Sometimes you can’t believe your eyes. This weekend is one of those times.
On Saturday night, June 30th, step outside at sunset and look around. You’ll see a giant moon rising in the east. It looks like Earth’s moon with the usual craters and seas, but something’s wrong. This full …
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On Monday 18 June the Moon will occult brilliant Venus, mag -4.4, at about 13:58 UT). The exact time of the occultation will depend on your location – the further West you are, the earlier it will occur, so be prepared up to 5 minutes before these times. The occultation …
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AAVSO Alert Notice 351
Campaign for a New Eclipsing Cepheid
June 8, 2007
Name:
TYC 1031 01262 1
ASAS 182611+1212.6
1821+12B (Harvard Designation)
ASAS182612 (AAVSO name)
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Pojmanski, G., Pilecki, B., Szczygiel, D. 2005, AcA 55, 275 and Antipin, S.V., Sokolovsky, K. V. and Ignatieva, T. I. 2007, astro-ph/0705.0605…
Picture this: A spaceship swoops in from the void, plunging toward a cloudy planet about the size of Earth. A laser beam lances out from the ship; it probes the planet’s clouds, striving to reach the hidden surface below. Meanwhile, back on the craft’s home world, scientists perch on the …
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