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Space News Update - February 7, 2011 In the News Story 1: First Ever STEREO Images of the Entire Sun Story 2: NASA Deputy Administrator Visits Colorado Innovation Sites Story 3: Earth-Like Worlds Might Be as 'Common as Ants at a Picnic' Departments The Night Sky ISS Sighting Opportunities NASA-TV Highlights Food for Thought Space Image of the Week First Ever STEREO Images of the Entire Sun NASA Deputy Administrator Visits Colorado Innovation Sites Earth-Like Worlds Might Be as 'Common as Ants at a Picnic' The Night Sky Monday, February 7 · The Moon is over Jupiter this evening. Look to their right for the Great Square of Pegasus, tipped onto one corner. Tuesday, February 8 · You may know of the fine winter star cluster M41, visible in binoculars about one binocular field south of Sirius. But what about the cluster M50? Follow a line from Sirius to the tip of Canis Major's nose (Theta Canis Majoris), continue nearly as far exactly straight onward, and there you are. M50 is magnitude 5.9, quite a bit fainter than M41's magnitude 4.5. In the same field with M50 is another, the fainter cluster: NGC 2343, a tougher catch at magnitude 6.7. · Before the start of dawn Wednesday morning, the asteroid Vesta is 0.4° north of Venus. They're magnitudes +7.8 and – 4.3, respectively, a 70,000-times difference in brightness! Wednesday, February 9 · The eclipsing binary star Algol (Beta Persei) should be at minimum brightness, magnitude 3.4 instead of its usual 2.1, for a couple hours centered on 10:18 p.m. EST; 7:18 p.m. PST. Algol takes several additional hours to fade and to rebrighten. Thursday, February 10 · First-quarter Moon tonight (exact at 2:18 a.m. Friday morning EST). Look upper left of the Moon for the Pleiades. Farther left of the Pleiades shines Aldebaran. Friday, February 11 · The Moon shines near the Pleiades after dusk (for the time zones of the Americas). Binoculars give a fine view. Watch the Moon move along its orbit with respect to the cluster as the hours pass. ISS Sighting Opportunities For Denver: SATELLITE LOCAL DATE/TIME DURATION MAX ELEV APPROACH DEPARTURE (MIN) (DEG) (DEG-DIR) (DEG-DIR) ISS Tue Feb 08/06:03 AM 3 34 15 above NNW 26 above ENE ISS Wed Feb 09/04:57 AM <1 16 16 above NE ISS Wed Feb 09/06:29 AM 4 65 16 above WNW 25 above SE ISS Thu Feb 10/05:22 AM 1 39 36 above N ISS Fri Feb 11/05:48 AM 3 55 30 above WNW 16 above SE 16 above NE 29 above ENE Sighting information for other cities can be found at NASA’s Satellite Sighting Information NASA-TV Highlights February 7, Monday 12:30 p.m. - NASA TV Video File - B-Roll of Mark Kelly Training for STS-134 - JSC (Public, HD and Media Channels) 4 p.m. - NASA TV Video File - Additional B-Roll of Mark Kelly Training for STS-134 - JSC (Public, HD and Media Channels) February 9, Wednesday 10:10 a.m. - ISS Expedition 26 In-Flight Interviews with NPR’s “All Things Considered” and KHOU-TV, Houston - JSC (Public and Media Channels) Watch NASA TV on the Net by going to NASA website. Food for Thought How To See NanoSail-D From Your Own Backyard Space Image of the Week