HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE DAILY REPORT #931 PERIOD COVERED: 0800 EST Daily Status Report as of 198/1200Z. 1.0 ACTIVITIES SCHEDULED AND ACCOMPLISHED: 1.1 Completed FGS 5056 (High Speed Astrometry - A Search for Planetary Companions to Low Mass) The Fine Guidance Sensors were used to make astrometric observations of Bernard's star to look for the presence of a Jupiter sized planet in orbit around the target star from the position perturbations caused by the planet. ... Both observations were received. ...

... A Lucky Lunar Eclipse . ... 3.04.1996 . ... Credit: Andy Steere Explanation: Tonight's full moon would normally washout the spectacle of Comet Hyakutake's lovely tail , even for those far from light polluted skies. ... Lunar eclipses are caused when the Moon passes through the Earth's shadow . ... Weather permitting, the eclipse will be visible for all those comet and moon watchers lucky enough to be on the Earth's nightside . ... April . ... 1995 1996 . ... Publications with keywords: lunar eclipse...

Sky watchers will witness a total lunar eclipse in the early hours of Thursday 21st February, subject to weather conditions. For a total lunar eclipse to occur, the Moon in its orbit around the Earth must pass fully into the cone-shaped shadow of the Earth in space. ... The Moon does not usually go completely dark because the Earth's atmosphere refracts direct sunlight around the edge of the shadow on to the Moon's surface. This causes the Moon to turn a dark, blood-red or copper colour. ...

The Sun's corona . ... For instance, short "plumes" rising from the polar regions of the Sun look very much like field lines coming out of the end of a bar magnet, and they therefore suggest that the Sun, in addition to the intense fields of sunspots, also has a global magnetic field like the Earth's. Arches above the . Sun's surface . ... It is brightest near sunspots, whose arched field lines apparently hamper the outflow of solar wind which carries away energy and helps cool the corona. ...

... Editor's choices for the most educational Astronomy Pictures of the Day about Earth's Moon: . ... Explanation: Our Moon's appearance changes nightly. This time-lapse sequence shows what our Moon looks like during a lunation , a complete lunar cycle. ... APOD: 2003 May 22 - Eclipsed Moon Montage . Explanation: After watching this month's lunar eclipse, amateur astronomer Sebastien Gauthier carefully composed this montage of telescopic images of the Moon sliding through planet Earth's shadow. ...

... First Contact Moon begins to move over Sun from West Starts at ~5:44:45 AM (about 10 minutes after sunrise) Must observe sun with filter! Good time to check and adjust mount tracking and alignment Watch for sunspots 6/21/ 2001 - Zambia ( Mario Motta ) First Contact Crescent images of Sun Natural pin-holes such as leaves on trees Pin-holes in cardboard Mario Motta Watch sky and environment Gradually darkens Temperature drops 8/11/1999 Hungary (Eric Pauer) ~1 min Before Second ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Solar System . Sun . Moon . ... March . ... A partial solar eclipse seen from Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA on 20 May 21012. Image credit: T. Ruen via wWikimedia.org . ... March also brings around the rare spectacle of a total solar eclipse on the 20 th . ... Jupiter meets the Crab in the March sky (image credit: Samantha Steed/Armagh Planetarium/Stellarium) . ... Image credit: Samantha Steed/Armagh Planetarium/Stellarium) . ...

... Munching on Lunar Cheese . ... Rarely have most of us really watched a lunar eclipse. Let's observe the lunar eclipse this month and see what the shadow-play can teach us about Earth and its little mate. ... My grandparents came out, we sat on bales of hay in a field, ate our hot dogs and roasted marshmallows, and watched a huge full Moon fall into Earth's ruddy red shadow. ... The ancient Greeks knew this, too, and they saw Earth's circular shadow on the Moon during lunar eclipses. ...

... A look at what mapping has been done at ao 01jan01 thru a1jan04 with interim correlator at lband. ... The points show the start of each strip. Bottom. The mapped points for the region around 23:30:00, 8:00:00 The green dots are the centers of complete maps. A description of each of the 9 completed maps for the bottom figure. These maps have ra Offset of about 10 amin and dec offsets of 10Amin. So they cover about 20Amin by 20Amins (except the 6th map which is 30 by 26). ...

... The Earth's surface receives more light per unit area. ... The Earth is closer to the Sun. ... At what time does the Third Quarter Moon rise? a) 9:00 AM b) 12:00 Noon c) 9:00 PM $d) 12:00 Midnight When the moon is in its last quarter , when does it rise and set? a) sunrise, sunset b) sunset, sunrise $c) midnight, noon d) noon, midnight Why don't lunar eclipses happen at every full moon ? $a) The Moon 's orbit doesn't always take it through the Earth's shadow. b) The Moon 's ...

Educator's Guide to Eclipses . ... In a solar eclipse you observe the Sun (using only safe methods, of course). ... In a lunar eclipse you observe the Moon. ... Because of the geometry described below, you can only view a solar eclipse when the Sun is up, and the Moon is nowhere to be seen. ... Eclipses occur when the Sun, Earth and Moon line up. ... In a solar eclipse the Moon passes directly in front of the Sun. ... In a lunar eclipse the Moon moves into Earth's shadow. ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... This first Snack of the year 2000 (yes, I am one of those who says the Millennium begins in 2001) will talk a little about a wonderful event: a total lunar eclipse. On the evening of Thursday, January 20 (or the early morning Friday, January 21 if you lives east of England) the Moon will go undergo one of the best eclipses it can. ... The Moon stays