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Sun 25.08.06
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Sunspot 10 905 has developed a beta-gamma magnetic field that could produce M-class solar flares.
This bipolar sunspot is similar to Sunspot 10902 that appeared on July 31st, in that it too has the magnetic poles reversed.
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Supernova 2006ej
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A bright magnitude 14.7 (and rising) supernova, 2006ej, was discovered on the 23rd August 2006, by the Lick Observatory Supernova Search, (R. Mostardi, H. Khandrika, and W. Li ) in the spiral galaxy NGC 191A in the constellation C...
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Supernova 2006ef
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A bright magnitude 15.3 Supernova, 2006ef, was discovered on the 18 August, 2006, by the Lick Observatory Supernova Search in the spiral galaxy NGC 809 in the Constellation Cetus.
Position(2000): R.A. = 02h04m19s.51, De...
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Sun 21.08.06
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Sunspot 10904 is disappearing over the sun's western limb; and a new sunspot is emerging in the east.
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Sun 14.08.06
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Sunspot 10904 is growing larger
The two spots mark the location of the poles of a magnetic field on the Suns surface; the northpole is on the left and the southpole on the right.
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Sun 10.08.06
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Sunspot 10904, is emerging over the sun's eastern limb.
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Sun 09.08.06
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The new sunspot 10903 is emerging from the sun's eastern limb.
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Martian Solstice
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[url=http://www.activeboard.com/forum.spark?forumID=58381&p=3&topicID=2810182&commentPage=12]Sp...
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Supernova 2006dy
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A magnitude 15.2, Type Ia, supernova, 2006dy, was discovered on July 22nd, 2006, by Koichi Itagaki, in the spiral galaxy NGC 5587, in the constellation Bootes.
It is located 10" east and 9" north of the centre of the galaxy.
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Sun 06.08.06
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Saturn is the bright dot near the Sun
Click this for Latest SOHO image (175kb)
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Table Mountain Star Party
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Hundreds gathered on Washington mountaintop.
About 700 stargazers set up a makeshift village at 6,300 feet in the thin mountain air of the Washington Cascades, where they lived for three days.
The annual Table Mountain Star Party, which was held in late July, is now in its 26th year and brings...
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Sun 03.08.06
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Saturn is passing by the sun this week.
This coronagraph image from the SOHO spacecraft shows the planet as a bright dot in the constellation of Cancer.
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Aberdeen TechFest
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Renowned scientist and popular TV presenter Lord Robert Winston is to open next month's TechFest event in Aberdeen.
He will launch the annual science, technology, engineering and maths festival at the AECC on September 6 with a presentation about his passion for science.
TechFest, which is s...
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stardust@thome
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Latest News: July 31, 2006
The countdown has begun and stardustathome are ready to launch! After months of delays they are finally ready to begin the search for interstellar particles of dust trapped in the aerogel collector from NASA's Stardust mission.
The project will officially begin a...
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Asteroid 2006 BQ6
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Successful radar echoes detected at Goldstone from 2006 BQ6 today reveal that the asteroid is elongated, like a "contact binary" shape and has a rotation period of a few hours. Additional observations are planned for August 1 and 3. The 500 metre asteroid 2006 BQ6 passed only 14 lunar dis...
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