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The shadow of a solar eclipse on the Earth as seen from the space station.
Last edited by Borg 386; 27 Jul 2017 at 10:49.
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New #172
Eclipse map & percentages. If you're in the USA, this will show how much of the eclipse coming up Aug 21st will be visible to your area.
SVS: 2017 Total Solar Eclipse Map and ShapefilesA map of the United States showing the path of totality for the August 21, 2017 total solar eclipse. This is version 2 of the map, available at both 5400 × 2700 and 10,800 × 5400.
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New #173
Here's the map I'm using, it's shown in the snip below.
This link will take you to the main page, when you get there click anywhere within the turquoise block to go to the interactive map shown in the center of the block.
You can also click anywhere on the interactive map and a popup will describe the viewing conditions for the area you clicked on.
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New #174
Nice interactive map, thanks for posting.:)Here's the map I'm using, it's shown in the snip below.
This link will take you to the main page, when you get there click anywhere within the turquoise block to go to the interactive map shown in the center of the block.
You can also click anywhere on the interactive map and a popup will describe the viewing conditions for the area you clicked on.
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New #175
Meteor shower season is here and this is the weekend to watch
Meteor trio: Perseids, Delta Aquariids and more light up the sky - CNETThe fantastic Perseid meteor shower peaks in August, but a bright full moon on August 7 this year means late July is the time to watch for the famous "shooting stars."
If you head outside at night over the next few days to try to catch them, you'll also benefit from the overlap of two other meteor showers: the lesser-known Alpha Capricornids that will peak Thursday night and then hang around a few more nights, and the Southern Delta Aquariids that will peak Saturday and Sunday.
That's right, it's a three-for-one red-hot space rock show that won't cost you a dime.
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New #176
You're welcome.
With my birthday being August 15th I've enjoyed the Perseid's for quite a few years, my problem? It never seems to fail that the dates around the maximum (Aug. 12th) are usually cloudy.
In checking my version of Stellarium for August 7th the seeing won't be too bad with Perseus in the East, Northeast quadrant of the sky and the Moon should be pretty much to your back in the South, Southwest , it won't be as good as a new Moon phase, but at least the Moon won't be directly in the viewing area, over the years I've seen the Moon between Cetus and Pisces during the event and that was a total wash-out.
My area at 4am edt :
Central Germany:
Related:
A clear sky chart site for North America: Clear Sky Chart Homepage I've looked but unfortunately couldn't find anything close to it for Europe.
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New #177
Busy week:
Source: https://www.space.com/32286-space-calendar.html- Aug. 14: SpaceX will launch a Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Dragon CRS-12 cargo craft on the 12th cargo delivery mission to the International Space Station from Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 12:31 p.m. EDT (1631 GMT). Watch Live
- Aug. 14: A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket will launch a classified payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NROL-42) from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Launch window: 3:01-7:00 a.m. EDT (0701-1100 GMT).
- Aug. 16: NASA TV will air live coverage of the rendezvous, grapple and installation of the SpaceX Dragon CRS-12 cargo spacecraft at the International Space Station starting at 5:30 a.m. EDT (0930 GMT). Grappling is scheduled for 7 a.m. EDT (1100 GMT). Watch Live
- Aug. 17: Expedition 52 cosmonauts Fyodor Yurchikhin and Sergey Ryazanskiy will exit the International Space Station for a spacewalk beginning at 10:45 a.m. EDT (1445 GMT). The spacewalk is expected to last about 6 hours. Watch Live
- Aug. 18: A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket will launch NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-M) from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
- Aug. 14: SpaceX will launch a Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Dragon CRS-12 cargo craft on the 12th cargo delivery mission to the International Space Station from Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 12:31 p.m. EDT (1631 GMT). Watch Live
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New #179
First test room the cognitive test is down the hall, enter door "B"
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New #180
A new app for the space geeks: NASA’s Eyes
NASA’s Eyes Experience Earth and our solar system, the universe and the spacecraft exploring them, with immersive apps for Mac, PC and mobile devices.
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