... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2012 December 9 . The Astronaut Who Captured a Satellite . ... Explanation: In 1984, high above the Earth's surface, an astronaut captured a satellite. ... Pictured above , astronaut Dale A. Gardner flies free using the Manned Maneuvering Unit and begins to attach a control device dubbed the Stinger to the rotating Westar 6 satellite. ...

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... Home Education Workshops at Adorama Astro Imaging Workshop: Planetary Astro Imaging with a DSLR ? December 7, 2014 . ... Astro Answers . ... Beyond New York City . ... Observing Resources for Amateur Astronomers - Part 1: Beginning Observers . ... A History of the First Forty Years of the Amateur Astronomers Association . ... Presented by€а Adorama€а For the Amateur Astronomers Association of New York . ... 2016 Amateur Astronomers Association of New York Designed by Press Customizr Powered by . ...

... APOD: 2011 December 7 Kepler 22b: An Almost Earth Orbiting an Almost Sun . ... Recently discovered planet Kepler 22b has therefore instantly become the best place to find life outside our Solar System. ... The planet, Kepler 22b , is over twice the radius of the Earth and orbits slightly closer in, but lies in the habitable zone where liquid water could exist on the surface. ... Whether Kepler 22b actually contains water or life is currently unknown. ... Kepler 78b: Earth Sized Planet Discovered . ...

... S.P. KOROLEV ROCKET AND SPACE CORPORATION ENERGIA . ... OAO RSC "Energia" . ... Company's History . ... History . Brief History of Rocket and Space Technology . ... ISS Russian Segment . ... Experiments and Researches from 2013 . ... Support of the Station functionality; . ... Onboard photographic and video recording of the ISS RS flight history and implementation of symbolic activities program. ... Support of the Space Station functionality; . ... 2015 JSC "S.P. Korolev RSC "Energia" . ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Space Flight . Human Exploration . ... December . ... Posted on December 3, 2015 | No Comments WhatтАЩs that we hear? ... Continue Reading.. Posted on December 5, 2014 | 4 Comments The December skies mark my favourite time of the year for stargazing. ... Posted on December 6, 2013 | ... Posted on December 14, 2010 | ... Here you will find the latest news and views from the fascinating worlds of astronomy and space exploration. ...

This groups includes about 200 communication satellites ("comsats") scattered in synchronous orbits above the Earth's equator. ... 6 Earth radii (42,000 km or 26,000 miles), these satellite make one orbit per day, and therefore as the Earth turns, they always stay above the same ground station. ... Still another application is the 24-satellite network of the "Global Positioning System" (GPS), in circular orbits at distances of about 4.1 Earth radii (26,000 km or 16,000 miles). ...

Communications For Your Astronomy Event . Articles | ... John Huggins, December 19, 2005 . ... Citizens Band Radio - The original . Multi-Use Radio Service . Family Radio Service (FRS) . General Mobile Radio Service . Hybrid Radios . Amateur Radio Service . ... Does your event need communications? ... www.astronomy.net . About Astronomy Net | Advertise on Astronomy Net | ... dbHTML," "AstroGuide," "ASTRONOMY.NET" & "VA.NET" . are trademarks of John Huggins ...

... Events . ... The orbit of the Moon is too small to be seen on this scale, but the 2008 December 1st alignment was especially interesting because additionally Venus was occulted by the Moon (this occultation was visible from Europe and NW Africa). Some more photos of the 1 December events received from Jonathan Bingham . ... Venus coming out from behind the Moon; photograph by Jonathan Bingham . ISS; photograph by Jonathan Bingham . ... International Year of Astronomy, Ireland National Node . ...

... Galileo Probe . The Galileo spacecraft was designed to study Jupiter's atmosphere, satellites, and surrounding magnetosphere for two years. ... From there, Galileo will spend more than five years traveling to Jupiter, where it will become the first spacecraft to make direct measurements from an instrumented probe within Jupiter's atmosphere. ... This image, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, shows the predicted site at which the Galileo Probe will enter Jupiter's atmosphere on December 7, 1995. ...

Christmas Day is celebrated on December 25. Many people look on Christmas as the time to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, but really the tradition goes back to the earliest of times.In those days the sun meant so much to primitive man that when it began to go lower each day till December 23, people thought the sun was going to die out and they were worried. ... On December 23 the sun stayed in the sky longer and longer and after that the nights were becoming shorter and shorter. ...

National Aeronautics and Space Administration . Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center . ... JOHN M. "MIKE" LOUNGE . NASA ASTRONAUT (DECEASED) . ... EXPERIENCE:€а Lounge entered on active duty with the United States Navy following graduation from the U.S. Naval Academy and spent the next nine years in a variety of assignments.€а He completed Naval flight officer training at Pensacola, Florida, went on to advanced training as a radar intercept officer in the F-4J Phantom, and subsequently ...

Useful Links: STScI Home Page . ... Science Instruments HST Data Archive E/PO Proposals STScI Documents Grant Provisions Instrument Handbooks: (Updated Handbooks for Cycle 10 will become available in Summer 2000.) ... The Call for Proposals describes the policies and procedures for submitting a Phase I proposal for HST Observing or Archival Research. ... STScI Newsletter Articles about the HST Proposal Selection Process . ... Internet Links in the Call for Proposals . ... Cycle 10 Announcement Page . ...

... Magnetic storms online . ... Geomagnetic activity forecast . ... December : 2015 . ... No magnetic storm is expected . From 2 December 2015 to 28 December 2015 the following magnetic storms and disturbances are expected: . December 06, 2015 geomagnetic disturbances . ... December 08, 2015 geomagnetic storm of level G1 (minor) . ... December 21, 2015 geomagnetic storm of level G2 (moderate) . ... December 16, 2015 geomagnetic storm of level G1 (minor) 2 December 2015 - 28 December 2015 . ...

... Observatory . Public . Science . ... Science Users Information > Science Publications > Archive of the ESO Enews > ESO-Enews #25: December 2012 . ... ALMA . ... Phase 1 Proposals . ... Data Handling and Products . ... Science Data Products Forum . ... It is ALMA policy to make all science data public after a proprietary period of (usually) one year. As the first ALMA Cycle 0 data were released to the PIs one year ago, they are now becoming public. ... FIRST ALMA EARLY SCIENCE DATA PUBLIC . ...

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... The highlight of the month is the total eclipse of the Moon during the night of December 20/21. ... Listed below are some of the key events, and the times they will occur, during December's total lunar eclipse. ... The eclipse is also visible in its entirety from Alaska (local time is UT тАУ 9 hours) and Hawaii (UT тАУ 10 hours), but be aware that most of the eclipse occurs on the 20th in these two regions. ... Penumbral Eclipse Begins . ... Partial Eclipse Begins . ... Total Eclipse Begins . ...

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... 29a. Satellite looking up . ... 29e. Explorers of distant space . Space Index . This groups includes about 200 communication satellites ("comsats") scattered in synchronous orbits above the Earth's equator. ... 6 Earth radii (42,000 km or 26,000 miles), these satellite make one orbit per day, ( sidereal day of 23 h 56 min--see here ) and therefore as the Earth turns, they always stay above the same ground station. ... Next Satellite Class: #29e Missions to Planets and to Distant Space . ...

... Dongwon Kim , March 2014, on-going . ... Tammy Roderick , March 2011, on-going . Emma Kirby, *PhD completed August 2010* . ... Laura Dunn, *PhD completed December 2007* . ... David Nicholls, *PhD completed March 2014* . ... Antoine Bouchard, *PhD completed June 2006* . Emily McNeil, *PhD completed December 2010* . ... Eduard Westra, *PhD completed December 2007* . Sebastian Gurovich, *PhD completed August 2006* . Rami Rekola, *PhD completed December 2004* . ...