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Space News Update
- July 8, 2011 In the News
Story 1:
NASA Launches Space Shuttle on Historic Final Mission
Story 2:
House Panel Proposes Killing Hubble Telescope Successor
Story 3:
Exploding Stars Can Make Good Dust Factories
Departments
The Night Sky
ISS Sighting Opportunities
Space Calendar
NASA-TV Highlights
Food for Thought
Space Image of the Week
NASA Launches Space Shuttle on Historic Final
Mission
House Panel Proposes Killing Hubble
Telescope Successor
Exploding Stars Can Make Good Dust Factories
The Night Sky
Friday, July 8
· Spica shines to the right of the Moon after
dusk, with Saturn and Porrima farther right as
shown here. Get your telescope on all these
objects early; they move lower later in the
evening.
Saturday, July 9
· Titan, the brightest satellite of Saturn, can be
found in a telescope about four ring-lengths
west of Saturn this evening and tomorrow
evening. With an aperture of 6 inches or more,
you may be able to make out Titan's orange tint
due to its hydrocarbon-smogged atmosphere.
Sunday, July 10
· Arcturus is the brightest star very high in the
west-southwest after dark. Vega is the
brightest even higher in the east. A third of the
way from Arcturus to Vega, look for the mostly
dim semicircle of Corona Borealis, the
Northern Crown. Two-thirds of the way, look for
the dim Keystone of Hercules.
Monday, July 11
· Look 2° or 3° below the Moon for Antares
early this evening, as shown below.
For Denver: No ISS Sighting Opportunities
ISS Sighting Opportunities
For Denver:
SATELLITE
ISS
ISS
ISS
NO
ISS
ISS
ISS
ISS
ISS
ISS
ISS
ISS
LOCAL
DURATION
DATE/TIME
(MIN)
Fri Jun 24/00:28 AM
Fri Jun 24/09:54 PM
Fri Jun 24/11:30
PM
SIGHTINGS
AVAILABLE
Sat Jun 25/10:30 PM
Sun Jun 26/00:05 AM
Sun Jun 26/09:30 PM
Sun Jun 26/11:06 PM
Mon Jun 27/10:07 PM
Fri Jun 24/00:28 AM
Fri Jun 24/09:54 PM
Fri Jun 24/11:30 PM
from
MAX
ELEV
(DEG)
<1
2
1
Wednesday,
2
<1
3
1
3
<1
2
1
12
12
36
July
23
12
15
46
33
12
12
36
APPROACH DEPARTURE
(DEG-DIR)
6
(DEG-DIR)
10 above NW
11 above N
above NNW
to22
Thursday,
July
19 above N
10 above WNW
13 above N
23 above NW
24 above NNW
10 above NW
11 above N
22 above NNW
12 above NW
10 above NE
36 above N
21.
17 above ENE
12 above WNW
10 above ENE
46 above NW
22 above E
12 above NW
10 above NE
36 above N
Sighting information for other cities can be found at NASA’s Satellite Sighting Information
NASA-TV Highlights
(all times Eastern Daylight Time)
STS-135 Shuttle Atlantis mission coverage July 8 through July 20.
Watch NASA TV on the Net by going to NASA website
Space Calendar
Jul 08 - [Jul 08] STS-135 Launch, Space Shuttle Atlantis, International Space Station (Last
Space Shuttle Launch), Successful
Jul 08 - Asteroid 16857 Goodall Closest Approach To Earth (1.789 AU)
Jul 08 - [Jul 01] Teleconference: NASA Technology Roadmap -: Materials Panel
Jul 09 - Cassini, Distant Titan Flyby
Jul 09 - Asteroid 951 Gaspra Closest Approach To Earth (1.213 AU)
Jul 09 - Asteroid 17024 Costello Closest Approach To Earth (1.259 AU)
Jul 09 - Asteroid 7818 Muirhead Closest Approach To Earth (1.888 AU)
Jul 10 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Helene, Janus, Pan & Prometheus
Jul 10 - Comet P/2010 T2 (PANSTARRS) Perihelion (3.753 AU)
Jul 10 - Asteroid 3 Juno Occults UCAC2 33935848 (11.5 Magnitude Star)
Jul 10 - Asteroid 951 Gaspra Occults TYC 6274-00940-1 (10.3 Magnitude Star)
Jul 10 - Asteroid 4573 Piestany Occults HIP 100713 (6.8 Magnitude Star)
Jul 10 - Asteroid 2011 EZ78 Near-Earth Flyby (0.096 AU)
Jul 10 - Asteroid 2034 Bernoulli Closest Approach To Earth (1.610 AU)
Jul 10 - Asteroid 6676 Monet Closest Approach To Earth (2.525 AU)
Jul 11 - Globalstar 2 (7-12) Soyuz 2-1a-Fregat Launch
Jul 11 - Asteroid 2008 LV16 Near-Earth Flyby (0.080 AU)
Jul 11 - Asteroid 204852 Frankfurt Closest Approach To Earth (1.802 AU)
Food for Thought
NASA's Hubble Makes One Millionth Science
Observation
Space Image of the Week
Saturn Storm Panoramas
Credit: Cassini Imaging Team, SSI, JPL, ESA, NASA