AAVSO ALert Notice 411: Request for Observations of the Blazar 3C 66A
AAVSO ALert Notice 411: Request for observations of the blazar 3C 66A October 31, 2009 Further to Alert Notice #353 (July 11, 2007), Dr. Markus Boettcher…
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AAVSO Alert Notice 410: Request for Additional Epsilon Aurigae Observations
AAVSO Alert Notice 410: Request for additional epsilon Aurigae observations October 29, 2009 Dr. Robert Stencel (Denver U.) requests enhanced coverage of the bright, long-period eclipsing…
Read the article →Meteorite Explodes Over Indonesia
On October 8, 2009 at about 03:00 GMT, with no warning, an approx. 10-meter wide asteroid hit Earth’s atmosphere above Indonesia and exploded. The break-up was…
Read the article →AAVSO Alert Notice 409: V5584 SGR – Nova Sagitarii 2009 Number 4
AAVSO Alert Notice 409: V5584 SGR = NOVA SAGITTARII 2009 NUMBER 4 October 29, 2009 Event: Nova in Sagittarius (V5584 Sgr = N Sgr 2009 No.…
Read the article →Orionid Meteor Shower, 2009
The Orionid meteor shower peaks this week and it could be a very good show. “Earth is passing through a stream of debris from Halley’s Comet,…
Read the article →AAVSO Alert Notice 407: Outburst of the UGWZ-Type Dwarf Nova EG Cancri
AAVSO Alert Notice 407: Outburst of the UGWZ-type dwarf nova EG Cancri October 12, 2009 The WZ Sge-type dwarf nova EG Cancri has been reported in…
Read the article →LCROSS Impacts Lunar Crater in Search for Water Ice
The LCROSS mission operations team initiated power-up of the LCROSS science payload and saw this view of the moon. NASA’s Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite,…
Read the article →AAVSO Alert Notice 406: Observing Campaign to Monitor Magnetically-Active Dwarfs for Long-Term Variability
AAVSO Alert Notice 406: Observing Campaign to monitor Magnetically-Active Dwarfs for Long-Term Variability October 7, 2009 The observers of the AAVSO are asked to participate in…
Read the article →LCROSS Impact Observer’s Guide
Put on your hard hat and get ready for action, because on Friday, Oct. 9th, what you just imagined is really going to happen – and…
Read the article →The Solar Minimum Continues
Two sunspots, which appeared on the autumnal equinox to break several months of extreme solar quiet [see New Sunspots (Finally!)], have faded away, leaving the sun…
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