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Written by David Galvin
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Saturday, 04 April 2009 |
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STS-125 Hubble servicing mission.
Live launch of Space Shuttlle at 19:01 BST
Click on link below:
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html
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Images added of Saturday 4th added to Gallery. click on link below:
http://www.liverpoolas.org/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=4
The Liverpool Astronomical Society
Invite you to find your way around the universe without leaving the ground.
Enjoy a day at our Leighton Observatory, Pex Hill, Cronton, Widnes.
Saturday April 4th From 1.30pm till late.
There will be illustrated talks, Solar observing and take part in the spring MoonWatch.
Get started in Astronomy
This event is free and open to all.
for directions go to link below
http://www.angelfire.com/pokemon2/pirsig/ph090404.html
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Last Updated ( Monday, 11 May 2009 )
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Written by Mark G
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Saturday, 21 March 2009 |
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The latest predictions from Heaven's Above for the International Space Station (currently docked with the Space Shuttle) are below.
The lower the figure in the "Mag" column, the brighter it will be (so -2.0 is brighter than 0.0, and 0.0 is brighter than 2.0)
Although the highlighted passes are quite bright, they occur while the sky is still quite light so may not be as easy to spot.
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Liverpool, 53.4167°N, 2.8666°W |
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Local time zone: |
Greenwich Mean Time (UTC + 0:00) |
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Orbit:
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348 x 361 km, 51.6° (Epoch Mar 20) |
| Date |
Mag |
Starts |
Max. altitude |
Ends |
| Time |
Alt. |
Az. |
Time |
Alt. |
Az. |
Time |
Alt. |
Az. |
| 21 Mar |
-1.9 |
19:20:25 |
10 |
WSW |
19:23:16 |
46 |
SSE |
19:25:32 |
15 |
E |
| 21 Mar |
-0.5 |
20:55:34 |
10 |
W |
20:57:10 |
28 |
WSW |
20:57:10 |
28 |
WSW |
| 22 Mar |
-2.2 |
19:47:28 |
10 |
WSW |
19:50:23 |
61 |
S |
19:51:46 |
27 |
ESE |
| 22 Mar |
0.6 |
21:22:46 |
10 |
W |
21:23:24 |
15 |
W |
21:23:24 |
15 |
W |
| 23 Mar |
-2.1 |
20:14:38 |
10 |
W |
20:17:33 |
57 |
S |
20:17:58 |
50 |
SSE |
| 24 Mar |
-2.1 |
19:06:32 |
10 |
W |
19:09:28 |
62 |
S |
19:12:23 |
10 |
E |
| 24 Mar |
-1.2 |
20:41:52 |
10 |
W |
20:44:10 |
36 |
SW |
20:44:10 |
36 |
SW |
| 25 Mar |
-2.0 |
19:33:43 |
10 |
W |
19:36:38 |
55 |
S |
19:38:43 |
17 |
ESE |
| 25 Mar |
0.2 |
21:09:16 |
10 |
W |
21:10:22 |
17 |
WSW |
21:10:22 |
17 |
WSW |
| 26 Mar |
-1.4 |
20:00:59 |
10 |
W |
20:03:45 |
37 |
SSW |
20:04:56 |
25 |
SSE |
| 27 Mar |
-1.8 |
18:52:50 |
10 |
W |
18:55:46 |
53 |
S |
18:58:38 |
10 |
ESE |
| 27 Mar |
-0.4 |
20:28:26 |
10 |
W |
20:30:46 |
21 |
SSW |
20:31:11 |
20 |
SSW |
| 28 Mar |
-1.1 |
19:20:08 |
10 |
W |
19:22:52 |
35 |
SSW |
19:25:35 |
10 |
SE |
| 28 Mar |
0.6 |
20:57:27 |
10 |
SW |
20:57:29 |
10 |
SW |
20:57:29 |
10 |
SW |
| 29 Mar |
-0.1 |
20:47:40 |
10 |
W |
20:49:52 |
19 |
SSW |
20:52:03 |
10 |
SSE |
| 31 Mar |
0.1 |
20:04:25 |
10 |
WSW |
20:06:30
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18 |
SSW |
20:08:35 |
10 |
SSE |
Times are taken from Heaven's Above and are centred on Liverpool. By visiting the Heaven's Above site you can also obtain sky maps for these and other passes, as well as information for other satellites.
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 28 March 2009 )
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Written by Mark G
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Tuesday, 17 March 2009 |
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Please note that this post is now out of date, however you can still follow the links below for up-to-date information.
Thanks go to Gerard Gilligan for a reminder that the Space Shuttle docks with the International Space Station tonight (17th March 2009).
More information and mission status updates are available from http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts119/status.html
Gerard informs us that from Liverpool, the pass will unfortunately be quite low in the sky, but should you wish to look out (and if the sky is clear!) you can get the times for your exact location from the Heaven's Above website at:
http://esa.heavens-above.com/esa/iss_step1_3.asp?CountryID=UK
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 19 March 2009 )
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The Liverpool Astronomical Society
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