JCCC has an observatory on the top of the CLB building that is equipped with both 8-inch and 12-inch telescopes. The observatory is open to the public twice a year for a public viewing session called Evening With The Stars.
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- Overland Park, KS, 66210
- Telefon:
- (913) 469-8500
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JCCC Astronomy
JCCC Astronomy #FreeSpirit - Tomorrow morning, NASA will try again to free the stuck Mars rover, Spirit.
Kaynak: www.jpl.nasa.gov
Follow the efforts to free the Spirit rover from a sand trap where its wheels are dug in.
JCCC Astronomy @LCROSS_NASA results are starting to emerge. Thar's water in them thar craters! #NASA #moon
Kaynak: www.nasa.gov
Preliminary data from the Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite indicates that the mission successfully uncovered water during the Oct. 9, 2009, impacts near the moon's south pole.
JCCC Astronomy Be sure to set your alarm clock for 0200h next Tuesday. The #Leonids are back!
Kaynak: science.nasa.gov
November 10, 2009: This year's Leonid meteor shower peaks on Tuesday, Nov. 17th. If forecasters are correct, the shower should produce a mild but pretty sprinkling of meteors over North America followed by a more intense outburst over Asia. ...
JCCC Astronomy Granulation in the photosphere, the red glow of the chromosphere, and even a small prominence.
JCCC Astronomy The Waning Gibbous Moon. Six images taken with a Nikon D90 through the Meade 12" SCT were fitted together to form this true-color mosaic of the Moon.
JCCC Astronomy Pics from @CassiniSaturn Enceladus flyby are on the web. VERY cool! ..literally. ;)
JCCC Astronomy Get the coffee pot ready and enjoy the show from around 2am to sunrise as the Leonids Meteor Shower peaks.
Kaynak: www.space.com
The very strong 2009 display will favor those living across most of central and eastern Asia. But North American should see a good show too.
JCCC Astronomy The EVE experiment on the Solar Dynamics Observatory will give high time res (dt=10s) EUV obs. Cool! ...or should that be hot? well, you know what we mean.
Kaynak: science.nasa.gov
October 27, 2009: Every 11 years, the sun undergoes a furious upheaval. Dark sunspots burst forth from beneath the sun's surface. Explosions as powerful as a billion atomic bombs spark intense flares of high-energy radiation. ...
JCCC Astronomy Wow, weren't we just talking about this?
Kaynak: neo.jpl.nasa.gov
On October 8, 2009 about 03:00 Greenwich time, an atmospheric fireball blast was observed and recorded over an island region of Indonesia. The blast is thought to be due to the atmospheric entry of a small ...
JCCC Astronomy Here is Jay Manifold's talk at Evening With The Stars. Thanks to everyone that came out, and sorry about the clouds.
Kaynak: www.slideshare.net
Asteroids, Black Swans, Global Catastrophic Risks, and How to Save Civilization (cloudy night version) -- JCCC Science C
JCCC Astronomy Reminder: Jay Manifold talks on Asteroids and how to save the world as we know it. Afterwards, its promises to be clear so we'll go up to the Paul Tebbe Observatory and view as much of the night sky as we can!
Asteroids, Global Catastrophic Risk, and How to Save Civilization
Yer:Johnson County Community College, GEB 233
Tarih:24 Ekim 2009 Cumartesi 19:00
JCCC Astronomy @Cassini data implies that our old model of the heliosphere was not exactly right.
Kaynak: www.sciencedaily.com
ScienceDaily (Oct. 18, 2009) In a paper published Oct. 15 in Science, researchers from the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) present a new view of the region of the sun’s influence, or heliosphere, and the forces that shape it. ...
JCCC Astronomy This a great find for planet fans!
Kaynak: www.nasa.gov
NASA.gov brings you images, videos and interactive features from the unique perspective of America’s space agency. Get the latest updates on NASA missions, subscribe to blogs, RSS feeds and podcasts, ...
JCCC Astronomy
It looks to be cloudy for tomorrow's lunar impact. Bummer. We can still watch this unique event online at http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/in
Kaynak: www.nasa.gov
NASA.gov brings you images, videos and interactive features from the unique perspective of America’s space agency. Get the latest updates on NASA missions, subscribe to blogs, RSS feeds and podcasts, ...
JCCC Astronomy @LCROSS is about to slam into the Moon! Check it out live and in the sky this Friday morning!
Kaynak: science.nasa.gov
October 5, 2009: Just imagine. A spaceship plunges out of the night sky, hits the ground and explodes. A plume of debris billows back into the heavens, leading your eye to a second ship in hot pursuit. Four minutes later, that one hits the ground, too. It's raining spaceships!
