space news update - february 24, 2015 - in the news story 1: magnetic field laboratory being readied...
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Space News Update- February 24, 2015 -
In the News
Story 1: Magnetic Field Laboratory Being Readied for Launch
Story 2:Hubble Gets Best View of Circumstellar Debris Disk Distorted by Planet
Story 3:
What’s Important to Know about Planet Mercury
Departments
The Night SkyISS Sighting Opportunities
Space CalendarNASA-TV Highlights
Food for ThoughtSpace Image of the Week
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Magnetic Field Laboratory Being Readied for Launch
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The NightSky
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NASA-TV
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Hubble Gets Best View of Circumstellar Debris Disk Distorted by
Planet
1. Ratchet Wrench ‘E-mailed’ to Space Station
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What’s Important to Know about Planet Mercury?
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The Night Sky
Sky & Telescope
Tuesday, February 24
Soon after nightfall, look upper right of the Moon for the Pleiades and upper left of the Moon for Aldebaran and the Hyades.
One of the most famous challenge objects for amateur astronomers is Sirius B, Sirius's white-dwarf companion. The pair has been widening for the last two decades, and now Sirius B stands a good 10.7 arcseconds to Sirius's east.
A much easier white dwarf is Omicron2 Eridani B, also described there and also now in the evening sky.
Wednesday, February 25
Look for Aldebaran shining near the first-quarter Moon.
Thursday, February 26
Watch Jupiter's satellite Europa reappear from eclipse out of Jupiter's shadow at 10:23 p.m. EST (7:23 p.m. PST), just off Jupiter's eastern limb.
Mercury is at greatest elongation low in tomorrow's dawn, 27° west along the ecliptic from the Sun.Friday, February 27
Venus and Mars in the western twilight have widened to be 2.7° apart. Find faint little Mars beneath Venus.
Saturday, February 28
Early this evening, the dark limb of the waxing gibbous Moon will occult (cover) the 3.6-magnitude star Lambda Geminorum for North America east of the Mississippi and north of the deepest South.
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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 Feb 24, 6:09 PM 4 min 60° 34 above WNW 12 above SE
Wed Feb 25, 6:53 PM 1 min 12° 12 above SW 10 above SSW
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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, February 24
6 a.m. - Coverage of U.S. Spacewalk # 30 (Spacewalk scheduled to begin at 7:10 a.m. ET; Wilmore and Virts) (all channels)
Wednesday, February 25
6 a.m. - Coverage of U.S. Spacewalk # 29 (all channels)
Thursday, February 26
8:30 a.m. - ISS Expedition 42 In-Flight Event with Aviation Week and Space Technology and WAAY-TV (all channels)
(all times Eastern Time Zone)
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JPL Space Calendar
Feb 24 - Mercury At Its Greatest Western Elongation (27 Degrees)
Feb 24 - Comet 154P/Brewington At Opposition (3.192 AU)
Feb 24 - Comet P/2011 U2 (Bressi) Closest Approach To Earth (4.331 AU)
Feb 24 - Asteroid 2015 CO13 Near-Earth Flyby (0.034 AU)
Feb 24 - Asteroid 2015 BA511 Near-Earth Flyby (0.099 AU)
Feb 24 - Asteroid 44597 Thoreau Closest Approach To Earth (1.134 AU)
Feb 24 - Asteroid 6676 Monet Closest Approach To Earth (1.678 AU)
Feb 24 - Asteroid 7169 Linda Closest Approach To Earth (1.713 AU)
Feb 24 - Asteroid 30441 Curly Closest Approach To Earth (2.640 AU)
Feb 25 - Comet P/2015 C1 (TOTAS-Gibbs) Closest Approach To Earth (1.958 AU)
Feb 25 - Comet P/2011 U2 (Bressi) At Opposition (4.331 AU)
Feb 25 - Asteroid 2013 RZ53 Near-Earth Flyby (0.029 AU)
Feb 25 - Asteroid 2015 CG1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.085 AU)
Feb 25 - Asteroid 3103 Eger Closest Approach To Earth (1.402 AU)
Feb 25 - Asteroid 3953 Perth Closest Approach To Earth (1.623 AU)
Feb 25 - Asteroid 3140 Stellafane Closest Approach To Earth (2.312 AU)
Feb 25 - Plutino 90482 Orcus At Opposition (47.100 AU)
Feb 26 - Asteroid 612 Veronika Occults HIP 42949 (6.7 Magnitude Star)
Feb 26 - Asteroid 224 Oceana Closest Approach To Earth (1.714 AU)
Feb 26 - Asteroid 88705 Potato Closest Approach To Earth (2.014 AU)
Feb 26 - Asteroid 447 Valentine Closest Approach To Earth (2.067 AU)
Feb 26 - Asteroid 17062 Bardot Closest Approach To Earth (2.215 AU)
Feb 27 - Comet C/2014 AA52 (Catalina) Perihelion (2.003 AU)
Feb 27 - Comet P/2012 TK8 (Tenagra) Closest Approach To Earth (3.231 AU)
Feb 27 - Comet 120P/Mueller At Opposition (3.514 AU)
Feb 27 - Asteroid 90416 (2003 YK118) Near-Earth Flyby (0.078 AU)
Feb 27 - Asteroid 16421 Roadrunner Closest Approach To Earth (0.871 AU)
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Close Call! 'Scholz's Star' Grazed Our Solar System 70,000 Years Ago
New Technique Puts Exoplanets on the ScaleNew Technique Puts Exoplanets on the Scale
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Fibrils Flower on the SunImage Credit & Copyright: Big Bear Solar Obs., NJIT, Alan Friedman (Averted Imagination)