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... Observing . ... Sky Events . ... Christmas Comet Lovejoy captured at Paranal . ... Comet Lovejoy captured at Paranal. ... The recently discovered Comet Lovejoy has been captured in stunning photos and time-lapse video taken from the European Southern Observatoryт??s (ESO) Paranal Observatory in Chile. ... For me, this comet is a Christmas present to the people who will stay at Paranal over Christmas," said Blanchard. ... Only registered members of Astronomy.com are allowed to comment on this article...

... Ciudadano Fantastico: Dr. Edgard Rivera-Valentin , 20th Century Fox PR . ... Asteroid 2004 BL86 , Interview on the appraoch of asteroid 2004 BL86, WAPA TV , article by Deborah Martorell . First Arecibe o to work at the Arecibo Observatory , featured by Arecibo Es Magazine , article by Alfred University . ... Flowing water on Mars may cause seasonal streaks: Study , featured by Space.com . Farris, H. N., Conner, M. B., Rivera-Valentin, E. G. , Chevrier, V. F., 2015. ... Arecibo Observatory | ...

... In today's case, a slightly off-nominal solar array slew caused the safing. ... Hubble's spacecraft computer recognized that this was not normal, and onboard safing procedures were executed as expected. ... Our STScI and GSFC teams are working on full recovery of Hubble this weekend. ... Onboard health and safety procedures will ready Hubble for science, and the science instruments (all of which are safe and in their expected states) will be brought back online accordingly. ... Hubble cheers, Ken ...

Previous Editions of the M111: . ... The Christmas Star - Fact Or Fiction? ... Any time you have something you'd like to offer - be it a story of how you first got started in astronomy, a star party you just attended, a telescope you just bought, or your favorite constellation, just drop me a line with the story included and I'll be sure to get it posted! ... First and foremost, I'd like to thank everyone who took the time to vote on this year's board and officer elections both in person and by proxy. ...

December: A Significant Month in Apollo . In 1968 and 1972, the month of December marked two significant events in NASA history?the first and last missions to the Moon. ... When they announced Apollo 8, I just couldn't believe it, but we were all over George Low to go try it, because we were young enough to try anything. ... http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/history/apollo8_mp3/apollo8.htm . ... http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/history/HouHistory/HoustonHistory-Fall08.pdf . ... Return to JSC History Portal . ...

This file is an archive of all of the changes which have been made to the Bright Supernovae pages in 1998 (which is when I started logging them). ... Added images from this page to the 1997cw and 1997cx entries. ... Added several images to the 1996 SN , 1997 SN , 1998 SN , 1998S , and 1998eg pages from "The Astronomer" mag Variables, Novae and Supernovae Images page. ... Added images to the 1998aq , 1998S , 1998bu , and 1998es web pages from a list of images on Laszlo Kiss's Latest images web page. ...

Halley's Comet . Spacecraft that have visited Halley's Comet . ... Then in 1984 and 1985, five spacecraft from the USSR, Japan and Europe were launched to make a rendezvous with Halley's Comet in 1986. ... This image is a mosaic of 8 images taken by the Giotto spacecraft during the Halley encounter on March 13, 1986. ... Courtesy NASA/JPL) . ... Halley's Comets in 1986 . This image of Halley's Comets was taken during its 1986 appearance. ... Cylindrical Map of the Nucleus of Comet Halley . ...

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