Archive for May, 2008

Sky at Night: May 2008 – We Just Don’t Know

Saturday, May 31st, 2008 at 10:05 pm  
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August 2008 – Double Vision: Sir Patrick Moore celebrates the 666th edition of the programme, discussing some of the big, still unanswered questions with a panel of experts.…

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Celestron SkyScout Personal Planetarium

Friday, May 30th, 2008 at 6:34 pm  
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Phoenix Spacecraft During Landing

Monday, May 26th, 2008 at 9:22 pm  
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Camera On Mars Orbiter Snaps Phoenix During Landing

A telescopic camera in orbit around Mars caught a view of NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander suspended from its parachute during the lander’s successful arrival at Mars Sunday evening, May 25.

The image from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) on NASA’s …

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NASA Phoenix Spacecraft Lands on Mars

Sunday, May 25th, 2008 at 10:14 pm  
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NASA’s Phoenix spacecraft landed in the northern polar region of Mars Sunday to begin three months of examining a site chosen for its likelihood of having frozen water within reach of the lander’s robotic arm.

Radio signals received at 4:53:44 p.m. Pacific Time (7:53:44 p.m. Eastern Time) confirmed the Phoenix …

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AAVSO Alert Notice 378: Request to Monitor RE J1255+266 for HST Observations

Monday, May 5th, 2008 at 7:12 pm  
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AAVSO Alert 378:
Request to monitor RE J1255+266 for HST Observations
May 5, 2008

Dr. Paula Szkody (University of Washington) and collaborators have requested our help in monitoring the cataclysmic variable RE J1255+266 for upcoming Hubble Space Telescope observations. Dr. Szkody requests nightly monitoring of this source beginning immediately, and …

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