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Darwin Day
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Darwin Day is a recently instituted celebration intended to commemorate the anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin on February 12, 1809. The day is used to highlight Darwin's contribution to science and to promote science in general. Read more
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Yuri's Night
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Not your average science-based party, Yuri's Night at NASA's Ames Research Centre boasts three music stages (two in aircraft hangars), a high-profile programme of speakers, an airshow and a 13-metre-high 1950s-sci-fi-style space rocket art installation. The largest of all the global parties...
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BBC Stargazing Live will be broadcast from the Jodrell Bank observatory between 20:00 - 21:00 GMT, from 3rd to 5th January, 2011.
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March 2017
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Highlights Start of Spring On the Vernal (Spring) Equinox, March 20th, the Sun moves north of the Earth's Equator. From the Vernal Equinox until the Autumnal Equinox, in September, the Sun will be in the Northern Hemisphere. On the Equinox, the Sun rises due East and sets due West. The festival of...
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Gamma Normids
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Gamma Normids meteor shower Shower Activity Maximum Radiant Velocity ZHR Period Date R.A. Dec. Gamma Normids 11 - 22 Mar 11 16.7 -44.0° 58.9 5.5
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Asteroid (41) Daphne
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Asteroid (41) Daphne is at opposition on the 14th September, 2009. Magnitude: 11.3 Distance to Earth: 2.0595 AU Distance to Sun: 3.0646 AU Position(2000): RA 23h27m45.97s, Dec -00°38'47.1" Rise : 19:07 Azimuth:+90°13' Culmination : 1:08 Set ...
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Total solar eclipse, August 11, 1999
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A total solar eclipse occurred on August 11, 1999 with an eclipse magnitude of 1.029. The path of the moon's shadow began in the Atlantic Ocean and, before noon, was traversing Cornwall, Devon, northern France, Belgium, Luxembourg, southern Germany, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary, and nor...
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February 2017
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Highlights Objects of the Heart for Valentine's Day. On February 14, many areas of the world will celebrate love with Valentine's Day. For those of you lucky enough to have a loved one of your own (or not), consider the following objects provided in the Heavens: The first and most obvious is the plane...
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Losar
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Losar is the Tibetan and Nepalese New Year festival (Lo, 'year', Sar, 'new').
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Confucius
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A grand ceremony was held in Qufu, east China's Shandong Province, on Monday to commemorate the 2,560th birthday of Confucius, the great ancient Chinese thinker and philosopher revered around the world. Read more
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Comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova
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This comet is currently in Aries heading towards Taurus.
It was first observed in the Southern Hemisphere at 11.4 mag on June 6, by Michael Mattiazzo.
It will not be visible in the Northern Hemisphere.
ate(TT) R.A. (2000) Dec. Delta r Elong. mag
July 1 5 41.03 22 36.1 1.465 0.531 13 8....
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February 2017 lunar eclipse
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The lunar eclipse is visible from Africa, Americas and most of Asia on the 10th/11th February 2017. Start of the Penumbral lunar eclipse is at 22:32 UT, 10th February 2017 Start of the Total penumbral lunar eclipse is at 00:30 UT, 11th February 2017 Maximum of the Penumbral Lunar Eclipse is at 00:44 UT...
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World Wetlands Day
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World Wetlands Day occurs on February 2, every year. It marks the date of the signing of the Convention on Wetlands, called Ramsar Convention, on 2 February 1971, in the Iranian city of Ramsar on the shores of the Caspian Sea. Read more
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January 2017
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January Highlights The Beehive Cluster Otherwise known as M44. This is an open cluster and is a wonderful object for binoculars or a small telescope. It contains nearly 200 stars. At a magnitude of 3.7, the cluster should be visible to the naked eye as a fuzzy patch of light, and as such was known to the...
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Year of the Rooster
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Chinese Lunar New Year to fall on Jan. 28 See more
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