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Michael E. Bakich
Get ready for the Geminid meteor shower: http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.asp
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One of the year's most prolific meteor showers makes its appearance in mid-December. The Geminid shower peaks the night of December 13/14. Although often considered a poor cousin to August's Perseid shower, the Geminids often put on a better show. ...
Michael E. Bakich
Here's just about the only report I got from the Leonid meteor shower: http://cs.astronomy.com/asycs/blogs/astr
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Last week, I received an e-mail from Michael J. Fraughton of West Jordan, Utah. At 6:45 a.m. (November 18), his wife showed him a cloud formation of loosely formed rings. He took several photographs of the clouds, two of which accompany this blog. ...
Michael E. Bakich
Some of you might want to participate in Galaxy Zoo Mergers: http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.asp
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A new web site will give everyone the chance to contribute to science by playing a cosmic slot machine and compare images of colliding galaxies with millions of simulated images of galactic pile-ups.These ...
Michael E. Bakich
Wow! A new type of supernova: http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.asp
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An extraordinarily bright, long-lasting supernova named SN 2007bi, snagged in a search by a robotic telescope, turns out to be the first example of the kind of stars that first populated the universe. ...
Michael E. Bakich
LCROSS finds water at the Moon's south pole: http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.asp
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Preliminary data from NASA's Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) indicates the mission successfully uncovered water in a permanently shadowed lunar crater. The discovery opens a new ...
Michael E. Bakich
The next shuttle launch could be November 16: http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.asp
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NASA's space shuttle Atlantis is targeted to begin an 11-day flight to the International Space Station with a November 16 launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Liftoff is scheduled for 2:28 p.m. ...
Michael E. Bakich
Perseid meteor shower story on our web site: http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.asp
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Meteor-watchers get their big break in the coming weeks with the return of the Leonid meteor shower. This prolific shower comes at a perfect time this year, peaking the night of November 16/17 during November's ...
Michael E. Bakich
A veil of carbon around a neutron star? Nice work: http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.asp
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Evidence for a thin veil of carbon has been found on the neutron star in the Cassiopeia A supernova remnant. This discovery made with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory resolves a 10-year mystery surrounding ...
Michael E. Bakich
Such a great deep-sky object: http://www.astronomy.com/asy/default.asp
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The combination of images taken by three exceptional telescopes — the NASA/European Space Agency (ESA) Hubble Space Telescope, the European Southern Observatory (ESO) Very Large Telescope on Cerro Paranal, ...
Michael E. Bakich
For next year's total solar eclipse, I'm leading a group to Bolivia, Chile, and Easter Island. Six more spots on this tour have just become available. See trip details at:
http://www.astronomicaltours.net/2010/Ea
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July 5, Arrival and transfer with porters to Inca Utama Resort on Lake Titicaca. Home to the Southern Skies Star Party, the Resort staff is very familiar with astronomers. Today, acclimate and enjoy an easy visit to the Uros floating islands on Lake Titicaca. ...