space news update - august 11, 2014 - in the news story 1: dawn spacecraft at ceres – new pictures...
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Space News Update- August 11, 2014 -
In the News
Story 1: Dawn Spacecraft at Ceres – New Pictures as Investigations Continue
Story 2:
Comet’s Firework Display Ahead of Perihelion
Story 3: Kick Back, Look Up, We’re in for a GREAT Perseid Meteor Shower
Departments
The Night SkyISS Sighting Opportunities
Space CalendarNASA-TV Highlights
Food for ThoughtSpace Image of the Week
Story #2
Story #1
Story #3
The NightSky
ISSSightings
NASA-TV
Food forThought
Image ofthe Week
SpaceCalendar
Dawn Spacecraft at Ceres – New Pictures as Investigations Continue
Story #2
Story #1
Story #3
The NightSky
ISSSightings
NASA-TV
Food forThought
Image ofthe Week
SpaceCalendar
Comet’s Firework Display Ahead of Perihelion
Story #2
Story #1
Story #3
The NightSky
ISSSightings
NASA-TV
Food forThought
Image ofthe Week
SpaceCalendar
Kick Back, Look Up, We’re in for a GREAT Perseid Meteor Shower
Story #2
Story #1
Story #3
The NightSky
ISSSightings
NASA-TV
Food forThought
Image ofthe Week
SpaceCalendar
The Night Sky
Sky & Telescope
Tuesday, August 11
• The red long-period variable star Chi Cygni is near maximum! As of August 7th it was reported at magnitude 4.5. See the article and comparison-star chart in the August Sky & Telescope, page 51.
Wednesday, August 12
• The Perseid meteor shower should be at its peak late tonight, ideally so for North America. And there's no moonlight. Bundle up warmly (it gets cold under a clear, open August sky late at night), and lie back in a reclining lawn chair. You may see about a meteor a minute on average. The later you watch the better. See Plan for the Perseids! More is in the August Sky & Telescope, page 48.
Thursday, August 13
• These moonless August nights are prime Milky Way time. After dark, the Milky Way is a great, mottled glowing band running from Sagittarius in the south up and left across Aquila and through the big Summer Triangle very high in the east, then on down through Cassiopeia to Perseus low in the north-northeast.
Friday, August 14
• This is the time of year when the Teapot asterism of Sagittarius stands highest in the south soon after dark. The Teapot is about the size of your fist at arm's length. It's tipping and pouring to the right, from its triangular spout.
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The NightSky
ISSSightings
NASA-TV
Food forThought
Image ofthe Week
SpaceCalendar
ISS Sighting Opportunities
Sighting information for other cities can be found at NASA’s Satellite Sighting Information
ISS For Denver:
Date Visible Max Height Appears Disappears
Tue Aug 11, 8:56 PM 1 min 10° 10 above N 10 above NNE
Tue Aug 11, 10:32 PM 1 min 20° 14 above NNW 20 above N
Wed Aug 12, 9:39 PM 3 min 15° 11 above NNW 13 above NE
Wed Aug 12, 11:15 PM < 1 min 13° 13 above NW 13 above NW
Thu Aug 13, 8:46 PM 2 min 12° 10 above N 10 above NNE
Thu Aug 13, 10:23 PM < 1 min 29° 21 above NNW 29 above N
Fri Aug 14, 9:29 PM 3 min 23° 15 above NNW 20 above NE
Fri Aug 14, 11:04 PM < 1 min 10° 10 above WNW 10 above WNW
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NASA-TV Highlights
Watch NASA TV online by going to the NASA website
MAVEN Launch November 18, 2013NASAMAVEN Launch November 18, 2013NASAMAVEN Launch November 18, 2013NASA
Tuesday, August 11
2 p.m. - Replay of the ISS Expedition 45/Visiting Crew News Conference at Star City, Russia (recorded August 10) (all channels)
2:30 p.m. - Video File of the Expedition 45/Visiting Crew’s Ceremonial Visit to the Gagarin Museum in Star City, Russia and their Visit to Red Square and the Kremlin in Moscow (starts at 2:45 p.m.) (all channels)
Wednesday, August 12
10 p.m. - Live Coverage of 2015 Perseid Meteor Shower (all channels)
Thursday, August 13
9 a.m., - Educational Event with Scott Kelly and Kjell Lindgren (all channels)
11 a.m. - NASA RS-25 Test Social (NTV-1 (Public), NTV-2 (Education))
4:30 p.m. - Live Coverage of NASA’s RS-25 Engine Test (all channels)
Friday, August 14
6 a.m. - ISS Progress 58 Undocking Coverage (Undocking scheduled at 6:19 a.m. ET) (all channels)
(all times Eastern Time Zone)
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Space Calendar
JPL Space Calendar
Aug 11 - Apollo Asteroid 2011 QG21 Near-Earth Flyby (0.052 AU)
Aug 11 - Asteroid 4999 MPC Closest Approach To Earth (2.127 AU)
Aug 11 - Asteroid 1940 Whipple Closest Approach To Earth (2.163 AU)
Aug 11 - 40th Anniversary (1975), Acapulco Meteorite Fall in Mexico
Aug 12 - Perseids Meteor Shower Peak
Aug 12 - Comet 51P-A/Harrington Perihelion (1.699 AU)
Aug 12 - Comet 51P/Harrington Perihelion (1.700 AU)
Aug 12 - Comet 297P/Beshore At Opposition (2.080 AU)
Aug 12 - Comet P/2007 T6 (Catalina) At Opposition (3.360 AU)
Aug 12 - Apollo Asteroid 2004 AS1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.078 AU)
Aug 12 - Asteroid 6600 Qwerty Closest Approach To Earth (1.076 AU)
Aug 12 - Asteroid 11365 NASA Closest Approach To Earth (1.156 AU)
Aug 12 - 55th Anniversary (1960), Echo 1 Launch
Aug 13 - Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko Perihelion (1.243 AU)
Aug 13 - Asteroid 701 Oriola Occults HIP 105412 (6.0 Magnitude Star)
Aug 13 - Apollo Asteroid 2011 AK5 Near-Earth Flyby (0.071 AU)
Aug 13 - Apollo Asteroid 232691 (2004 AR1) Near-Earth Flyby (0.075 AU)
Aug 13 - Apollo Asteroid 3752 Camillo Closest Approach To Earth (1.089 AU)
Aug 13 - Asteroid 9133 d'Arrest Closest Approach To Earth (1.297 AU)
Aug 13 - Rasmus Bartholin's 390th Birthday (1625)
Aug 14 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #418 (OTM-418)
Aug 14 - Comet C/2013 US10 (Catalina) Closest Approach To Earth (1.089 AU)
Aug 14 - Comet 104P/Kowal At Opposition (1.648 AU)
Aug 14 - Comet 190P/Mueller Closest Approach To Earth (1.839 AU)
Aug 14 - Asteroid 21 Lutetia At Opposition (9.0 Magnitude)
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Food for Thought
Atmospheric Escape and Flowing N2 Ice Glaciers – What Resupplies Pluto’s Nitrogen?
New Technique Puts Exoplanets on the ScaleNew Technique Puts Exoplanets on the Scale
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Space Image of the Week
Hubble Finds a Little GemImage credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, Acknowledgement: Judy Schmidt
Text credit: European Space Agency