Archive for July, 2009

Dunsink SolarFest Restrospective

Monday, July 27th, 2009 at 1:15 pm  
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While checking the memory card on my camera, I found a photos I took out in Dunsink on June 20th (2009) that I’d forgotten about. SolarFest, organised by the Dublin Institute of Advanced Studies, ran that day and consisted of a series of talks about Sun-related topics and an …

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AAVSO Alert Notice 399: Nightly Monitoring of AG Dra in Support of HST Calibration Observations

Monday, July 27th, 2009 at 9:18 am  
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AAVSO Alert Notice 399:
Nightly monitoring of AG Dra in support of HST calibration observations
July 27, 2009

Edward Smith (STScI) has requested nightly photometric monitoring of the symbiotic star AG Draconis during the period 2009 August 2, and tentatively scheduled to continue through mid-September 2009. They are specifically requesting …

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Apollo 11 Reminiscences

Monday, July 20th, 2009 at 7:03 pm  
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July 20th, 1969, 8:30pm: As an 8-year old, I was packed off to bed. My folks knew I was very interested in the upcoming Moon Landing, so…

The estate I grew up on was a young one, so was full of kids in the mid to late 60s. We’d spend …

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Celebrating Apollo 11′s 40th Anniversary

Sunday, July 19th, 2009 at 4:01 pm  
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40 years on from the Apollo 11 Moon Landing in 1969, we’re still no closer to returning to the moon than we were when Apollo 17 left the Moon on 1972.

We’re further from where we were in 1972, if anything. At least back then, there was still the …

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New Jupiter Impact

Sunday, July 19th, 2009 at 1:19 pm  
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Amateur astronomer Anthony Wesley from Canberra, Australia captured an image of Jupiter on July 19, 2009 showing a possible new impact site. Anthony’s image shows a new dark spot in the South Polar Region of Jupiter, at approximately 216° longitude in System 2. It looks very similar to the impact …

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LRO Spacecraft Gets First Look at Apollo Landing Sites

Friday, July 17th, 2009 at 8:01 pm  
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NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, has returned its first imagery of the Apollo moon landing sites. The pictures show the Apollo missions’ lunar module descent stages sitting on the moon‘s surface, as long shadows from a low sun angle make the modules’ locations evident.

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Apollo 11 Diatribe

Friday, July 17th, 2009 at 3:12 pm  
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40 years on from the Apollo 11 Moon Landing in 1969, we’re still no closer to returning to the moon than we were when Apollo 17 left the Moon on 1972.

We’re further from where we were in 1972, if anything. At least back then, there was still the …

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Apollo 40th Anniversary

Thursday, July 16th, 2009 at 11:17 pm  
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NASA has released newly restored video from the July 20, 1969, live television broadcast of the Apollo 11 moonwalk. The release commemorates the 40th anniversary of the first mission to land astronauts on the moon.

Other 40th Anniversary Resources

The initial video release, part of a larger Apollo …

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Apollo 11 Astronaut Michael Collins Speaks

Thursday, July 16th, 2009 at 1:24 pm  
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The following is a series of questions and answers prepared by Michael Collins, command module pilot for Apollo 11. Collins issued the following statement in lieu of media interviews:

These are questions I am most frequently asked, plus a few others I have added. For more information, please consult …

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Apollo 11 40th Anniversary Documentaries

Sunday, July 12th, 2009 at 2:53 pm  
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This is a list of Apollo 11 related programmes to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the moon landing, that are airing on the Sky and Freesat platforms in Europe over the coming days. If you live in the US and would like me to update this list with programmes available …

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