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As the sky darkens in early evening during April, the first thing to catch your eye will be bright Venus, gleaming large and white in the west about a third of the way from the horizon to straight overhead. Venus at dusk is one of the sky's prettiest sights. The brilliant planet will be visible even befor...
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Supernova 2007bt
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A bright magnitude 15.6 Type IIn supernova, 2007bt, was discovered on the 17th April, 2007, by the Nearby Supernova Factory in an anonymous galaxy in the constellation Bootes. The supernova is located near the centre of the host galaxy. Position (2000): R.A. = 14h27m47s.73, Dec. = +12°48'47&...
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Supernova 2007bp
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A bright magnitude 15.6 Type II supernova, 2007bp, was discovered on the 26th March, 2007, by the Nearby Supernova Factory in the galaxy MCG +01-24-19 in the constellation Hydra. The supernova is located near the centre of the host galaxy. Position (2000): R.A. = 09h24m00s.55, Dec. = +05°12...
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Mumbai Techfest 2007
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Giant prehistoric flying reptiles from the University of Portsmouth in the United Kingdom attracted crowds of thousands in Mumbai, India, today where they are on display at Techfest 2007 - Asia's largest science and technology festival. The full-scale pterosaurs models - giant flying levi...
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V5558 Sagittarii
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Possible Nova in Sagittarius A possible magnitude 10.3 nova was discovered in Sagittarius by Yukio Sakurai, Mito, Ibaraki-ken, Japan, on Apr. 14 V5558 Sagittarii = Nova Sagittarii 2007 Position (2000.0): R.A. = 18h 10m 18.27s Dec. = -18o 46' 52.1" [url=http://cfa-www.harvard.edu...
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Supernova 2007bj
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A magnitude 15.2 supernova, 2007bj, was discovered on the 18th April 2007, by Jack Newton, R. Gorelli and Tim Puckett in the elliptical galaxy NGC 6172 in the constellation Ophiuchus. The supernova is located 3"...
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Supernova 2007bc
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A Type Ia magnitude 16 supernova, 2007bc, was discovered on the 4th April 2007 by the Lick Observatory Supernova Search, in the galaxy UGC 6332. The supernova is located 29".2 west and 16".5 south of the centre of the Galaxy Position(2000): R.A. = 11h19m14s.57, Dec. = +20°48'32&...
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Asteroid 2007 GU1
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The 50 meter-wide asteroid 2007 GU1 is to flyby the Earth on April 16th. At closest approach the space rock will be 500,000 miles away, about 2.1 lunar distances. ate TT R. A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. Phase V 2007 04 10 13 35.87 +10 06.1 0.0601 1.059 161.3 17.7 19.6 2007 04 11 13 39.82 +09 46.7 0.04...
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Hudnall Planetarium
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Tyler Junior College's Hudnall Planetarium will present "Hubble: Images of the Infinite" at 2 p.m. Saturday-Sunday recapping discoveries made by the Hubble space telescope, including historical highlights and scientific findings. The show will feature a tour of the solar system,...
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Dr. Wil van Breugel will speak
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Astronomical researcher Dr. Wil van Breugel will speak on Our Universe: Watch Out! at the Science on Saturday program April 28 at California State University, Fresno. van Breugel, who has more 25 years of experience in conducting astronomical research using a wide variety of telescopes on earth a...
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RAS NAM 2007
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Nearly 500 astronomers and space scientists will gather for the Royal Astronomical Society National Astronomy Meeting 2007 (NAM 2007), this year held in conjunction with the UK Solar Physics (UKSP) and Magnetosphere Ionosphere and Solar-Terrestrial (MIST) meetings. NAM 2007 will be hosted by...
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Soon after sunset on Saturday evening, March 3, skywatchers in eastern North America can watch the rising full moon undergoing its first total eclipse in nearly 2-˝ years. In Europe and Africa the eclipse takes place late at night high in a dark sky. [url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17074307/]...
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Supernova 2007AF
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VLT Image of Bright Supernova in the Spiral Galaxy NGC 5584 in Virgo Until now NGC 5584 was just one galaxy among many others, located to the West of the Virgo Cluster. Known only as a number in galaxy surveys, its sheer beauty is now revealed in all its glory in a new VLT image. Since 1 March, this purple co...
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V2615 Oph
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A new magnitude 10 nova, V2615 Oph , was discovered by Hideo Nishimura (Miyawaki, Kakegawa, Shizuoka-ken) and Yuji Nakamura (Kameyama, Mie, Japan) on March 21st, 2007. Position(2000): RA: 17:42:44.00 Dec: -23:40:35.1 [url=http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iauc/08800/08824.html]IAUC
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Supernova 2007av
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A magnitude 15.5 supernova, 2007av, was discovered on the 20th March 2007, by Ron Arbour in the galaxy NGC 3279, in the constellation Leo. The supernova is located 6".0 east and 15".0 south of the centre of the galaxy. Position(2...
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