Die Funktion spiegelt sich in der Architektur wider Am 16. Dezember 2011 um 12:30 Uhr wird das Haus der Astronomie auf dem Königstuhl in Heidelberg feierlich eröffnet The House of Astronomy is a new center for astronomical education and publicity work. It conveys to the general public, the fascin...
Gemma Frisius (born Jemme Reinerszoon) (December 9, 1508-May 25, 1555), was a physician, mathematician, cartographer, philosopher, and instrument maker. He created important globes, improved the mathematical instruments of his day and applied mathematics in new ways to surveying and navig...
Leo James Rainwater (December 9, 1917 - May 31, 1986) was an American physicist who shared the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1975 for his part in determining the asymmetrical shapes of certain atomic nuclei. Read more
SharpCap is a fairly comprehensive webcam and Astronomy camera capture tool. It is primarily designed for astronomical use. I wrote it because I got fed up with the awkward control over camera settings in programs like Amcap, Open Video Capture, etc. The main goals were to be easy to use when observi...
Maxima of the long period variable R Ceti (HD 15105) on the 2nd August, 2010. Magnitude: 8.1-13.0 Type: Mira Position(2000): RA 02 26 02.3160, Dec -00 10 41.810
Comet 97P/Metcalf-Brewington is at perihelion on the 21st August, 2011. Magnitude: 13.9 Distance to Sun: 2.597AU Distance to Earth:2.698AU Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5
T 2011 Aug. 21.0016 TT MPC
q 2.596558 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.0936418 Peri. 228.2094 +0.5992521 -0.8000748
a 4.802744...
GOES-P Spacecraft Being Processed in Florida During the first three weeks in January, the latest in the series of Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites also known as GOES-P is being processed and prepped for launch. Meanwhile, the first and second stages of the Delta IV rocket that...
The PSSC-2 satellite that was launched on the 8th July, 2011, from the STS-135 shuttle mission is predicted to re-enter the Earths atmosphere on the 26th November, 2011 @ --:-- GMT ± -- hours.PSSC-2
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2 37752 051.6379 190.0253 00013...
NASA Presents Software of the Year Award Autonomous Exploration for Gathering Increased Science (AEGIS), novel autonomy software that has been operating on the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity since December 2009, is NASA's 2011 Software of the Year recipient. The AEGIS software, develope...
Title: Ages for the Middle Stone Age of Southern Africa: Implications for Human Behaviour and Dispersal Authors: Zenobia Jacobs, Richard G. Roberts, Rex F. Galbraith, Hilary J. Deacon, Rainer Grün, Alex Mackay, Peter Mitchell, Ralf Vogelsang, Lyn Wadley The expansion of modern human populatio...
Revolutionary Navigation System for Future Mars Rovers An autonomous navigation system that will enable a future planetary rover vehicle to be in complete control of its own actions as it explores the surface of Mars is being designed by top-calibre scientists and engineers at STFC's Rutherford...
Baader Fringe Killer Filter 1.25" Achromatic refractors, particularly short-tube telescopes with fast focal ratios suffer from noticeable chromatic aberration or false colour (seen as a blue/cyan fringing on high contrast objects). The 1.25" Baader Planetarium Fringe Killer fi...
UK to build atmospheric sentinel British industry has been contracted to build a major European satellite to monitor atmospheric composition. Known as Sentinel 5 Precursor (S5P), the spacecraft will track a range of chemical species, from protective gases such stratospheric ozone to damaging...
Scientists Discover Fossil of Giant Ancient Sea Predator Paleontologists have discovered that a group of remarkable ancient sea creatures existed for much longer and grew to much larger sizes than previously thought, thanks to extraordinarily well-preserved fossils discovered in Morocco. T...
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