Space News Update - July 11, 2011 - In the News Story 1: Astronauts get started on massive orbital moving job Story 2: Search Is On for Moon Around Asteroid Vesta Story 3: Was the big bang born rotating? Departments The Night Sky ISS Sighting Opportunities Space Calendar NASA-TV Highlights Food for Thought Space Image of the Week
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Space News Update- July 11, 2011 -
In the News
Story 1: Astronauts get started on massive orbital moving job
Story 2:Search Is On for Moon Around Asteroid Vesta
Story 3: Was the big bang born rotating?
Departments
The Night SkyISS Sighting Opportunities
Space CalendarNASA-TV Highlights
Food for ThoughtSpace Image of the Week
Astronauts get started on massive orbital moving job
Search Is On for Moon Around Asteroid Vesta
Was the big bang born rotating?
The Night Sky
Monday, July 11 · Look 2° or 3° below the Moon for Antares early this evening, as shown below.
Tuesday, July 12 · Happy birthday Neptune! Today it's exactly one Neptune year since the planet's discovery in 1846. Never again will a major planet of the solar system have failed to complete a full orbit since it was found. See the July Sky & Telescope, page 28. To locate Neptune with your binoculars or telescope (at magnitude 7.9), you can use our printable finder chart.
Wednesday, July 13 · Look below the bright Moon for the Teapot pattern of Sagittarius, as shown above.
Thursday, July 14 · Full Moon tonight (exact at 2:40 a.m. Friday morning Eastern Daylight Time). The Moon is left of the Sagittarius Teapot after dark. · The eclipsing binary star Beta Lyrae is coming out of its minimum light at the time of nightfall for the Americas. See the June Sky & Telescope, page 60.
Friday, July 15 · After the just-past-full Moon rises well up late this evening, use binoculars to look a little above it for Beta Capricorni and, higher, the wide double star Alpha Capricorni. With good distance vision, you can normally split Alpha Cap naked-eye. Can you still do this with the bright Moon so close?
ISS Sighting Opportunities
Sighting information for other cities can be found at NASA’s Satellite Sighting Information
For Denver:
No Sightings until July 23rd.
NASA-TV Highlights
July 8, Friday - July 20, WednesdayFull-Time Coverage of STS-135 - The Final Space Shuttle Mission - KSC/JSC (All Channels)