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by Astrosetz on August 22 2010 23:34 in Show Notes

Jack Horkheimer: America's Star Hustler

Brilliant Illuminations

by Marleen on August 26 2010 00:05 in Planets

Earth and Moon as seen by the MESSENGER Spacecraft

In this image the Earth can be seen, as well as the much smaller Moon to Earth's right. When the MESSENGER Spacecraft took this image, a distance of 183 million kilometers (114 million miles) seperated the spacecraft and Earth. To provide context for this distance, the average separation between the Earth and the Sun is about 150 million Kilometers (93 million miles). Though it is a beautiful, thought-provoking picture, viewing our planet from far away was not the main reason that the mission team planned the collection of this image.

This image was acquired as part of MESSENGER'S campaign to search for vulcanoids, small rocky objects that have been postulated to exist in orbits between Mercury and the Sun.

Click on the post heading for more on this topic.

Heliosphere

by TonyF on March 23 2010 00:00 in Comets

Comet C/2009 K5 McNaught

Comet C/2009 K5 McNaught is starting to show a slight elongation in the coma.

Jovian Chronicles

by RickyF on August 08 2010 22:44 in Jovian Data

Jovian Data And Charts For September 17-18, 2010 And September 18-19, 2010.

On September 17-18, 2010 Jupiter Rises At 19:26 EDT / 23:26 UTC And Has A Magnitude Of -2.92. Ganymede's Shadow Will Start To Transit Just Before Midnight, And Ganymede It Self Soon Follows. In A Few Hours Later Ganymede's Shadow Ends It's Transit Followed By Ganymede It Self. If You're Up Late You Will Get To See The Great Red Spot Transit From Start To Finish. Mid-Transit Comes At 03:02 EDT / 07:02 UTC September 18, 2010.

Also On September 18, 2010, Jupiter And Uranus Will Be At Their Closest Points To Each Other At .8° of Separation.

On September 18-19, 2010, Jupiter Rises At 19:22 EDT / 23:22 UTC And Has A Magnitude Of -2.92. The Great Red Spot Will Be Transit The Face Of Jupiter From Start To Finish And Early On. So We Will Get To See All Of It, And Mid-Transit Will Be At 22:52 EDT / 02:52 UTC September 18, 2010.

Just Another Day

by 2012hoax on June 22 2010 14:59 in Show Notes

Next time on Just Another Day...

Coming up next time on "Just Another Day: 2012 Debunked", we interview two giants in the effort to fight the 2012 hoax.

Looking Up!

by Marleen on August 22 2010 19:27 in DeepSky Objects

How Much Mass Makes a Black Hole? Astronomers Challenge Current Theories

This artist's impression shows the magnetar in the very rich and young star cluster Westerlund 1.

ScienceDaily (Aug. 19, 2010) — Using ESO's Very Large Telescope, European astronomers have for the first time demonstrated that a magnetar -- an unusual type of neutron star -- was formed from a star with at least 40 times as much mass as the Sun. The result presents great challenges to current theories of how stars evolve, as a star as massive as this was expected to become a black hole, not a magnetar. This now raises a fundamental question: just how massive does a star really have to be to become a black hole?

Maer Chronicales Lunar

by NickE KC2VWR on July 03 2010 23:16 in The Moon this Month

July 2010 / Gorffennaf 2010

Mae'r Lleuad ym mis Gorffennaf /The Moon in July.....

Neutrino News

by TonyF on June 16 2010 00:34 in AAPOD

AAPOD winners for May 2010

AAPOD winners for May 2010
1st place get a 200 points account with Global Rent a Scope.

1st place
Goldschmidt Rays and a section of the North Lunar Limb
Deirdre Kelleghan
Bray Co Wicklow Ireland

2nd place
M16 L(Ha)R(Ha)GB
Matt Garwood
Hornchurch, Essex, UK

3rd place
Leo Trio with tidal tail
Fabian Neyer
Antares Observatory, Switzerland

Sky Safari

by Kochava on August 29 2010 17:55 in Sky Safari Slideshow

Getting Acquainted with Aquila

Aquila, at the southeast corner of the Summer Triangle, is the home of several beautiful and interesting deep-sky objects.

This month Sky Safari explores the treasures of Aquila.

The SkyGuide

by Michael SkyGuide on August 08 2010 16:10 in AFM*Radio

Today's "GRAS*Spotlight" Interview is Postponed

Due to a family emergency, today's "GRAS*Spotlight" interview of Dr Christian Sasse and Dr John Nunn has been postponed.
We are sorry for the short notice....
We'll let you know when the program will air.

Under British Skies

by RichieJarvis on April 23 2010 18:19 in Under British Skies

Under British Skies Episode 3 available for Download

Under British Skies Episode 3 is now available for download.

Visit the Under British Skies Homepage or download here

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