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First Ever STEREO Images of the Entire Sun
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Earth-Like Worlds Might Be as 'Common as Ants at a Picnic'
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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