An unlikely pilgrimage is under way to Dwayne's Photo, a small family business that has through luck and persistence become the last processor in the world of Kodachrome, the first successful color film and still the most beloved. That celebrated 75-year run from mainstream to niche photography i...
Ghiyath al-Dn Jamshd Masd al-Kash (or al-Kashan) (c. 1380 Kashan, Iran - 22 June 1429 Samarkand, Transoxania) was a Persian astronomer and mathematician. Read more
The 230 - 510 metre wide asteroid 2010 XO56 will make a close pass (70.1 lunar distances, 0.1802 AU), travelling at 19.72 km/second, to the Earth-Moon system on the 22nd June, 2011 @ 15:18 UT ±00:01. See moreThe Lunar Distance (LD), the distance between Earth and the Moon, equals 384,401 km, (or 0.002...
Orbital elements: 2010 JK124 Epoch 2010 May 4.0 TT = JDT 2455320.5 MPC M 3.20593 (2000.0) P Q n 0.00335548 Peri. 317.67159 -0.52424286 +0.81256275 a 44.1874799 Node 279.18319 -0.69572670 -0.58120887 e 0.0878668 Incl. 14.95644 -0.49105374 -0.04402307 P 294 H 5.4 G 0.15 From 9 observations 2010 Ma...
Maximilian Franz Joseph Cornelius Wolf (June 21, 1863 - October 3, 1932) was a German astronomer and a pioneer in the field of astrophotography. Read more
Jean Chacornac (June 21, 1823 - September 6, 1873) was a French astronomer. The asteroid 1622 Chacornac and the crater Chacornac on the Moon are named in his honour. Read more
A Delta-2 rocket body that was launched on the 17th November, 2006, from the Cape Canaveral, for the NAVSTAR GPS 2R-16 (M3) satellite mission is predicted to re-enter the Earths atmosphere on the 21st June, 2011 @ --:-- GMT ± -- hours.DELTA 2 RB 1 29602U 06052B 11161.11243934 .03916773 53173-5 6604...
An Ariane 5 ECA (SYLDA) debris that was launched on the 26th November, 2010, from Kourou, French Guiana, for the HYLAS 1 and Intelsat 17 satellite missions is predicted to re-enter the Earths atmosphere on the 22nd June, 2011 @ 04:14 GMT ± 72 hours.SYLDA 1 37240U 10065D 11168.39086090 .23016494 -67...
Title: Measurement of the Electric Current in a Kpc-Scale Jet Authors: Philipp P. Kronberg, Richard V.E. Lovelace, Giovanni Lapenta, Stirling A. Colgate We present radio emission, polarization, and Faraday rotation maps of the radio jet of the galaxy 3C303. From this data we derive the magnetop...
Solstice Flare and CME Late in the evening on June 20 the sun emitted a long lasting C7.7 class flare that peaked around 11:25p.m. EDT. A C-class flare is a relatively small flare. The flare was associated with a coronal mass ejection that bloomed off the sun at 11:09p.m. EDT (0412 UT). [url=http://w...
Orbital elements:
2008 GH110 Earth MOID = 0.0609 AU
Epoch 2011 Aug. 27.0 TT = JDT 2455800.5 MPC
M 215.63880 (2000.0) P Q
n 0.68641818 Peri. 248.64106 -0.02794431 -0.97649896
a 1.2727512 Node 205.94000 +0.99759704 -0.04080214
e 0.2807512 Incl. 29.24480 -0.06339766 -0.21162458
P 1.44 H 19...
Fieldschool at the Iron Age hillfort of Burrough Hill in Leicestershire Public open day on Sunday June 26th, 11am to 4pm, Burrough Hill, near Melton Mowbray An ancient Leicestershire hillfort will reveal some of its historic secrets over the next month, as archaeologists from the University of Le...
Double your fun with double stars The San Antonio Astronomical Association invites you to participate in all of its public astronomy events. It's free, and you can view the calendar at www.sanantonioastronomy.org. Welcome summer! It's time to begin a fun stargazing project, and I have the perfec...
