Transcript NuSTAR sheds light on supernova mechanisms Wheel concerns

Space News Update
- February 21, 2014 In the News
Story 1:
NuSTAR sheds light on supernova mechanisms
Story 2:
Wheel concerns prompt new route for Mars rover
Story 3:
Hubble Watches Stars' Clockwork Motion In Nearby Galaxy
Departments
The Night Sky
ISS Sighting Opportunities
Space Calendar
NASA-TV Highlights
Food for Thought
Space Image of the Week
NuSTAR sheds light on supernova
mechanisms
Wheel concerns prompt new route for
Mars rover
Hubble Watches Stars' Clockwork Motion
In Nearby Galaxy
The Night Sky
Friday, February 21
Capella passes closest to straight overhead
(for skywatchers at mid-northern latitudes) around
7 p.m. now, depending on how far east or west
you are in your time zone. Whenever Capella
crosses highest overhead, Rigel in Orion's
leading foot marks due south over your
landscape.
Saturn glows to the right of the Moon as dawn
begins on Saturday morning the 22nd, as shown
below. And look lower left of the Moon for
Antares.
Saturday, February 22
This year's big, bright "Winter Diamond" —
Jupiter at the top, Sirius at the bottom, and
Procyon and Betelgeuse forming the two side
corners — stands upright in the south around 8 or
9 p.m. now.
Sunday, February 23
The asteroid 2 Pallas, barely past opposition, is a few degrees southeast of Alphard in Hydra. It remains at magnitude
7.0 all week as it creeps northward, visible in binoculars and small telescopes.
Monday, February 24
During dawn on Tuesday the 25th, the waning crescent Moon shines upper right of Venus in the southeast.
Tuesday, February 25
During dawn on Wednesday the 26th, Venus shines upper right of the waning Moon low in the southeast, as shown
here. At the time of dawn in the Americas they appear closer together than they did on Tuesday morning.
Several hours earlier, the Moon passes right across — occults — Venus for central and western Africa, India, and parts of
China and Southeast Asia (at roughly 5h Universal Time February 26th).
Sky & Telescope
ISS Sighting Opportunities
ISS For Denver:
Date
Visible
Max Height
Appears
Disappears
Fri Feb 21, 6:28 PM
4 min
21°
11 above NNW
14 above ENE
Fri Feb 21, 8:05 PM
< 1 min
18°
15 above WNW
18 above WNW
Sat Feb 22, 7:15 PM
3 min
78°
10 above NW
77 above ENE
Sun Feb 23, 6:26 PM
6 min
44°
10 above NW
14 above ESE
Sun Feb 23, 8:05 PM
< 1 min
16°
15 above W
16 above WSW
Mon Feb 24, 7:16 PM
3 min
34°
26 above W
21 above S
Tue Feb 25, 6:27 PM
5 min
65°
27 above WNW
11 above SE
Sighting information for other cities can be found at NASA’s Satellite Sighting Information
NASA-TV Highlights
(all times Eastern Daylight Time)
February 25, Tuesday
1:35 p.m. - ISS Expedition 38 In-Flight Interview with WLS Radio, Chicago - JSC (All
Channels)
Watch NASA TV online by going to the NASA website
Space Calendar
Feb 21 - Moon Occults Saturn
Feb 21 - Comet C/2012 X1 (LINEAR) Perihelion (1.599 AU)
Feb 21 - Comet 168P/Hergenrother At Opposition (3.262 AU)
Feb 21 - Comet C/2013 B2 (Catalina) Closest Approach To Earth (3.338 AU)
Feb 21 - Comet P/2011 R3 (Novichonok-Gerke) At Opposition (3.630)
Feb 21 - Asteroid 2 Pallas Occults TYC 5482-00940-1 (9.4 Magnitude Star)
Feb 21 - Asteroid 1995 CR Near-Earth Flyby (0.020 AU)
Feb 21 - Asteroid 2012 DY43 Near-Earth Flyby (0.040 AU)
Feb 21 - Asteroid 1278 Kenya Closest Approach To Earth (2.067 AU)
Feb 22 - Asteroid 4464 Vulcano Closest Approach To Earth (1.148 AU)
Feb 22 - Asteroid 2874 Jim Young Closest Approach To Earth (1.356 AU)
Feb 22 - Asteroid 35352 Texas Closest Approach To Earth (1.846 AU)
Feb 22 - Asteroid 6456 Golombek Closest Approach To Earth (1.909 AU)
Feb 22 - Asteroid 10792 Ecuador Closest Approach To Earth (2.362 AU)
Feb 23 - Comet 80P/Peters-Hartley Closest Approach To Earth (2.114 AU)
Feb 23 - Comet P/2007 T2 (Kowalski) At Opposition (2.845 AU)
Feb 23 - Kuiper Belt Object 90482 Orcus At Opposition (47.079 AU)
Feb 24 - Asteroid 2014 CR Near-Earth Flyby (0.021 AU)
Feb 24 - Asteroid 4768 Hartley Closest Approach To Earth (2.923 AU)
Feb 24 - 45th Anniversary (1969), Mariner 6 Launch (Mars Flyby Mission)
Feb 24 - 65th Anniversary (1949), Bumper WAC Launch
Feb 25 - Uragan-M #42 Soyuz-2-1b Fregat-M Launch
Feb 25 - Comet 266P/Christensen At Opposition (1.601 AU)
Feb 25 - Comet P/1996 R2 (Lagerkvist) At Opposition (3.541 AU)
Feb 25 - Comet 242P/Spahr At Opposition (3.975 AU)
Feb 25 - Asteroid 26715 South Dakota Closest Approach To Earth (1.739 AU)
Feb 25 - Asteroid 247553 Berndpauli Closest Approach To Earth (3.509 AU)
Feb 26 - MAVEN, Trajectory Correction Maneuver #2 (TCM-2)
Feb 26 - Moon Occults Venus
Feb 26 - Comet 277P/LINEAR At Opposition (1.925 AU)
Feb 26 - Comet 88P/Howell At Opposition (2.545 AU)
Feb 26 - Comet 10P/Tempel At Opposition (3.276 AU)
Feb 26 - Comet P/2006 F1 (Kowalski) At Opposition (4.176 AU)
Feb 26 - Asteroid 2 Pallas At Opposition (6.3 Magnitude)
Feb 26 - Asteroid 367943 Duende Closest Approach To Earth (0.767 AU)
Feb 26 - Asteroid 4716 Urey Closest Approach To Earth (1.839 AU)
Feb 26 - Asteroid 2597 Arthur Closest Approach To Earth (2.228 AU)
JPL Space Calendar
Food for Thought
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Scientist Says
Space Image of the Week
Speedster Star Shocks the Galaxy Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech