Archives for February 2010
NASA Missions Launching
Published on 20 Feb 2010 at 00:00.
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Saturday 20th February 2010
Yesterday, the hatches between the ISS and Space Shuttle Endeavour are scheduled to close at 3:08 a.m. EST (Friday 19th).
Space Shuttle STS-130 will be landed tomorrow night at 10.20pm EST / UK time:- 03:20am on early morning of Monday 22nd February 2010 (GMT) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. (NASA TV Live – [...]
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Mars moons
Published on 19 Feb 2010 at 00:00.
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Friday 19th February 2010 @ all night
Mars has two small moons called Phobos (average diameters of about 14 miles) and Deimons (average of diameter of about 6 miles) – both moons are irregularly shaped and are thought to be asteroids that have been pulled into orbit around Mars by planet’s (Mars) gravity.
Phobos and Deimos are [...]
Asteroid Vesta
Published on 18 Feb 2010 at 00:00.
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Thursday 18th February 2010 @ 22:00 / 10pm
The Asteroid Vesta lies close to the star Gamma Leonis in the constellation of Leo* (The Lion).
See the archives (1st February 2010)
See the path of Vesta – SkyMap.
See the photo of Asteroids Vesta.
(*The diagram is showed for 31st January 2010, but you can use this map but without the [...]
Constellation :- Taurus (The Bull)
Published on 17 Feb 2010 at 00:00.
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Wednesday 17th February 2010 @ 22:00 / 10pm
Size comparison between Aldebaran and the Sun
One of best-known constellation of Taurus (The Bull) in the Northern Sky, most of it’s stars are below 3rd magnitude.
The red giant star Aldebaran presents the eye of the Bull, set within a V-shaped of stars – The Hyades, mark which it’s face.
This constellation [...]
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Venus & Jupiter
Published on 16 Feb 2010 at 00:00.
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Tuesday 16th February 2010 @ 17:15 / 5.15pm
This late afternoon after 5pm there will be a very close conjuction of Venus and Jupiter.
Use binoculars to look at the planetary pair near the SouthernWest-West horizon, 20 minutes after sunset. (Jupiter will be upper right of Venus – see the map below.
See the SkyMap.
Moon, Venus and Jupiter
Published on 15 Feb 2010 at 00:00.
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Monday 15th February 2010 @ 17:15 / 5.15pm
The Waxing Crescent Moon (1.43 day old) is above Venus and Jupiter in the early evening twilight to join the two brightest planets. It should be seen by binoculars.
See the SkyMap.
Derekscope BSL Video
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Neptune
Published on 14 Feb 2010 at 00:00.
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Sunday 14th February 2010 @ 23:00 / 11pm
Neptune is in conjunction with the Sun, you won’t see them, it is behind the Sun in daylight, meanwhile we are in the UK at night at 23:00 /11pm.
Facts:-
Neptune is the outermost of the gas gaints planet that Neptune has an atmosphere rich in hydrogen, helium, and methane [...]
Moon
Published on 13 Feb 2010 at 00:00.
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Saturday 13th February 2010 @ sunsets
See a very slim crescent Moon (0.39 day old) in the constellation of Aquarius (The Water Bearer) shortly after sunset in the west at Apogee (254,090 miles). The Moon sets at 17:59 / 5.59pm.
NASA Missions Launching
Published on 12 Feb 2010 at 09:00.
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Friday 12th February 2010 – this morning
Spacewalkers Bob Behnken and Nicholas Patrick completed a 6-hour, 32-minute spacewalk at 3:49 a.m. EST / 8.49am GMT after working to install the Tranquility Node.
See the NASA Archives.
See the NASA TV Live.
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The Winter Triangle
Published on 12 Feb 2010 at 00:00.
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Friday 12th February 2010 @ 20:00 / 8pm
The Winter Triangle
This heavenly equilateral triangle is a landmark of the winter night sky and is formed by our brightest night sky star, Sirius in the constellation of Canis Major (The Greater Dog), the giant star, Betelgeuse in the constellation of Orion (The Hunter), and the brightest star [...]
