Archive for November, 2010
Leonid meteor shower peaks tonight
by Tony on Nov.17, 2010, under outreach ideas
The Leonids peak is upon us with a forecast of 4 meteors visible per hour before daybreak tomorrow here in North Carolina. Look to constellation Leo as it rises in the East, by 5 am, Leo will be ESE. The Ames Research Center has a nice tool to provide hour by hour estimates of meteor activity based on your location.
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NASA on the Big Bang Theory
by Tony on Nov.16, 2010, under nasa
… the show, not the theory. Neat article on spacey items included on the Big Bang Theory set. James Webb Space Telescope and NASA magnets on the fridge and the Universe on a Beach Ball is seen around the set in various places.
Jordan Lake observing session
by Tony on Nov.13, 2010, under outreach ideas
For those families that were out at the Jordan Lake observing session sponsored by Morehead Planetarium, the websites mentioned were:
- Stellarium , free planetarium software for your PC, Mac or Linux
- free star charts updated monthly
- Heavens Above, calculate when the ISS will next be visible over our part of North Carolina
- NASA’s Human Spaceflight site also has satellite spotting information for our area.
- http://tinyurl.com/apexiss, a short cut to the right place in Heavens Above for our part of NC.
- Morehead Planetarium and Science Center
Hubble Top Stars
by Tony on Nov.08, 2010, under outreach ideas
NASA and Institute for Global Environmental Strategies have made available a Top Stars, a website with resources and strategies for using Hubble Space Telescope images in STEM education.
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NASA Image of the Day
Curiosity at 'Cumberland'
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity used its front left Hazard-Avoidance Camera for this image of the rover's arm over the drilling target "Cumberland" during the 275th Martian day, or sol, of the rover's work on Mars (May 15, 2013). The rover team plans to use Curiosity's drill to collect a powdered sample from the interior of the rock for analysis by laboratory instruments inside the rover. This is the mission's second rock-drilling target. The rover drove from its position beside the first drilling target, "John Klein," to its position beside Cumberland with drives of 121 inches (308 centimeters) on Sol 273 (May 13) and 26.6 inches (67.5 centimeters) on Sol 275. Curiosity's total odometry on Mars is now 2,385 feet (727 meters). Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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