* Astronomy

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February 1st

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The most destructive eruption of Mayon occurred on February 1, 1814.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t5945037/mount-mayon/

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The lamp at the Bell Rock Lighthouse was first lit on the 1st February, 1811.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t52476633/bell-rock-lighthouse/

The first regular observations at the Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory were begun on February 1, 1885
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Hill_Meteorological_Observatory

On February 1, 2005, the Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Mission team released the first light picture of the UVOT instrument
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swift_Gamma-Ray_Burst_Mission

The Iranian Space Agency was established on 1 February 2004
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_Space_Agency

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Countdown is a 1968 film directed by Robert Altman, based on the novel The Pilgrim Project by Hank Searls.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t52476914/countdown-1968-film/

430 Space Shuttle is a children's show that aired from 1 February, 1982 until 8 August, 1989.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/430_Space_Shuttle

The existence of the Van Allen radiation belt was confirmed by the Explorer 1 and Explorer 3 missions
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t40729713/van-allen-radiation-belt/

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Explorer 1 was launched on February 1, 1958, 03:48 UTC atop the first Juno booster
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t14749808/explorer-1-satellite/

On February 1, 1970 Argentina launched a female a tufted capuchin aboard a X-1 Panther rocket.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkeys_and_apes_in_space#Argentina

The Galileo spacecraft made a close flyby of Europa in 1999
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t20921108/galileo-mission/

Intelsat 27 satellite launch failure on the 1st February, 2013.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t48254237/intelsat-27/

The Space Shuttle Columbia disaster occurred on February 1, 2003
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t23547717/sts-107/

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Daniel Tani (born February 1, 1961) is an American engineer and a NASA astronaut.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t47603697/daniel-tani/

Vladimir Viktorovich Aksyonov (born February 1, 1935) is a Soviet cosmonaut
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Aksyonov

Fritjof Capra (born February 1, 1939) is an Austrian-born American physicist.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t47603694/fritjof-capra/

Melba Newell Phillips (February 1, 1907 - November 8, 2004) was an American physicist
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t52476500/melba-newell-phillips-1907-2004/

Emilio Gino Segrè (1 February 1905 -22 April 1989) was an Italian physicist
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t52476489/emilio-g-segr-1905-1989/

Lloyd Viel Berkner (February 1, 1905 -June 4, 1967) was an American physicist
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t52476477/lloyd-berkner-1905-1967/

Gertrude Caton-Thompson (1 February 1888 - 18 April 1985) was an influential English archaeologist
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t52476613/gertrude-caton-thompson-1888-1985/

Geoff Notkin (1 February 1961) is a television host and professional meteorite hunter
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1004775/bio

René Jarry-Desloges (February 1, 1868 - June 1, 1951) was a French amateur astronomer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Jarry-Desloges

Henri Jacques Chrétien (1 February 1879 - 6 February 1956) was a French astronomer and an inventor.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Chr%C3%A9tien

Johannes Trithemius (1 February 1462 - 13 December 1516), born Johann Heidenberg, was a German abbot
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t47603771/johannes-trithemius-1462-1516/

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NGC 1637 was discovered by William Herschel on the 1st February 1786.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t53052421/ngc-1637/

NGC 1638 was discovered by William Herschel on the 1st February 1786.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56570288/ngc-1638/

NGC 1653 was discovered by William Herschel on the 1st February 1786.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56570382/ngc-1653/

NGC 1684 was discovered by William Herschel on the 1st February 1786.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56570268/ngc-1684/

NGC 2280 was discovered by John Herschel on the 1st February 1837.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56570249/ngc-2280/

NGC 2325 was discovered by John Herschel on the 1st February 1837.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56570219/ngc-2325/

NGC 2451 was discovered by John Herschel on the 1st February 1835.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t27157525/ngc-2451-a-and-b/

NGC 2452 was discovered by John Herschel on the 1st February 1837.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55295851/ngc-2452/

NGC 2579 was discovered by John Herschel on the 1st February 1835.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t53503068/ngc-2579/

NGC 2886 was discovered by John Herschel on the 1st February 1837.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56570063/ngc-2886/

NGC 2919 was discovered by Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel on the 1st February 1877.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56569981/ngc-2919/

NGC 2920 was discovered by John Herschel on the 1st February 1837.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56569929/ngc-2920/

NGC 3250 was discovered by John Herschel on the 1st February 1835.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56569871/ngc-3250/

NGC 3275 was discovered by John Herschel on the 1st February 1835.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56569814/ngc-3275/

NGC 3378 was discovered by John Herschel on the 1st February 1835.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56569789/ngc-3378/

IC 434 was discovered on February 1, 1786 by William Herschel
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IC_434

"Mystic Mountain" is an image of the Carina Nebula taken by Hubble Space Telescope on February 1-2, 2010.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystic_Mountain

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Extrasolar planet HD 75289 b was discovered on February 1, 1999
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD_75289_b

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On February 1, 2002, astronomers discovered comet 153P/IkeyaZhang in the constellation Cetus
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56565165/comet-ikeyazhang/

Goulds Comet C/1880 C1
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t59525413/comet-c1880-c1/

The Great Meteor of 1894 occurred on February 1st.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t52476932/great-meteor-of-1894/

Beta Centaurids meteorite shower
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t47603762/beta-centaurids-meteor-shower/

The Daytime Capricorn-Sagittarid meteor shower maximum is at 16:00 UT, 1st February, 2014.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t47244998/capricorn-sagittarid-meteor-shower/

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Meteorites

Title: The Marlow, Oklahoma, Aerolite (CN=0981,346)
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56565121/marlow-meteorite/

The Tenham (L6) meteorite fell in Queensland, Australia, in 1879.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t53757764/tenham-meteorite/

The Zaisho (Pallasite) meteorite fell in Shikoku, Japan, on the 1st February, 1898.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t47603717/zaisho-meteorite/

The Domanitch (L5) meteorite fell in Bursa, Turkey, on the 1st February, 1907.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t47603720/domanitch-meteorite/

The Aztec (L6) meteorite fell in New Mexico, USA, on the 1st February, 1938.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t47603723/aztec-meteorite/

The Hallingeberg (L3.4) meteorite fell in Kalmar, Sweden, on the 1st February, 1944.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t47603721/hallingeberg-meteorite/

The Idutywa (H5) meteorite fell in Eastern Cape, South Africa, on the 1st February, 1956.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t47603719/idutywa-meteorite/

The Hiroshima (H5) meteorite fell in Japan on the 1st February 2003 (local time).
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t64335056/hiroshima-meteorite/

The Didim (H3-5) meteorite fell in Aydin, Turkey, on the 1st February, 2007.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t10179718/yesilkent-meteorite/