Archive for December, 2007

Sky at Night Special: December 2007 – Sputnik’s Children

Monday, December 31st, 2007 at 6:06 pm  
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December 2007 – Sputnik’s Children: Dr Chris Lintott finds out how British technology is leading the way in satellite science, while Sir Patrick Moore investigates the threat from space debris that astronauts face in space.…

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Meade LX200R 10-Inch Telescope Review

Saturday, December 29th, 2007 at 7:21 pm  
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I am relatively new to amateur astronomy. I’ve had a Meade ETX-125 for about 6 years, but it is only within the last 2 years that actually I found time to use it. Although it is a very capable telescope for its size, I wanted a bigger light bucket …

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Sky at Night: December 2007 – Last Man on the Moon

Saturday, December 29th, 2007 at 4:20 pm  
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December 2007 – Last Man on the Moon: On the 14th of December 1972, Captain Eugene Cernan left the moon to return to Earth. He had no idea that, 35 years later, he would still be the last man to have left his footprints on the lunar surface. …

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EPOXI Mission to Comet Hartley-2

Thursday, December 13th, 2007 at 9:11 pm  
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NASA has approved the retargeting of the EPOXI mission for a flyby of comet Hartley 2 on Oct. 11, 2010. Hartley 2 was chosen as EPOXI’s destination after the initial target, comet Boethin, could not be found. Scientists theorize comet Boethin may have broken up into pieces too small for …

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