Space News Update - June 7, 2013 - In the News Story 1: 'Dust Trap' around Distant Star May Solve Planet Formation Mystery Story 2: What Does Antarctica Look Like Under the Ice? Story 3: Astronomers gear up to discover Earth-like planets Departments The Night Sky ISS Sighting Opportunities NASA-TV Highlights Space Calendar Food for Thought Space Image of the Week
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Space News Update- June 7, 2013 -
In the News
Story 1: 'Dust Trap' around Distant Star May Solve Planet Formation Mystery
Story 2: What Does Antarctica Look Like Under the Ice?
Story 3: Astronomers gear up to discover Earth-like planets
Departments
The Night SkyISS Sighting Opportunities
NASA-TV HighlightsSpace CalendarFood for Thought
Space Image of the Week
'Dust Trap' around Distant Star May Solve Planet Formation
The Night SkyFriday, June 7· Mercury in the twilight has reached its farthest distance above Venus, 5°. See the scene at right. They're as far apart as fainter Pollux and Castor above them, which come into view as twilight dims. 5° is about three finger-widths at arm's length (depending, of course, on the width of your fingers relative to the length of your arm!).
Saturday, June 8· After dark, look southeast for orange-red Antares. It's one of the two great red supergiants of the naked-eye sky; the other is Betelgeuse in winter. Around and to the upper right of Antares are other, white stars of upper Scorpius.· New Moon (exact at 3:14 a.m. on this date EDT).
Sunday, June 9· After sunset, look for the young crescent Moon about 6° to 8° below Venus very low in the west-northwest (at the times of twilight in North America). Binoculars will help. Monday, June 10· The thin crescent Moon low in twilight now forms a triangle with Venus and Mercury, as shown at right. Look above the triangle for the Pollux-and-Castor pair.
Sighting information for other cities can be found at NASA’s Satellite Sighting Information
For Denver:
SATELLITE LOCAL DURATION MAX ELEV APPROACH DEPARTURE
DATE/TIME (MIN) (DEG) (DEG-DIR) (DEG-DIR)
ISS Fri Jun 07/01:57 AM 4 17 10 above NNW 10 above ENEISS Fri Jun 07/03:33 AM 6 84 10 above NW 11 above SEISS Fri Jun 07/09:52 PM 5 25 11 above W 10 above NNEISS Fri Jun 07/11:33 PM < 1 11 10 above N 10 above NISS Sat Jun 08/01:11 AM 1 13 13 above NNE 10 above NEISS Sat Jun 08/02:44 AM 6 47 10 above NW 10 above ESEISS Sat Jun 08/04:22 AM 4 17 10 above W 11 above SISS Sat Jun 08/09:02 PM 6 38 10 above WSW 11 above NEISS Sat Jun 08/10:44 PM < 1 12 12 above N 10 above NNEISS Sun Jun 09/00:21 AM < 1 11 11 above NNE 10 above NNEISS Sun Jun 09/01:55 AM 2 29 10 above NW 27 above NISS Sun Jun 09/09:54 PM 1 15 14 above N 10 above NNEISS Sun Jun 09/11:32 PM < 1 10 10 above N 10 above NNEISS Mon Jun 10/01:07 AM 2 21 11 above NNW 21 above NNEISS Mon Jun 10/09:05 PM 2 19 19 above N 11 above NNEISS Mon Jun 10/10:42 PM < 1 10 10 above N 10 above N