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What’s Up Jan 2008 – Feb 2008

What’s Up Jan 2008 – Feb 2008. Sa-sa-na Loft Astro Society. Mars Rover Update. Mars Rove Update NASA announces 2009 contract extension Opp – exploring interior of Victoria Crater Spirit – Racing against energy to get to its Winter Home on Mars.

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What’s Up Jan 2008 – Feb 2008

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  1. What’s Up Jan 2008 – Feb 2008 Sa-sa-na Loft Astro Society

  2. Mars Rover Update • Mars Rove Update • NASA announces 2009 contract extension • Opp – exploring interior of Victoria Crater • Spirit – Racing against energy to get to its Winter Home on Mars. • New software added to improve efficiency getting to location • For every day of travel, a day of charging • Panels still dusty • If it doesn’t get to North facing spot, may not survive winter.

  3. Astronomical Events • 1/21 – Mercury at Greatest Elongation • 2/6 New Moon • 2/20 – Full Moon – TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE • 1st Week of February – Sporadic Meteors • Up to 5 per hour at times.

  4. Asteroids and Comets • 17P/Holmes • In Perseus • Comet 8P/Tutle • Crest at mag 5.5 • Last week in Dec to Jan 10 • Heading between Cetus and Pisces • Jan 26th – Closest to Sun • Comet 46P Wirtanen • Heads from Pisces to Aires • 8th Magnitude • 1st week of February • 1 Ceres Cruises through Cetus at 8.3 mag • On Jan 6th, Ceres and Tutle will lie in the same field of view. • Considered a Dwarf Planet not an asteroid. • 6 Hebe treks through Cancer • Beelines toward M44 Beehive Cluster • 9th magnitude – opposition 2/6

  5. Comet 17P/Holmes • Heart and Soul Nebula in Cassiopeia

  6. Solar Activity • Coronal holes are vast regions where the sun's magnetic field opens up and allows solar wind to escape. A million mile-per-hour wind stream is spewing from this coronal hole and heading toward Earth.

  7. Solar Cycle 24 Predictions

  8. Favorite APODs The Milky way Galaxy M51 – Whirlpool Galaxy

  9. My Current Target List • Andromeda Galaxy (M31, M32, M110) • NGC 404 – Ghost of Mirach • M33 - Triangulum/Pin Wheel Galaxy • NGC 672/IC 1727 – Interacting Galaxies • 17P/Comet Holmes • NGC 7662 - Blue Snowball • Mars • Orion and M42 • M41 OC and NGC 2362 Tau Cluster • Herschel h3945 – Winter Albireo • NGC 869 - Double Cluster • Stock 2 – Muscle Man Cluster Asterism • NGC 457 – Open Cluster • NGC 2264 – Christmas Tree Cluster • NGC 2261 – Hubble’s Variable Nebula • NGC 2237, 2238,2246 Rosette Nebula • NGC 2244 – Open Cluster • NGC 2329 – Eskimo Nebula • NGC 2371/2372 – Planetary in Gemini • M35 and NGC 2158 in Gemini • M50 Open Cluster • M46 Open Cluster and NGC 2438 – Planetary Nebula • IC 418 – Spiro-graph Nebula • M79 – Globular Cluster • Saturn All gold items are new and recommended by Robert Werkman, Keith’s brother! Items in bold italics will be inserted next month

  10. The Andromeda Galaxy (M31)

  11. Ghost of Mirach – NGC 404 • Magnitude 10 • Elliptical Galaxy • In Andromeda

  12. Interacting Spirals – NGC 672/IC 1727 • NGC 672 • Magnitude 10.7 • Spiral Galaxy • In Triangulum • IC 1727 • Mag 11.4 • Spiral Galaxy • Interacting

  13. Comet 17P Holmes

  14. The Blue Snowball (NGC 7662) • Magnitude 8.3 • Planetary Nebula • Andromeda

  15. Mars and Pleiades

  16. Orion and the Crab

  17. M41 OC and NGC 2362 Tau Cluster

  18. NGC 869, 743 and Stock 2

  19. NGC 457 – Open Cluster • Mag 6.4 • Open Cluster • Owl Cluster • Dragonfly Cluster • ET Cluster • .5 deg across

  20. NGC 2264 - Christmas Tree Cluster • Mag 4.1 • Open Cluster • Contains Conus Nebula • 2-3 deg across

  21. NGC 2261 – Hubble’s Variable Nebula • Mag 30 • Nebula • Go Wide Field • OIII required

  22. NGC 2237,2238,2246 and 2244 • Rosette Nebula and Friends • Mag 30/blue mag 4 • Nebula • Go Wide Field • OIII required

  23. NGC 2329 – The Eskimo Nebula NGC2371/2372 • Double Bubble • Mag 11.2 • Planetary Neb. Castor • Mag 1.6 • Double Blues • Easily split • Mag 9.1 • Planetary Nebula

  24. M50 - Open Cluster • M50 • Mag 5.9 • Open Cluster • .5 deg across

  25. M46 - Open Cluster • M46 • Mag 6.1 • Open Cluster • .75 deg across • NGC 2438 • Mag 10.3 • Planetary Nebula • .1 deg across

  26. Saturn and its Moons • Titan – 8.4 • Rhea – 9.8 • Dione – 10.2 • Tethis – 10.3 • Encilidus – 11.8 • Mimas – 11.3 • Hyperion – 14.5

  27. New Toys

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