* Astronomy

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February 6th

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On February 6, 2011, the two STEREO spacecraft were exactly 180 degrees apart from each other

Alan Shepard (Apollo 14) played golf with a Wilson six iron on the moon in 1971
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZLl3XwlAIE

Ariane 5, ABS 2 (KOREASAT 8 / ST 3) satellite was launched on the 6th February 2014.
http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/abs-2.htm

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Col. Yuri Ivanovich Onufriyenko (born 6 February 1961) is a Russian cosmonaut
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yury_Onufriyenko

Jun Kondo (born on February 6, 1930) is a theoretical physicist in Japan.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jun_Kondo

Nesta Robert "Bob" Marley (6 February 1945 - 11 May 1981) was a Jamaican singer-songwriter and musician.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t47686642/nesta-robert-bob-marley-1945-1981/

Henry James Anderson (February 6, 1799 - October 19, 1875) was an American scientist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_James_Anderson

Thomas David Anderson (February 6, 1853 - March 31, 1932) was a Scottish amateur astronomer.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t52545439/thomas-david-anderson-1853-1932/

Frederick Slocum (February 6, 1873 - December 4, 1944) was an American astronomer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Slocum

Joseph Winlock (February 6, 1826 - June 11, 1875) was an American astronomer and mathematician.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Winlock_(astronomer)

Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin (February 6, 1865 - September 20, 1939) was an astronomer of French and Huguenot descent.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Claude_de_la_Cherois_Crommelin

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NGC 1632 was rediscovered by Stephane Javelle on the 6th February 1893 and relisted as IC 386
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56622693/ngc-1632/

NGC 1781 was discovered by Frederick William Herschel on the 6th February 1785.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56622469/ngc-1781/

NGC 2163 was discovered by Edouard Jean-Marie Stephan on the 6th February 1874.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56622451/

NGC 2174 was discovered by Edouard Jean-Marie Stephan on the 6th February 1877.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56622424/ngc-2174/

NGC 2897 was discovered by Albert Marth on the 6th February 1864.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56622368/ngc-2897/

NGC 2898 was discovered by Albert Marth on the 6th February 1864.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56622330/ngc-2898/

NGC 2917 was discovered by Albert Marth on the 6th February 1864.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56622314/ngc-2917/

NGC 3938 was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on the 6th February 1788
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t63606822/ngc-3938/

NGC 4013 was discovered by William Herschel on the 6th February 1788
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t15237235/ngc-4013/

NGC 4051 was discovered by William Herschel on the 6th February 1788
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t53671770/ngc-4051/

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The Horsehead Nebula (Barnard 33) was first recorded on the 6th February, 1888 by William Henry Pickering on photographic plate B2312, with a 90 minutes exposure, using the 8-inch Bache Astrograph from Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, Massachusetts. (identified by Williamina Fleming)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horsehead_Nebula

On January 6, 2002, V838 Monocerotis was seen to brighten up in Monoceros, the Unicorn
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V838_Monocerotis

Planet Hercules was discovered on the 6th February 1804
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=IxEbAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA363#v=onepage&q&f=false

Asteroid (245) Vera was discovered by N. R. Pogson on February 6, 1885 in Madras.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t47686602/asteroid-245-vera/

Asteroid (212) Medea was discovered by Johann Palisa on February 6, 1880
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/212_Medea

A repeat of the Phoenix Lights occurred February 6, 2007
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_Lights#Reappearance_in_2007

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Meteorites

The Långhalsen (L6) meteorite fell in Sodermanlands, Sweden, on the 6th February, 1947.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t47686575/lnghalsen-meteorite/