Swarms of satellites in the sky and even an individual owning one is possible today -- thanks to the emergence of small satellites targeted at performing specific activities, a top official of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said Wednesday. 'All space-faring nations are consideri...
Title: 2009 Superoutburst of Dwarf Nova 1RXS J053234.9+624755 Authors: A. Rutkowski, A. Olech, R. Poleski, M. Sobolewska, P. Kankiewicz, T.Ak, D. Boyd We present photometric observations of the dwarf nova 1RXS J053234.9+624755. We performed a detailed analysis of the superoutburst that occu...
A world-class observatory is being planned for the northern part of Frontenac County. It will include "the highest-performance telescope on Canadian soil," according to the nonprofit organisation leading the campaign to build it, and it will be open to the public. "Quite possi...
The AEROCUBE 3 cubesatellite that was launched on the 19th May, 2009, from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport, with the TacSat-3 primary payload mission is predicted to re-enter the Earths atmosphere on the 6th January, 2011 @ 04:49 GMT ±6 hours. TLE Data pre>AEROCUBE 3 1 35005U 09028E 11005.7...
Orbital elements: 2011 AN4 Earth MOID = 0.0130 AU Epoch 2011 Feb. 8.0 TT = JDT 2455600.5 MPC M 0.72186 (2000.0) P Q n 0.35327688 Peri. 220.38069 -0.80858720 -0.57432706 a 1.9817973 Node 284.11455 +0.56807323 -0.70547268 e 0.5324462 Incl. 7.57291 +0.15323037 -0.41527908 P 2.79 H 26.3 G 0.15 U 6 MPEC...
Orbital elements: 2011 AO4 Earth MOID = 0.1524 AU Epoch 2011 Feb. 8.0 TT = JDT 2455600.5 MPC M 27.81416 (2000.0) P Q n 0.45005920 Peri. 332.55384 +0.33755247 -0.77884586 a 1.6863833 Node 93.40667 +0.93118396 +0.19415051 e 0.3431648 Incl. 31.97662 +0.13767631 +0.59640984 P 2.19 H 21.2 G 0.15 U 8 MPE...
Intense Solar Storm Spins Satellite Out of Control An adrift Intelsat satellite that stopped communicating with its ground controllers last month remains out of control and has begun moving eastward along the geostationary arc, raising the threat of interference with other satellites in its pa...
The Night of the Big Wind (Irish: Oķdhche na Gaoithe Móire) was a severe European windstorm which swept without warning across Ireland on the night of January 6 - January 7, 1839 causing severe damage to property and several hundred deaths; 20 to 25% of houses in north Dublin were damaged or destroyed...
Sightings of UFOs off North coast Mystery lights seen in the sky over Tutukaka could have been alien cosmic masters cruising by in their flying saucers. Or they may have been Chinese lanterns released by European backpackers partying on a nearby beach. Mal Egginton at first thought he was seeing a pl...
Orbital elements: 2010 YD3 Earth MOID = 0.1956 AU Epoch 2011 Feb. 8.0 TT = JDT 2455600.5 MPC M 12.54299 (2000.0) P Q n 0.24210964 Peri. 219.18391 -0.31067793 -0.86444061 a 2.5495371 Node 252.22076 +0.94254805 -0.22644960 e 0.5640185 Incl. 24.52389 +0.12281038 -0.44884630 P 4.07 H 19.3 G 0.15 U 8 MP...
A possible magnitude 19 supernova was discovered on the 3rd January, 2011, in the galaxy IC1748 in the constellation Aries. The supernova is located 22" West and 16" North from the center of the galaxy. As yet the type is unknown. Position(2000): RA = 01 56 07.19, Dec = +17 38 46.8z = 0.03782...
Title: A Carbon-enhanced Metal-poor Damped Lyman alpha System: Probing Gas from Population III Nucleosynthesis? Authors: Ryan Cooke (Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge), Max Pettini (Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge), Charles C. Steidel (California Institut...
Title: SUZAKU Observation of a New Merging Group of Galaxies at a Filamentary Junction Authors: Hajime Kawahara, Hiroshi Yo****ake, Takahiro Nishimichi, Thierry Sousbie We report on a new merging group of galaxies, Suzaku J1552+2739 at z ~ 0.08 revealed by a SUZAKU observation. The group was fou...
Orbital elements: 2011 AG3 Earth MOID = 0.1539 AU Epoch 2011 Feb. 8.0 TT = JDT 2455600.5 MPC M 49.23710 (2000.0) P Q n 0.45415214 Peri. 275.80830 +0.75839628 -0.26431230 a 1.6762359 Node 100.73141 +0.46634779 +0.85864974 e 0.5073613 Incl. 37.32983 -0.45536230 +0.43915787 P 2.17 H 22.7 G 0.15 U 9 MP...
