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Maxima of the long period variable RT Aquilae (HD 185293) on the 7th August, 2010. Magnitude: 8.4-14.0 Type: Mira Position(2000): RA 19 38 01.6032, Dec +11 43 18.228

Maxima of the long period variable T Serpens Caput on the 7th August, 2010. Magnitude: 9.7-15.0 Type: Mira Position(2000): RA 18 28 48.7, Dec +06 17 53

Orbital elements: C/2010 A1 (Hill) T 2010 June 24.055 TT MPC q 1.02031 (2000.0) P Q Peri. 219.047 -0.706221 +0.707655 Node 6.140 -0.587593 -0.568637 e 1.0 Incl. 11.782 -0.394951 -0.419377 From 25 observations 2010 Jan. 6-7. [url=http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/mpec/K10/K10A31.html]MPEC

Orbital elements: 2010 PL9 Earth MOID = 0.3531 AU Epoch 2010 July 23.0 TT = JDT 2455400.5 MPC M 341.83941 (2000.0) P Q n 0.29110101 Peri. 49.04267 +0.96029861 +0.06334278 a 2.2547942 Node 305.56572 -0.20968385 +0.80624917 e 0.4279071 Incl. 19.51143 +0.18400888 +0.58817511 P 3.39 H 20.1 G 0.15 U 9 [...

A new active region has emerged over the Suns south-eastern limb. Expand (135kb, 560 x 560) Credit SOHO/MDI

The CHAllenging Mini-Satellite Payload (CHAMP) is used for geophysical research and application. This mission is scheduled to last five years in order to provide a sufficiently long observation time to resolve long-term temporal variations primarily in the magnetic field, in the gravity fiel...

Orbital elements: 2010 KH Earth MOID = 0.3469 AU Epoch 2010 May 4.0 TT = JDT 2455320.5 MPC M 333.37098 (2000.0) P Q n 0.23781628 Peri. 275.52927 +0.96832220 -0.01290409 a 2.5801304 Node 85.38512 +0.11603149 +0.90755021 e 0.5296928 Incl. 14.48825 -0.22110812 +0.41974529 P 4.14 H 18.3 G 0.15 From 16...

Title: Detection of Endolithes Using Infrared Spectroscopy Authors: S. Dumas, Y. Dutil, G. Joncas On Earth, the Dry Valleys of Antarctica provide the closest martian-like environment for the study of extremophiles. Colonies of bacteries are protected from the freezing temperatures, the drou...

Telescopic stars and sights at Yorkshire's Dalby Forest Visitor Centre Astronomer John Harper will be leading a telescopic investigation of galaxies far, far away, dying stars and globular clusters at the 8,600 Dalby Visitor Centre wood on Saturday, accompanied by a moonlit hunt for life on eart...

Fireball could have been a bolide meteor I write regarding Jeremy Charles Atkins' letter in last week's Bromsgrove Standard about a 'circular ball of red and orange flame with a tail of fire'. Source

Glen L. Evans, a prominent geologist who was in charge of exploration of the Odessa Meteor Crater from 1939 to 1941, died July 14. He completed a publication in 2000 with Charles "Gene" Mear titled, "The Odessa meteor craters and their geological implications" in the "O...

Title: Resolved Imaging of the HD191089 Debris Disc Authors: Laura J. Churcher, Mark C. Wyatt, Rachel Smith Two thirds of the F star members of the 12 Myr old Beta Pictoris Moving Group (BPMG) show significant excess emission in the mid-infrared, several million years after the expected dispersal...

A Black Brant X rocket is scheduled to launch from NASAs Wallops Island launch facility between 04:30 - 06:30 (local time), 4th August, 2010.

The Southern Iota Aquarids meteor shower peaks on August 5 with a ZHR of two. With these low rates one would be lucky to see one shower member per hour. The radiant is currently located in south-western Aquarius, five degrees west of the third magnitude star Delta Aquarii. At 34 km/sec the meteors have...