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Look Out Of Your Window Now! Astronomical events.
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BobClay
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Yes I went out for look last night. The Perseids origin position is high in the NorthEast in the late evening (midnightish) but the full Moon is going to dim out the smaller incomers. It is known for fireballs, so you might get lucky. It's caused by the Earth passing through the trail of Comet Swift-Tuttle. (Comets are rather messy things, leave litter all over the place.)
Gramaisc
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I saw somebody in the distance today, who is a vehement Moon Landing denier, on the basis that humans "cannot possibly survive beyond the Van Allen Belts".
I generally avoid the 'discussion' that might ensue about this matter, but today's vision made me think that it will be interesting to see what happens to this theory, should the tests of the current Moon rocket thing progress well enough for a manned mission beyond the belts to happen soon.
I generally avoid the 'discussion' that might ensue about this matter, but today's vision made me think that it will be interesting to see what happens to this theory, should the tests of the current Moon rocket thing progress well enough for a manned mission beyond the belts to happen soon.
Gramaisc
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The Moon and the clouds were a nice vision on the way back from the pub tonight - having survived the grilling about the situation on the Big Island.
Also, Jupiter was notable, just to the left - with a distinct 'line' of the Galilean satellites across it.
Two are clear in the (shaky) picture, but all four seemed to be there, via my on-board optical apparatus.
Always the possibility that one or two were conveniently placed stars, of course.
Also, Jupiter was notable, just to the left - with a distinct 'line' of the Galilean satellites across it.
Two are clear in the (shaky) picture, but all four seemed to be there, via my on-board optical apparatus.
Always the possibility that one or two were conveniently placed stars, of course.
Theresa Green
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BobClay
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In order to get out to the orbit of Jupiter Lucy is making an atmosphere grazing gravitational assist manoeuvre around the Earth today. Risky business, but a good way to pick up some speed for free ....
Lucy has quite a phenomenal mission journey in front of her, hopping back and forth through the inner Solar System.
Lucy has quite a phenomenal mission journey in front of her, hopping back and forth through the inner Solar System.
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The Hawk
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Lucy is off to her new home, her home on Lagrange, where the debris and the asteroids play.
Gramaisc
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I attempted a projection.
A very poor effort, as there was a bright haze, but you can just see the bite at the bottom right of the 'Sun' in the centre here.
Ignore the spots and the crater, they're on the paint of the front door.
The 25% mentioned above was probably intended for those prepared to risk going to Shetland in the expectation that a particular hour in late October would be cloud-free. I was not convinced that that was a good bet. It looked more like 10% here, not enough to be noticed without prior warning.
Someone who was prepared to put in a bit more effort.
Gramaisc
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New potentially hazardous asteroid discovered
An international team of astronomers announced the discovery of a large asteroid whose orbit crosses that of Earth, creating a small chance far in the future of a catastrophic collision.