
“Surface of Mars was alive with rivers and streams just 1m years ago”
March 04 2009 – 07:46 UT –
End of First Lunar Quarter
March 04 2009 –
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
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
March 2009 Aurora Gallery
As of today there are 1035 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Asteroid 2009 EA flyby – miss distance 7.4 LD, magnitude 19, size = 24 m
“Martian Volcano Could Harbor Primitive Life”
“A bizarre universe may be lurking in the shadows”
March 05 2009 –
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
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
Southern SkyWatch: In the sky This Week
Comet Lulin gliding through Cancer – SkyMap looking south at 22:00 local time today
Asteroid 4099 Wiggins Closest Approach To Earth (1.583 AU)
“Herschel spruced up after arrival in Kourou”
“Volcanic Gases Fuel Earth’s Highest Known Microbial Systems”
“Is there anybody out there?”
March 06 2009 –
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
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
Comet Lulin gliding through Cancer – SkyMap looking south at 22:00 local time today
Asteroid 2009 EW flyby – miss distance 0.9 LD, magnitude 16, size = 23 m
“Telescope ‘cousins’ meet at last”
March 07 2009 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Explore The Sunspot Cycle
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
Comet 59P/Kearns-Kwee –
Perihelion (2.356 AU)
Comet Lulin hidden by the moon – SkyMap looking south at 22:00 local time today
Asteroid 161989 Cacus flyby – miss distance 70.5 LD, magnitude 16, size = 1.7 Km
Asteroid 5049 Sherlock Closest Approach To Earth (1.534 AU)
Asteroid 4017 Disneya Closest Approach To Earth (1.850 AU)
Asteroid 4255 Spacewatch Closest Approach To Earth (2.971 AU)
Triad Starfest (TriStar), Jamestown, North Carolina
“Kepler Mission Rockets to Space in Search of Other Earths”
“The Kepler Mission Begins”
“The sky at night, as charted in the 7th century”
“Kepler camera launched: Other ‘earths’ where are you?”
March 08 2009 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Daily Sunspot Number for last 24 hours: 0
Explore The Sunspot Cycle
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
Daylight Saving – Set Clock Ahead 1 Hour (United States)
Saturn –
At Opposition
As of today there are 1037 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Asteroid 2009 EH1 flyby – miss distance 1.6 LD, magnitude 18, size = 12 m
“JPL astrobiologist to speak in library’s space program”
March 09 2009 –
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
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
Asteroid 2005 ES70 Near-Earth Flyby (0.082 AU)
Asteroid 1862 Apollo Closest Approach To Earth (1.239 AU)
Asteroid 2009 ET flyby – miss distance 9.5 LD, magnitude 21, size = 15 m
March 10 2009 –
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
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
Comet P/2008 J3 (McNaught) –
Perihelion (2.288 AU)
Asteroid 2009 DV43 flyby – miss distance 8.5 LD, magnitude 18, size = 80 m
March 11 2009 – 02:38 UT –
The Full Worm Moon
March 11 2009 –
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
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
Asteroid 2009 EU flyby – miss distance 3.5 LD, magnitude 18, size = 21 m
Asteroid 2007 FS3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.016 AU)
Asteroid 2003 WP25 Near-Earth Flyby (0.036 AU)
Asteroid 4221 Picasso Closest Approach To Earth (1.447 AU)
Asteroid 6030 Zolensky Closest Approach To Earth (2.318 AU)
March 12 2009 –
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
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
Asteroid 1998 OR2 flyby – miss distance 69.8 LD, magnitude 14, size = 3.3 Km
“NASA Hubble Space Telescope Daily Report #4807”
March 13 2009 –
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
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
Asteroid 2008 EZ84 Near-Earth Flyby (0.090 AU)
Asteroid 4457 van Gogh Closest Approach To Earth (1.326 AU)
March 14 2009 –
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
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
Asteroid 2009 DR3 flyby – miss distance 7.2 LD, magnitude 16, size = 225 m
March 15 2009 –
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
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
Asteroid 8353 Megryan Closest Approach To Earth (1.853 AU)
Dwarf Planet Makemake Closest Approach To Earth (51.231 AU)
March 16 2009 –
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
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
Asteroid 2009 FR flyby – miss distance 6.7 LD, magnitude 19, size = 22 m
Asteroid 2009 FJ flyby – miss distance 4.9 LD, magnitude 17, size = 46 m
Asteroid 36800 Katarinawitt Closest Approach To Earth (1.492 AU)
March 17 2009 –
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
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
Asteroid 2009 FW4 flyby – miss distance 2.8 LD, magnitude 16, size = 53 m
March 18 2009 – 17:47 UT –
End of Third Lunar Quarter
March 18 2009 –
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
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
Asteroid 2009 FH flyby – miss distance 0.2 LD, magnitude 14, size = 21 m
March 19 2009 –
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
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
Asteroid 2009 FK flyby – miss distance 1.0 LD, magnitude 17, size = 9 m
Asteroid 9954 Brachiosaurus Closest Approach To Earth (1.961 AU)
March 20 2008 – 11:44 UT –
Alban Eilir –
Vernal (Spring) Equinox
March 20 2009 –
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
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
Comet P/2002 Q1 (Van Ness) –
Perihelion (1.551 AU)
Comet C/2008 T2 (Cardinal) –
Closest Approach TO Earth (1.727 AU)
Asteroid 2009 DO111 flyby – miss distance 1.2 LD, magnitude 13, size = 117 m
Asteroid 10792 Ecuador Closest Approach To Earth (2.320 AU)
“Space station unfurls solar wings”
March 21 2009 –
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
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
March 22 2009 –
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
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
March 23 2009 –
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
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
Asteroid 2009 FX4 flyby – miss distance 6.1 LD, magnitude 19, size = 37 m
March 24 2009 –
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
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
As of today there are 1048 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
“Briny pools ‘may exist on Mars'”
March 25 2009 –
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
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
“Fifth European Conference on Space Debris to address key issues”
“Astronomy Question Of The Week: Why Does The Sun Have (Black) Spots”
“UNESCO asked to consider Jantar Mantars as heritage sites”
March 25-29 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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1st Annual Hodges Gardens Star Party, Florien, Lousiana
March 26 2009 – 16:06 UT –
New Moon
March 26 2009 –
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
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
Comet 145P/Shoemaker-Levy 5 –
Perihelion (1.891 AU)
Asteroid 7958 Leakey Closest Approach To Earth (1.029 AU)
“Mars domes may be ‘mud volcanoes'”
“Tracked asteroid debris collected”
March 27 2009 –
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
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
Cassini –
Titan Flyby
Asteroid 2009 FD flyby – miss distance 1.6 LD, magnitude 13, size = 160 m
Asteroid 2866 Hardy Closest Approach To Earth (2.460 AU)
March 28 2009 –
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
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
Venus has passed the Sun and is now a Morning Star: watch the animated graphic
Asteroid 2002 VX91 Near-Earth Flyby (0.065 AU)
“Methane-producing mineral discovered on Mars”
“Deep-sea rocks point to early oxygen on Earth”
March 29 2009 –
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
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
Daylight Saving – Set Clock Ahead 1 Hour (UK & parts of Europe)
Asteroid 18458 Caesar Closest Approach To Earth (1.016 AU)
“Nasa’s Discovery returns to Earth”
“100 Hours of Astronomy: An event 400 years in the making”
March 30 2009 –
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
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
As of today there are 1049 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Asteroid 19383 Rolling Stones Closest Approach To Earth (1.582 AU)
“Streaking lights, explosions reported all along coast”
March 31 2009 –
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
Space Weather Radio – live sounds from the near-Earth environment…
March 2009 Aurora Gallery
Asteroid 3783 Morris Closest Approach To Earth (1.521 AU)
Asteroid 7336 Saunders Closest Approach To Earth (2.355 AU)
“Russian-European crew starts ‘Mars mission'”
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