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An expert advisory team has been appointed by ESA with the purpose of advising the Agency on the best scientific and technological roadmap to pursue in order to address one of the most exciting goals in modern astrophysics: the characterization of terrestrial exo-planets (up to the possible detec...
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Austria Declares Intent To Join ESO At a press conference today at the University of Vienna's Observatory, the Austrian Federal Minister for Science and Research Johannes Hahn announced the decision by the Austrian Government to seek membership of ESO. From left to right: Prof. Tim de Zeeuw, ESO D...
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Mercury and Venus are both very close to the Sun, so they are more or less out of sight this month. Mars is high up in the western sky at dusk, and Jupiter is now playing the role of Morning Star: it rises in the east about three hours before sunrise. Saturn on the other hand is high in the east at dusk, and does...
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JPL Open House
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Supernova 2008bt
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A magnitude 15.2 supernova, 2008bt, was discovered on the 13th April 2008 by Koichi Itagaki and LOSS in the spiral galaxy NGC 3404 in the constellation Hydra.
Position(200): R.A. = 10h50m16.88, Dec. = -12°06'32".0
The supernova is located 16".4 west and 0".4 south of...
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Lunar Rover Design Competition In 2008, the American Astronautical Society is hosting the second edition of a student lunar rover design competition with UKSEDS. The basic concept is the design of a small rover tha...
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CGCG 071-101 optical transient
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The Catalina Sky Survey (CSS) using the Mt. Bigelow 0.7m Catalina Schmidt Telescope has detected a magnitude 17.2 supernova or nova at the edge of galaxy CGCG 071-101 (z=0.032), on 29th Mar 2008. The object was also present in images taken by them on 31st January 2008, (at magnitude V ~ 18.1). Positio...
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Supernova 2005kd
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Title: SN 2005kd: another very luminous, slowly declining type IIn supernova Authors: D. Yu. Tsvetkov CCD UBVRI photometry is presented for type IIn SN 2005kd. The maximum luminosity exceeded Mv=-19.8, and SN remained brighter than -18 mag for about 400 days. While overall photometric evolutio...
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Supernova in NGC5530
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A possible magnitude 13.5, Supernova was discovered on the 13th September, 2007, by Robert Evans (Australia) in the spiral galaxy NGC 5530 in the constellation Lupus. The supernova is Located 24" west and 25" north of the nucleus of the galaxy. Position(2000): R.A. = 14h18m25s.6, Dec....
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Early Solar System Impact Bombardment
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The Workshop on the Early Solar System Impact Bombardment will be held September 15-17, 2008, at the Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI), located in the Universities Space Research Association (USRA) building, 3600 Bay Area Boulevard, Houston, Texas. [url=http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meeting...
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Supernova 2008Q
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A bright magnitude 13.5, Type Ia supernova, 2008Q, was discovered on the 26th January, 2008, by Giancarlo Cortini, in the galaxy NGC 524 in the constellation Pisces. The supernova is located 160" east and 54" north of the nucleus of the galaxy. Position(2000): R.A. = 01h24m57s.23, Dec....
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Astronomers at the Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute alert all early morning risers to a spectacular meeting of the two brightest planets on the morning Feb. 1. Venus, the brightest of all the planets, has been dominating the predawn skies in the east since early September. The second bright...
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Sun 24.02.08
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A coronal mass ejection was released from the far side of the Sun yesterday morning. Expand (28kb, 360 x 302)
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Moon occults Venus
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A thin waning crescent Moon (>5%) will occult the planet Venus (magnitude -3.9) at ~20:20 UT, 5th March 2008. Binoculars will b needed to observe this daytime event, which is viewable from north American and the southern Pacific. Venus will be only 24° from the Sun, so care must be taken. [url=htt...
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