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Space News Update January 13, 2011 -

Space News Update January 13, 2011 -. In the News Story 1: Astronomers Describe New Class of Planetary System Story 2: Clues to Supernova Origin Announced Story 3: Spacecraft Completes Biggest Maneuver Departments The Night Sky ISS Sighting Opportunities Space Calendar

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Space News Update January 13, 2011 -

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  1. Space News Update • January 13, 2011 - In the News Story 1: Astronomers Describe New Class of Planetary System Story 2: Clues to Supernova Origin Announced Story 3:Spacecraft Completes Biggest Maneuver Departments The Night Sky ISS Sighting OpportunitiesSpace Calendar NASA-TV Highlights Food for Thought Space Image of the Week

  2. Astronomers Describe New Class of Planetary System

  3. Clues to Supernova Origin Announced

  4. Spacecraft Completes Biggest Maneuver

  5. The Night Sky Friday, January 13 · Before and during dawn Saturday morning, Mars shines above the waning Moon, as shown at right. Saturday, January 14 · The tight telescopic double star Gamma (γ) Virginis shines above the waning Moon before and during dawn Sunday morning, as shown at right. Brighter Mars glows to the star's right.

  6. The Night Sky Sunday, January 15 · The sky's biggest asterism (informal star pattern) is the Winter Hexagon or Winter Circle. It fills the sky toward the east and south these evenings. Start with brilliant Sirius at its bottom. Going clockwise from there, march through Procyon, Pollux and Castor, Capella high up, Aldebaran over to Capella's right, down to Rigel, and back to Sirius. · Last-quarter Moon late tonight (exact at 4:08 a.m. on the 16th EST). The Moon rises around midnight local time tonight, with Spica a little above it and Saturn farther to its left. Monday, January 16 · How well do you know the telescopic sights of Orion's Belt and Sword, really? Make new finds with Sue French's Deep-Sky Wonders article and chart in the January Sky & Telescope, page 54.

  7. For Denver: No ISS Sighting Opportunities For Denver: No ISS Sighting Opportunities ISS Sighting Opportunities For Denver: Sighting information for other cities can be found at NASA’s Satellite Sighting Information

  8. NASA-TV Highlights (all times Eastern Daylight Time) No changes to normal daily programming Watch NASA TV on the Net by going to NASA website

  9. Johann Gottfried Galle Wilhelm Beer Space Calendar Jan 13 - [Jan 12] Feng Yun 2F CZ-3A Launch Jan 13 - Mercury Passes 4.5 Degrees From Pluto Jan 13 - Asteroid 433 Eros Occults TYC 0845-00718-1 (10.1 Magnitude Star) Jan 13 - [Jan 05] Asteroid 2012 AZ Near-Earth Flyby (0.040 AU) Jan 13 - Asteroid 21619 Johnhopkins Closest Approach To Earth (1.136 AU) Jan 13 - Asteroid 3173 McNaught Closest Approach To Earth (1.685 AU) Jan 13 - Asteroid 6136 Gryphon Closest Approach To Earth (1.873 AU) Jan 13 - Asteroid 588 Achilles Closest Approach To Earth (3.497 AU) Jan 14 - [Jan 11] Comet 255P/Levy Perihelion (1.007 AU) Jan 14 - Asteroid 2005 BU Near-Earth Flyby (0.052 AU) Jan 14 - Asteroid 2011 YA Near-Earth Flyby (0.071 AU) Jan 14 - Asteroid 10797 Guatemala Closest Approach To Earth (1.214 AU) Jan 14 - Asteroid 1000 Piazzia Closest Approach To Earth (2.725 AU) Jan 14 - Kuiper Belt Object 20000 Varuna At Opposition (42.618 AU) Jan 14 - Wilhelm Beer's 215th Birthday (1797) Jan 14-23 - Globe at Night Jan 15 - [Jan 08] Phobos-Grunt Reenters Earth's Atmosphere Jan 16 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #306 (OTM-306) Jan 16 - Asteroid 2011 YH40 Near-Earth Flyby (0.014 AU) Jan 16 - Asteroid 4147 Lennon Closest Approach To Earth (1.459 AU) Jan 16 - Asteroid 2169 Taiwan Closest Approach To Earth (1.710 AU) Wilhelm Beer

  10. Food for Thought New App Grabs Latest Mars Rover Opportunity Images for You

  11. Space Image of the Week Mapping Dark Matter in Galaxies Illustration Credit: ESO

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