In the News Story 1 Hubble Finds Substellar Objects in the Orion Nebula Story 2 Scientists Take Viewers to the Center of the Milky Way Story 3 Ingredients for Life Revealed in Meteorites That Fell to Earth ID: 691842
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Space News Update
- January 16, 2018 -
In
the News
Story 1:
Hubble Finds
Substellar
Objects in the Orion
Nebula
Story 2:
Scientists Take Viewers to the Center of the Milky
Way
Story
3:
Ingredients for Life Revealed in Meteorites That Fell to Earth
Departments
The Night Sky
ISS Sighting
Opportunities
NASA-TV
Highlights
Space Calendar
Food for Thought
Space Image of the WeekSlide2
Hubble Finds
Substellar Objects in the Orion NebulaSlide3
Scientists Take Viewers to the Center of the Milky WaySlide4
Ingredients for Life Revealed in Meteorites That Fell to EarthSlide5
Thursday, January 18
Sirius twinkles brightly after dinnertime below Orion in the southeast. Around 8 or 9 p.m., depending on your location, Sirius shines precisely below fiery Betelgeuse in Orion's shoulder. How accurately can you time this event for your location, perhaps using a plumb bob or the vertical edge of a building? Of the two, Sirius leads early in the evening, and Betelgeuse leads later. Welcome to pre-telescopic astronomy
.
Friday, January 19
• The Moon is still just a thin waxing crescent and, in any case, it sets pretty soon after dusk. So: is your sky dark enough for you to see the winter Milky Way? By midevening now, the Milky Way runs vertically up and across the zenith: from
Canis
Major low in the southeast, up between Orion and Gemini, through Auriga and Perseus almost straight overhead, and down through Cassiopeia, Cepheus, and Cygnus to the northwest horizon.
The Night Sky
Sky
& Telescope
Tuesday, January 16
After dinnertime, the enormous Andromeda-Pegasus complex runs from near the zenith down toward the western horizon.
Just west of the zenith, spot Andromeda's high foot: 2nd-magnitude Gamma
Andromedae (Almach), slightly orange. Andromeda is standing on her head. About halfway down from the zenith to the west horizon is the Great Square of Pegasus, balancing on one corner. Down from its bottom corner run the stars outlining Pegasus's neck and head, ending at his nose: 2nd-magnitude Enif, due west and also slightly orange.New Moon (exact at 9:17 p.m. EST).Wednesday, January 17On these moonless nights, explore little-known sights in Cassiopeia, high in the northwest. Slide6
ISS Sighting Opportunities
Sighting
information for other cities can be found at NASA’s
Satellite Sighting Information
ISS
For Denver
:
Date
Visible
Max Height
Appears
Disappears
Tue Jan 16, 5:53 AM3 min31°
31° above WSW
11° above SSE
Wed Jan 17, 5:03 AM
1 min
19°
19° above SE
10° above SE
Thu Jan 18, 5:46 AM
< 1 min
10°
10° above SSW
10° above SSWSlide7
NASA-TV
Highlights
Watch NASA TV online by going to the
NASA website
MAVEN Launch November 18, 2013
NASA
MAVEN Launch November 18, 2013
NASA
MAVEN Launch November 18, 2013
NASA
Tue May 30, 9:16 PM
1 min
14°
14° above N
10° above NNE
Tue May 30, 10:53 PM
< 1 min
10°
10° above N
10° above NNE
Wed May 31, 00:30 AM
< 1 min
18°
18° above N
18° above NWed May 31, 10:01 PM< 1 min10°10° above N10° above NWed May 31, 11:38 PM2 min15°14° above N14° above NEThu Jun 1, 9:09 PM1 min11°11° above N10° above NNEThu Jun 1, 10:45 PM2 min12°12° above N10° above NEFri Jun 2, 00:20 AM1 min17°10° above NW17° above NNW
Tuesday, January 164 p.m. - RS-25 Engine Fire Test from Stennis Space Center (all channels)Wednesday, January 1711 a.m. - ISS Expedition 54 In-Flight Educational Event with Boise State University in Boise, Idaho and NASA Flight Engineer Joe Acaba (starts at 11:25 a.m.) (all channels)Thursday, January 1812 p.m. - ISS Expedition 54 In-Flight Event with ABC Digital Network and Space.com with NASA Flight Engineer Scott Tingle (starts at 12:10 p.m.) (all channels)2 p.m. - ISS Expedition 54 U.S. Spacewalk Preview Briefing (all channels)Friday, January 1912 p.m. - ISS Expedition 54 In-Flight Educational Event with the Christa McAuliffe Challenger Center at Framingham State University in Framingham, Massachusetts and Flight Engineers Joe Acaba and Scott Tingle of NASA and Flight Engineer Norishige Kanai of Japan (all channels)
(all times Eastern Time Zone)Slide8
Space Calendar
JPL Space Calendar
Jan 16 -
ASNARO-2
Epsilon 2 Launch
Jan 16 -
Comet 324P/La
Sagra
Closest Approach To Earth (2.528 AU)
Jan 16 -
Apollo Asteroid 2018 AV2
Near-Earth Flyby (0.017 AU)
Jan 16 -
Apollo Asteroid 2018 AM2
Near-Earth Flyby (0.031 AU)Jan 16 - Apollo Asteroid 438017 (2003 YO3) Near-Earth Flyby (0.071 AU) Jan 16 - Asteroid 7169 Linda Closest Approach To Earth (1.625 AU) Jan 16 - Asteroid 9951 Tyrannosaurus Closest Approach To Earth (1.738 AU) Jan 16 - Asteroid 159814 Saguaro Closest Approach To Earth (2.234 AU)
Jan 16-18 -
Workshop: Dwarfs Stars and Clusters with K2
, Boston, Massachusetts
Jan 16-18 -
Meeting: Astrobiology Science Strategy for the Search for Life in the Universe
, Irvine, California
Jan 16-19 -
Workshop: The Architecture of LISA Science Analysis - Imagining the Future
, Pasadena, California
Jan 17 -
Comet 128P-A/Shoemaker-Holt
At Opposition (2.370 AU) Jan 17 - Comet 279P/La Sagra At Opposition (2.906 AU) Jan 17 - Comet C/2016 A1 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (4.397 AU) Jan 17 - Comet C/2017 AB5 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (8.396 AU) Jan 17 - Apollo Asteroid 2018 AG4 Near-Earth Flyby (0.004 AU)Jan 17 - Asteroid 4352 Kyoto Closest Approach To Earth (1.494 AU) Jan 17 - Asteroid 2041 Lancelot Closest Approach To Earth (1.889 AU) Jan 17 - Asteroid 8080 Intel Closest Approach To Earth (2.057 AU) Jan 17-18 - 18th Small Bodies Assessment Group Meeting, Moffett Field, California Jan 17-19 - Workshop: The Atacama Large-Aperture Submm/mm Telescope (AtLAST), Garching, Germany Jan 17-19 - Meeting: Best Practices for a Future Open Code Policy for NASA Space Science, Washington DC Jan 18 - SBIRS GEO-4 Atlas 5 LaunchJan 18 - Comet 324P/La Sagra At Opposition (2.529 AU) Jan 18 - Comet 287P/Christensen At Opposition (4.049 AU) Slide9
Food
for Thought
NASA Team First to Demonstrate X-ray Navigation in SpaceSlide10
Space Image of the Week
The Horsehead Nebula
Image Credit: CFHT, Coelum, MegaCam, J.-C. Cuillandre (CFHT) & G. A. Anselmi (Coelum)