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Heliophysics is a fast-developing scientific discipline that integrates studies of the Sun’s variability,
the surrounding heliosphere, and the environment and climate of planets
Over the past few centuries, our understanding of how the Sun drives space weather and climate
on the Earth and other planets has advanced at an ever increasing rate
July 2016 Celestial Events & Space Research News
July 2016 SkyMaps & Sky Guides will not be available until July 1st
The Astronomy Picture of the Day feature will not be available until that date
It is updated daily using Universal Time (UT) which is the same as GMT
July 2016 –
SkyMaps & Celestial Guides
…..
Astronomy Today Sky Guide – July 2016
BBC The Sky at Night – July 2016
Tour July’s Sky: Planets on Parade
July sky guide: Saturn’s rings, Centaurus and a last-chance comet – Australia & Area
Meteorite Times Magazine – July 2016 – available mid-July
The Cassini Solstice Mission – Latest News & Current Location
At the start of July 2016 the Sunspot Number is 0
“Recent volcanic resurfacing of Venusian craters”
“A 6,000-year-old telescope without a lens”
July 01 2016 – 06:45 UT
Moon at Perigee
(closest to the Earth = 365,983 km)
July 01 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Asteroid 2016 NA flyby – miss distance 1.3 LD, size = 18 metres
Comet 207P/NEAT –
Perihelion (0.937 AU)
“Chaotic orbit of Comet Halley explained”
“Once upon a time… Rosetta’s second year at the comet” – ESA animation
July 02 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Comet 207P/NEAT Perihelion (0.937 AU)
July 03 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
…..
Astronomy Picture of the Day
July sky guide: Saturn’s rings, Centaurus and a last-chance comet – Australia & Area
“Juno’s British-built engine ready for all-important firing at Jupiter”
July 03-08 2016 –
Conferences, Workshops & Star Parties
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“International Symposium and Workshop on Astrochemistry” – Campinas, Brazil
July 03-08 2016 –
Conferences, Workshops & Star Parties
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“Exoplanets 1 Conference” – Davos, Switzerland
July 04 2016 – 11:01 UT
New Moon
July 04 2016 – 16:00 UT
Earth at Aphelion
(furthest from the Sun – 1.017 AU)
July 04 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
“NASA Extends New Horizons and other space missions: Report”
July 05 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
“Juno: NASA’s billion-dollar spacecraft has entered Jupiter’s orbit”
“Enceladus and its paper-thin crust”
July 06 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
“The quiescent intracluster medium in the core of the Perseus cluster”
“Doomed Hitomi Gazed at Galaxy Cluster”
“Astronomers may have spotted a direct collapse black hole”
“CubeSats set for deep space — if they can hitch a ride”
July 07 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
“The Sky This Week for the Southern Hemisphere July 07 – July 14”
“Astrophysics: Rare data from a lost satellite”
July 08 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
…..
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Asteroid 2016 NN15 flyby – miss distance 4.3 LD, size = 20 metres
“Setting a satellite to catch a satellite”
July 09 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
July 10 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
…..
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Nikola Tesla’s 160th Birthday (1856)
July 10-12 2016 –
Conferences, Workshops & Star Parties
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“2016 Australasian Astrobiology Meeting” – Perth, Australia
July 11 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Asteroid 2016 NK22 flyby – miss distance 0.7 LD, size = 7 metres
Apollo Asteroid 2010 WT8 –
Near-Earth Flyby (0.093 AU)
“Did Supernova Explosion Contribute to Earth Mass Extinction?”
“Comet cliffs”
July 12 2016 – 00:52 UT
First Lunar Quarter
July 12 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
…..
Astronomy Picture of the Day
“Juno’s mission” – video & transcript
July 13 2016 – 05:24 UT
Moon at Apogee
(furthest from the Earth = 404,272 km)
July 13 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
…..
Astronomy Picture of the Day
“Europe’s workhorse Sentinel ready for action”
“Variable snow lines affect planet formation”
July 14 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
…..
Astronomy Picture of the Day
As of today there are 1711 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
“The Sky This Week for the Southern Hemisphere July 14 – July 21”
“Dying stars may have given birth to humanity”
July 15 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
…..
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Meteorite Times Magazine July 2016 Edition now available online
“Black hole born without stellar parent, evidence suggests”
July 16 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
…..
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Mercury
Passes 0.5° From
Venus – as seen from Earth
Asteroid 2016 ND39 flyby – miss distance 4.9 LD, size = 39 metres
July 17 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
July 18 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Asteroid 2016 OA flyby – miss distance 4.5 LD, size = 36 metres
Comet P/2005 W4 (SOHO) Closest Approach To Earth (0.739 AU)
“Mars Express spies a nameless and ancient impact crater”
“What lies beneath: Venus’ surface revealed through the clouds”
“Here are NASA’s near-future plans for our solar system”
July 19 2016 – 22:56 UT
Full Buck Moon
July 19 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
…..
Astronomy Picture of the Day
“Origin and implications of non-radial Imbrium Sculpture on the Moon”
July 20 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
As of today there are 1713 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
“A combined transmission spectrum of the Earth-sized exoplanets TRAPPIST-1 b and c”
“X marks the spot at centre of the Milky Way galaxy, indicates NASA’s WISE mission”
“Mars navigation”
July 21 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Aten Asteroid 2014 BT8 –
Near-Earth Flyby (0.048 AU)
“The Sky This Week for the Southern Hemisphere July 21 – July 28”
July 22 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Amor Asteroid 154244 (2002 KL6) –
Near-Earth Flyby (0.068 AU)
July 23 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
“Absence of 21stC warming on Antarctic Peninsula consistent with natural variability”
July 24 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
July 25 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
“Hubble sees the shredded remains of a supernova”
“Hadley Rille on the Moon, seen by SMART-1”
July 25-29 2016 –
Conferences, Workshops & Star Parties
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“Conference: Star Formation in Different Environments” – Quy nhon, Vietnam
July 26 2016 – 23:00 UT
Third Lunar Quarter
July 26 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
…..
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Comet 73P-AJ/Schwassmann-Wachmann –
Perihelion (0.957 AU)
“ExoMars/TGO Deep Space Hangout”
“Missing craters on Ceres may have been smoothed by a mud facial”
“When scientists lie”
July 26-29 2016 –
Conferences, Workshops & Star Parties
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“Conference: Enceladus and the Icy Moons of Saturn” – Boulder, Colorado, USA
July 27 2016 – 11:25 UT
Moon at Perigee
(closest to the Earth = 369,659 km)
at Maximum Distance from Earth
July 27 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
…..
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Delta Aquariids Meteor Shower Peak Overnight
“Solar physics: Dynamo theory questioned”
“Planet hunters seek new ways to detect alien life”
“A radio-pulsing white dwarf binary star”
July 28 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
…..
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Piscis Austrinids (PAU) Meteor Shower – IMO Details
The 2016 Annual Perseids Meteor Shower has started – debris from comet Swift-Tuttle
“Heating of Jupiter’s upper atmosphere above the Great Red Spot”
“The Sky This Week for the Southern Hemisphere July 28 – August 04”
“Engine burn gives Mars mission a kick”
July 29 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
…..
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Southern delta-Aquarids Meteor Shower
Southern delta-Aquariids (SDA) Meteor Shower Peak – IMO Details
“How are comets born?”
July 30 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
…..
Astronomy Picture of the Day
As of today there are 1714 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
July 31 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
…..
Astronomy Picture of the Day
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Heliophysics is a fast-developing scientific discipline that integrates studies of the Sun’s variability,
the surrounding heliosphere, and the environment and climate of planets
Over the past few centuries, our understanding of how the Sun drives space weather and climate
on the Earth and other planets has advanced at an ever increasing rate
August 2016
Live Celestial Events & Space Research News
August 2016 SkyMaps and Sky Guides are NOT AVAILABLE UNTIL August 1st
The Astronomy Picture of the Day feature will not be available until that date
It is updated daily using Universal Time (UT) which is the same as GMT
August 2016 –
SkyMaps & Celestial Guides
…..
Astronomy Today Sky Guide – August 2016
BBC The Sky at Night – August 2016
Meteorite Times Magazine – August 2016 – available mid-August
The Cassini Solstice Mission – Latest News & Current Location
August sky guide: Five bright planets, Perseid meteor shower, and Aquila
At the start of August 2016 the Sunspot Number is 12
“Evidence for Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary bolide ‘impact winter’ conditions… “
“Obliquity-forced climate during the Early Triassic hothouse in China”
August 01 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
…..
Astronomy Picture of the Day
alpha-Capricornids Meteor Shower Peak
alpha-Capricornids (CAP) Meteor Shower Peak – IMO Details
Comet 73P-AF/Schwassmann-Wachmann –
Closest Approach To Earth (0.277 AU)
“Giant asteroid to cause ‘suffering and death’ – NASA sending mission to investigate”
“Solar eruption larger than Earth”
“Is Earthly life premature from a cosmic perspective?”
“Maybe black holes really can destroy the world”
August 01-04 2016 –
Conferences, Workshops & Star Parties
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“Exoclimes 2016: The Diversity of Planetary Atmospheres (IV)” – Squamish, Canada
August 02 2016 – 20:44 UT
New Moon
August 02 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
“Aladin wind probe ready for Aeolus”
“Distant hissing tells of a famous exploded star’s past”
“Ancient Earthwork at Winchester, USA, Shows Stellar Alignments to Cygnus & Orion”
“A giant stellar void in the Milky Way”
August 03 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
…..
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Amor Asteroid 2005 OH3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.015 AU)
“A partially differentiated interior for (1) Ceres deduced from gravity field and shape”
August 04 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
List of Astronomical Societies in Australia
“The Sky This Week for the Southern Hemisphere August 04 – August 11”
“NASA Spacecraft to Map Surface of ‘Doomsday’ Earth-Crushing Asteroid”
August 05 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
“Rosetta’s journey around the comet”
“Dawn’s gravity data probes interior of dwarf planet Ceres”
“Perseid meteor shower set for its best show in nearly 20 years”
August 06 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Southern Iota Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
“Do black holes have a back door?”
August 07 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
…..
Astronomy Picture of the Day
As of today there are 1715 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
“Most volcanic activity on Mercury stopped about 3.5 billion years ago”
August 07-12 2016 –
Conferences, Workshops & Star Parties
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“79th Annual Meeting of The Meteoritical Society” – Berlin, Germany
August 08 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
“Comet on 6 August 2016 – NavCam”
“How long is a day on the Sun?”
“Aurora and Manicouagan Crater”
August 09 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
…..
Astronomy Picture of the Day
“Perseid Meteor Outburst” – 200+ meteors/hour predicted under ideally dark skies
August 10 2016 – 00:05 UT
Moon at Apogee
(furthest from the Earth = 404,266 km)
at minimum distance from Earth
August 10 2016 – 18:21 UT
First Lunar Quarter
August 10 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
…..
Astronomy Picture of the Day
As of today there are 1717 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
“Gentle birth of a comet”
August 11 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
…..
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Perseids 2016 – Outburst: NASA live broadcast overnight TONIGHT
Realtime Perseid Photo Gallery – hosted by
SpaceWeather.com
Perseids 2016: live count from The IMO – 200+/hour outburst predicted overnight
“The Sky This Week for the Southern Hemisphere August 11 – August 18”
“Spotlight on Schiaparelli’s landing site”
“Heating of Jupiter’s upper atmosphere above the Great Red Spot”
August 12 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
…..
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Perseids Meteor Shower Peak – look tonight until dawn tomorrow
Perseids 2016: visual data quicklook from The IMO
2016 Perseids Radio results
Perseids 2016: SkyMap for overnight viewing
Perseids 2016: Electronic Telegram No. 4296 – Japanese radio forward-meteor-scatter
“Yes, the Perseids Did Quite Nicely!”
August 13 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
…..
Astronomy Picture of the Day
As of today there are 1719 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Realtime Perseid Photo Gallery – hosted by
SpaceWeather.com
Perseids Meteor Shower Peak – ZHR predicted at 80 but almost Full Moon
Perseids 2016: visual data quicklook from The IMO – check real-time reports
“Pirouetting Pleiads provide clues to stellar structure and evolution”
“Was Venus habitable?”
“A Space-Based View of Meteor Showers”
August 14 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
…..
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Perseids 2016: visual data quicklook from The IMO
Comet 73P-AW/Schwassmann-Wachmann –
Closest Approach To Earth (0.417 AU)
“Fermi space telescope expands its search for dark matter”
August 15 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
…..
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Meteorite Times Magazine August 2016 Edition now available online
“Amateurs Aid Discovery of Pulsing White Dwarf”
“Only days left to join Europe’s first citizens’ debate on space”
“Hubble’s fireball”
August 15-19 2016 –
Conferences, Workshops & Star Parties
…..
“9th Meeting on Cosmic Dust” – Sendai, Japan
August 16 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
…..
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Mercury
At Its Greatest Eastern
Elongation – (27°) as seen from Earth
“Fifth force of nature could be key to understanding dark matter”
August 17 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
…..
Astronomy Picture of the Day
“Astronomy shown to be set in standing stone”
“Space science: everything starts here”
August 18 2016 – 09:26 UT
Full Sturgeon Moon
August 18 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
…..
Astronomy Picture of the Day
kappa-Cygnids (KCG) Meteor Shower Peak – IMO Details
As of today there are 1726 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
“The Sky This Week for the Southern Hemisphere August 18 – August 24”
“An ancient Mayan Copernicus”
“Most distant catch for ESA station”
August 19 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
…..
Astronomy Picture of the Day
August 20 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
…..
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Amor Asteroid 2014 RW22 Near-Earth Flyby (0.056 AU)
August 21 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
…..
Astronomy Picture of the Day
August 21-26 2016 –
Conferences, Workshops & Star Parties
…..
“Conference: Star Formation 2016” – Exeter, England, UK
August 22 2016 – 01:20 UT
Moon at Perigee
(closest to the Earth = 367,047 km)
August 22 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
…..
Astronomy Picture of the Day
August 23 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
…..
Astronomy Picture of the Day
August 24 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
…..
Astronomy Picture of the Day
“Potentially-habitable planet discovered around nearest star Proxima Centauri”
August 25 2016 – 03:41 UT
Third Lunar Quarter
August 25 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
…..
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Northern Iota Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
Mars
Passes 4.4° from
Saturn – as seen from Earth
Apollo Asteroid 2005 QQ87 –
Near-Earth Flyby (0.085 AU)
Comet 73P-AJ/Schwassmann-Wachmann –
Closest Approach To Earth (0.479 AU)
“The Sky This Week for the Southern Hemisphere August 25 – September 01”
“Rosetta captures comet outburst”
August 26 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
…..
Astronomy Picture of the Day
“Massive galaxy discovered made almost entirely of dark matter”
August 27 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
…..
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Venus
Passes 0.1° From
Jupiter – as seen from Earth
Mercury
Passes 5.3° From
Venus – as seen from Earth
August 28 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
…..
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Asteroid 2016 QA2 flyby – miss distance 0.2 LD, size = 40 metres
“Juno gets its closest look at Jupiter”
August 29 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
…..
Astronomy Picture of the Day
August 30 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
…..
Astronomy Picture of the Day
“Hunt for Planet 9 reveals extremely distant solar system objects”
“Is There Life On Mars?”
“Not your typical protostar”
August 31 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
…..
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Asteroid 2016 QB11 flyby – miss distance 3.4 LD, size = 31 metres
“Record-breaking galaxy cluster discovered”
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The Australian Space Weather Agency
Space Weather Radio |
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Realtime Space Weather Photo Gallery
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Heliophysics is a fast-developing scientific discipline that integrates studies of the Sun’s variability,
the surrounding heliosphere, and the environment and climate of planets
Over the past few centuries, our understanding of how the Sun drives space weather and climate
on the Earth and other planets has advanced at an ever increasing rate
September 2016
Live Celestial Events & Space Research News
September 2016 SkyMaps and Sky Guides are NOT AVAILABLE UNTIL September 1st
The Astronomy Picture of the Day feature will not be available until that date
It is updated daily using Universal Time (UT) which is the same as GMT
September 2016 –
SkyMaps & Celestial Guides
…..
Astronomy Today Sky Guide – September 2016
BBC The Sky at Night – September 2016
Sky guide – What to see in the sky in September – as seen from Australia
Shine on Harvest Moon: What to look for in September’s night skies
Meteorite Times Magazine – September 2016 – available mid-September
The Cassini Solstice Mission – Latest News & Current Location
At the start of September 2016 the Sunspot Number is 91
“Breccia dike paleomagnetism provides evidence for rapid crater modification”
September 01 2016 – 09:03 UT
New Moon
September 01 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
…..
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Annular Solar Eclipse – Visible from Central Africa
Realtime Solar Eclipse Photo Gallery – from SpaceWeather.com
Annular Eclipse of the Sun Over Africa On September 1, 2016
Aurigids (AUR) Meteor Shower Peak 07:00 UT – IMO Details
Apollo Asteroid 357024 (1999 YR14) –
Near-Earth Flyby (0.056 AU)
“The Sky This Week centred on Australasia September 01 – September 08”
“Annular Solar Eclipse Wrap-Up”
“Earth Observation from Space: the Optical View” – Free Online Course
“Dawn sets course for higher orbit at Ceres”
September 02 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
…..
Astronomy Picture of the Day
“Newly Found Ancient Fossils Show Possibilities For Finding Martian Life”
“Juno’s first close ups of Jupiter’s poles”
September 03 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
…..
Astronomy Picture of the Day
As of today there are 1727 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Asteroid 2016 RU1 flyby – miss distance 4.1 LD, size = 13 metres
Neptune –
At Opposition
September 04 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
…..
Astronomy Picture of the Day
“How Do We Colonize Venus?”
“Autumn is Aurora Season”
September 05 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
…..
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Apollo Asteroid 2009 ES –
Near-Earth Flyby (0.048 AU)
“Philae found!”
“Finally, ESA Locates Comet Lander Philae”
“Juno Makes First Science Pass at Jupiter”
“There It Is! Philae Lander Found”
September 05-09 2016 –
Conferences, Workshops & Star Parties
…..
“6th Conference on Mars Polar Science and Exploration” – Reykjavik, Iceland
September 06 2016 – 18:44 UT
Moon at Apogee
(furthest from the Earth = 405,059 km)
September 06 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
…..
Astronomy Picture of the Day
As of today there are 1728 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
“Mercury Transfer Module with integrated ion thrusters”
“What Does The Rosetta Mission Mean To You?”
“Atlantic Multi-decadal Oscillation and Drought in Africa”
September 07 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
…..
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Asteroid 2016 RB1 flyby – miss distance 0.1 LD, size = 12 metres
Meteorite Times Magazine September 2016 Edition now available online
“Mars contamination fear could divert Curiosity rover”
“Close Approach Of Asteroid 2016 RB1”
“Hubble views a cosmic oyster and pearl in NGC 1501”
“Astrophysics: Violent emissions of newborn stars”
September 08 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
…..
Astronomy Picture of the Day
As of today there are 1730 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Asteroid 2016 RN20 flyby – miss distance 2.5 LD, size = 10 metres
“High-molecular-weight organic matter in the particles of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko”
“The Sky This Week centred on Australasia September 08 – September 15”
September 09 2016 – 11:49 UT
First Lunar Quarter
September 09 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
…..
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Asteroid 2016 RY17 flyby – miss distance 3.6 LD, size = 37 metres
Piscid meteor shower
“Rosetta’s descent towards region of active pits”
“Curiosity Rover’s Proximity To Possible Water Raises Planetary Protection Concerns”
“Osiris-REX is Bound for Asteroid Bennu”
September 10 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
…..
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Aten Asteroid 2015 KE Near-Earth Flyby (0.038 AU)
September 11 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
…..
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Asteroid 2016 RO20 flyby – miss distance 2.5 LD, size = 16 metres
Apollo Asteroid 2009 BK2 –
Near-Earth Flyby (0.076 AU)
September 12 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
…..
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Meteorite Times Magazine – September 2016 – now up online
“ESA’s Star Mapper visualisation”
“Milky Way mapper: 6 ways the Gaia spacecraft will change astronomy”
September 13 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
…..
Astronomy Picture of the Day
“The moon may be obliterated pieces of Earth reformed”
“Can high tides during a full moon trigger big earthquakes?”
“Studying meteorites”
September 14 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
…..
Astronomy Picture of the Day
“Gaia’s billion-star map hints at treasures to come”
“The Big Bang: How much do you know?”
“Can the moon make an earthquake worse?”
“Gaia Mission Maps 1 Billion Stars”
September 15 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
…..
Astronomy Picture of the Day
As of today there are 1731 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Apollo Asteroid 2011 BT15 –
Near-Earth Flyby (0.051 AU)
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse TOMORROW – Animation centred on India
“The Sky This Week centred on Australasia September 15 – September 22”
“Starving black hole at the heart of the mysterious dimming of Markarian 1018 galaxy”
“How Pluto’s moon Charon got its red cap”
September 16 2016 – 19:05 UT
Full Harvest Moon
September 16 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
…..
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse – Visibity Map and details
Penumbral Lunar Eclipse Animation – centred on India
“ESAHangout: Preparing for Rosetta’s grand finale” – on YouTube September 19, 2016
“Indigenous song Twinkling Stars tells science of the seasons”
September 17 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
…..
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Asteroid 2016 QL44 flyby – miss distance 3.6 LD, size = 42 metres
September 18 2016 – 17:00 UT
Moon at Perigee
(closest to the Earth = 361,894 km)
September 18 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
September 19 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
As of today there are 1730 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Why does this number go Up, then sometimes go Down?
“ESAHangout: Preparing for Rosetta’s grand finale” – starts 12:00 UTC on YouTube
“Methane-flooded canyons on Titan”
September 20 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Realtime Aurora Photo Gallery – hosted by SpaceWeather.com
“Autumn is Aurora Season”
September 21 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Asteroid 2016 SJ flyby – miss distance 0.4 LD, size = 7 metres
Comet 73P-AY/Schwassmann-Wachmann –
At Opposition (0.623 AU)
Comet 73P-AZ/Schwassmann-Wachmann –
At Opposition (0.623 AU)
ESA’s Rosetta Blog – updates for the crash onto the comet on September 30 2016
September 22 2016 – 14:21 UT
Alban Elfed
Autumnal Equinox
September 22 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Apollo Asteroid 2015 DS53 Near-Earth Flyby (0.049 AU)
“The Sky This Week centred on Australasia September 22 – September 29”
September 23 2016 – 09:56 UT
Third Lunar Quarter
September 23 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
“Summer fireworks on Rosetta’s comet”
September 24 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
September 25 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Asteroid 2016 SC flyby – miss distance 3.1 LD, size = 13 metres
Asteroid 2016 SA2 flyby – miss distance 0.8 LD, size = 10 metres
Apollo Asteroid 363831 (2005 PY16) –
Near-Earth Flyby (0.075 AU)
September 26 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Asteroid 2016 SW3 flyby – miss distance 1 LD, size = 10 metres
Asteroid 2016 SX1 flyby – miss distance 2.2 LD, size = 9 metres
“Mawrth Vallis martian mosaic”
“Daring Chinese telescope is poised to transform astronomy”
September 27 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Asteroid 2016 SG flyby – miss distance 2.3 LD, size = 21 metres
Comet 73P-BI/Schwassmann-Wachmann –
Perihelion (1.005 AU)
Comet 73P-BH/Schwassmann-Wachmann –
Perihelion (1.005 AU)
Comet 73P-BM/Schwassmann-Wachmann –
Perihelion (1.005 AU)
Comet 73P-BP/Schwassmann-Wachmann –
Perihelion (1.005 AU)
“Once upon a time… Rosetta’s grand finale”
“Comet 73P/Schwassmann–Wachmann is in the process of disintegration”
“How to follow Rosetta’s grand finale”
September 28 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Mercury
At Its Greatest Western
Elongation – (18°) as seen from Earth
Asteroid 2016 SW1 flyby – miss distance 1.3 LD, size = 9 metres
Comet 73P-BA/Schwassmann-Wachmann –
Perihelion (1.005 AU)
“How to follow Rosetta’s grand finale”
“The dark universe”
“Rosetta: how to crash a spacecraft into comet 67P”
September 29 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Asteroid 2016 SL2 flyby – miss distance 2.4 LD, size = 35 metres
ESA’s Rosetta Blog – updates for the crash onto the comet TOMORROW
“The Sky This Week centred on Australasia September 29 – October 06”
September 30 2016 –
Today’s Celestial Events & Space Exploration News
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Aten Asteroid 2009 UG –
Near-Earth Flyby (0.019 AU)
Apollo Asteroid 2015 SO2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.044 AU)
“Rosetta’s grand finale” – Live Streaming will begin at 10:30 UTT
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“The 2300 BC Event takes a new look at an old puzzle: what happened
at this date to cause the various advanced societies on the Earth to simultaneously collapse?
Civilizations in Anatolia and Greece, through Egypt and the Middle East, and eastward to India and Central Asia were at their height. The collapse of these civilizations due to earthquakes and climatic changes has been mirrored by similar interruptions on all continents, in the Arctic, and extending to the Pacific.
The discontinuities have long puzzled archaeologists and historians. New religions and accompanying mythologies appeared at this time in all cultural regions describing bombardment and flooding from the skies.
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“Some time around 2300 BC the Earth encountered a dense clustering of space debris, the early Southern & Northern Taurid meteoroid stream. The result was an intense fall of meteoroids, some of them sufficiently large to cause surface destruction.
Simultaneous with the meteoroid fall was a huge downpouring of water which caused flash flooding. Extensive destruction and loss of life resulted. An astonishing aspect of the event was the formation of a ring surrounding the Earth, reflecting sunlight during the day, hiding some stars at night, and moving around the sky through a 24-hour period.
Following the ‘main event’, there were crustal movements which shifted the location of water sources, and caused earthquakes which destroyed settlements. Abrupt severe climate changes occurred.”
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“The 2300 BC Event Vol. 3:
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“The Northern/Southern Taurid meteoroid stream is identified as the specific meteoroid stream that the Earth encountered at 2300 BC.
The Earth’s encounter with a dense cluster of large objects would produce atmospheric phenomena very different from the pleasant and interesting night displays of meteor trails that are within our own experience.
The rain of objects would have generated extraordinary visual and auditory effects combined with ground vibrations; and under extreme conditions would bring about severe surface destruction and loss of life.
The overall event was associated by the people with powerful deities and formed the basis for major religions. The mythologies and traditions are, in large part, the residues of those religions.”
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Research in the field of neo-catastrophism and impact cratering has quickened its pace since the early 1980s. Scholars such as Victor Clube, Bill Napier, Mark Bailey, Sir Fred Hoyle and Duncan Steel claim that a more ‘active’ sky might have caused major cultural changes of Bronze Age civilizations, belief systems and religious rituals.”
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The study of astro-archaeology has now expanded worldwide, bringing new revelations about the mystical sciences of antiquity. This “little history” summarizes the issues involved in astro-archaeology, and illustrates its principal sites and personalities. Included are recent findings of British scientists, whose records of anomalous levels of natural energies at stone circles are in accordance with the magical reputations of such places in local folklore.”
“Mysteries and Discoveries of Archaeoastronomy:
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“This complete, authoritative study of the growing discipline of Archaeoastronomy examines the role of astronomy in antiquity. Professor Giulio Magli provides a clear, up-to-date survey of current thinking on the motives of the ancients for building fabulous and mysterious monuments all over our planet. Was it an attempt to reproduce the sky on Earth, to bring down the power of the stars to where they could see it, worship it and use it?
The connecting thread is astronomy: Giulio Magli uses astronomy as a key to understanding our ancestors’ way of thinking. It is a challenge he likes to call ‘predicting the past’ – archaeology as a science is able to make predictions, like any other science, and to check them.
All of the astronomical achievements of the past are considered as a whole, in a comprehensive way that shows the depth and breadth of the thought behind them. In the past, the motives of the ancients – and particularly their scientific thought – have often been misconstrued, maligned or even dismissed.
In an ironic, provocative style, Professor Magli shows the limitations of orthodox archaeology in the face of astronomically-based artefacts and tries to understand what led the ancients to construct magnificent buildings such as the city of Teotihuacan in the Mexico Valley, the Ceremonial Centre of Chaco Canyon in the USA, the Avebury stone circle in Great Britain or the Great Pyramids in Egypt.
The book is divided into two parts. In the first, the reader is taken on an ideal ‘world tour’ of many wonderful and enigmatic places in almost every continent, in search of traces of astronomical knowledge and lore of the sky. In the second part, Giulio Magli uses the elements presented in the tour to show that the fundamental idea which led to the construction of the astronomically-related giant monuments was the foundation of power, a foundation which was exploited by ‘replicating’ the sky.
A possible interpretive model then emerges that is founded on the relationship the ancients had with “nature”, in the sense of everything that surrounded them, the cosmos. The numerous monumental astronomically aligned structures of the past then become interpretable as acts of will, expressions of power on the part of those who held it; the will to replicate the heavenly plane here on earth and to build sacred landscapes.”
“Canada’s Stonehenge: Astounding Archaeological Discoveries in Canada, England, and Wales”
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“Stonehenge: A New Interpretation of Prehistoric Man and the Cosmos”
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“Stonehenge has fascinated mankind for centuries, enveloping generation after generation in its haunting mystery. But while much has been learned about this ancient monument, the fundamental questions remain: Who built it? What was its purpose? How was it used?
Drawing on more than 15 years of research, John North has at last succeeded where others have failed. He comprehensively examines Stonehenge from all available angles — archeological, astronomical, and spiritual — and considers relevant research from other prehistoric remains in Britain and Northern Europe. He shows, for the first time, that the stones were not so much sighting devices as maps of the heavens and that the design of the monument evolved over thousands of years rather than conforming to a single original blueprint.
Such observations form the basis of deductions about prehistoric life and religion that will profoundly affect our understanding of who we are and where we came from.”
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Alexander Thom
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