Space News Update- August 14, 2014 -

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Story 1: NASA Scientists Help Understand Newly Discovered Planet

Story 2:Hubble Finds Supernovae in Wrong Place at Wrong Time

Story 3: Countdown to Deep Space Continues with Latest RS-25 Test

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NASA Scientists Help Understand Newly Discovered Planet

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Hubble Finds Supernovae in Wrong Place at Wrong Time

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Countdown to Deep Space Continues with Latest RS-25 Test

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Friday, August 14 This is the time of year when the Teapot of Sagittarius, with its rich surroundings of deep-sky objects, stands highest in the south soon after dark. The Teapot is about the size of your fist at arm's length. It's tipping and pouring to the right, as seen to the right.

Saturday, August 15 Spot Saturn in the southwest after dark. The brightest star left or lower left of it is orange Antares. The star more or less between the two is Delta Scorpii, a blue-white-hot variable star. It unexpectedly doubled in brightness in July 2000 and has remained bright, with fluctuations, ever since. Draw a line from Antares through Saturn, extend the line almost as much farther on, and you hit fainter Beta Librae (Zubeneschamali). Much farther on, you come to Arcturus.

Sunday, August 16 In bright twilight, scan with binoculars very low in the west for Mercury about 6° to the right of the thin crescent Moon, as shown here.

Monday, August 17 After sunset, the waxing crescent Moon low in the west serves as a pointer to Mercury, well to its lower right as shown here. If the Moon were a bow, it would shoot an arrow through Mercury. The two brightest stars of summer are Vega, overhead soon after dark, and Arcturus in the west. Vega is a white-hot, type-A star 25 light-years away. Arcturus is a yellow-orange-hot K giant 37 light-years distant. Their color difference is easy to see.

Tuesday, August 18 As night descends, look left of the Moon for Spica. Very high above the Moon shines brighter Arcturus. The red long-period variable star Chi Cygni is still about at maximum light. As of August 14th it was about magnitude 4.7. See the article and comparison-star chart in the August Sky & Telescope, page 51.

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Sighting information for other cities can be found at NASA’s Satellite Sighting Information

ISS For Denver:

Date Visible Max Height Appears DisappearsFri Aug 14, 9:29 PM 3 min 23° 15 above NNW 20 above NE

Fri Aug 14, 11:04 PM < 1 min 10° 10 above WNW 10 above WNW

Sat Aug 15, 8:35 PM 4 min 16° 10 above NNW 10 above ENE

Sat Aug 15, 10:12 PM < 1 min 36° 23 above NW 36 above NW

Sun Aug 16, 9:19 PM 3 min 43° 22 above NNW 32 above ENE

Mon Aug 17, 8:25 PM 5 min 26° 14 above NNW 11 above E

Mon Aug 17, 10:02 PM 1 min 32° 17 above WNW 32 above WSW

Tue Aug 18, 9:10 PM 2 min 81° 36 above WNW 36 above SE

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Friday, August 14 8 p.m., Replay of NASA RS-25 Test Social (NTV-1 (Public), NTV-2 (Education))10 p.m., Replay of NASA’s RS-25 Engine Test (all channels)

Saturday, August 15 8 a.m., Replay of NASA RS-25 Test Social (NTV-1 (Public), NTV-2 (Education))10 a.m., 2 p.m, 8 p.m., Replay of NASA’s RS-25 Engine Test (all channels)

Sunday, August 16 8 a.m., 2 p.m, 8 p.m., Replay of NASA RS-25 Test Social (NTV-1 (Public), NTV-2 (Education))10 a.m., 4 p.m., 10 p.m., Replay of NASA’s RS-25 Engine Test (all channels)

Monday, August 17 7:30 a.m., Coverage of the Launch of the “Kounotori” HTV-5 Cargo Craft to the ISS (Launch scheduled at 8:35 a.m. ET)- Coverage begins at 7:45 a.m. ET (all channels)10:30 a.m., Space Station Live (all channels)11 a.m., ISS Expedition 44 Interview with the CBS Radio Network and NASA Flight Engineers Scott Kelly and Kjell Lindgren (starts at 11:05 a.m.) (all channels)

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Aug 14 - [Aug 14] Progress 58 Reenters Earth's Atmosphere Aug 14 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #418 (OTM-418) Aug 14 - Comet C/2013 US10 (Catalina) Closest Approach To Earth (1.089 AU) Aug 14 - Comet 104P/Kowal At Opposition (1.648 AU) Aug 14 - Comet 190P/Mueller Closest Approach To Earth (1.839 AU) Aug 14 - Asteroid 21 Lutetia At Opposition (9.0 Magnitude) Aug 14 - Atira Asteroid 2010 XB11 Closest Approach To Earth (0.744 AU) Aug 14 - Asteroid 2848 ASP Closest Approach To Earth (1.918 AU) Aug 14 - Asteroid 41488 Sinbad Closest Approach To Earth (3.387 AU) Aug 14 - Lecture: Drought - Are We In or Out?, Pasadena, California Aug 15 - [Aug 08] 150th Anniversary (1865), Shergotty Meteorite Fall (Mars Meteorite) Aug 15 - Comet 325P/Yang-Gao Perihelion (1.431 AU) Aug 15 - Comet 162P/Siding Spring Closest Approach To Earth (1.690 AU) Aug 15 - Comet C/2011 KP36 (Spacewatch) At Opposition (4.308 AU) Aug 15 - Asteroid 5870 Baltimore Closest Approach To Earth (1.967 AU) Aug 15 - Asteroid 2483 Guinevere Closest Approach To Earth (3.240 AU) Aug 15 - Workshop: Art and the Cosmic Connection, Pasadena, California Aug 15 - Carlsbad Caverns National Park Star Party, Carlsbad, New Mexico Aug 15 - 45th Anniversary (1970), Comet 82P/Gehrels Near-Jupiter Flyby (0.00143 AU) Aug 16 - [Aug 14] HTV 5/ CP-9/StrangSat H-2B Launch (International Space Station) Aug 16 - Comet P/1999 J6 (SOHO) Closest Approach To Earth (0.559 AU) Aug 16 - Comet 56P/Slaughter-Burnham Closest Approach To Earth (2.520 AU) Aug 16 - Amor Asteroid 348400 (2005 JF21) Near-Earth Flyby (0.052 AU) Aug 16 - Atira Asteroid 2006 WE4 Closest Approach To Earth (0.337 AU) Aug 16 - Asteroid 21 Lutetia Closest Approach To Earth (1.027 AU) Aug 16 - Asteroid 3267 Glo Closest Approach To Earth (1.280 AU) Aug 16 - Asteroid 5335 Damocles (Burnt Out Comet) At Opposition (20.443 AU) Aug 16 - Gabriel Lippmann's 170th Birthday (1845) Aug 17 - [Aug 14] Cassini, Dione Flyby Aug 17 - Cassini, Distant Flyby of Tethys Aug 17 - Comet 317P/WISE Perihelion (1.276 AU) Aug 17 - Comet C/2012 LP26 (Palomar) Perihelion (6.535 AU) Aug 17 - Asteroid 1430 Somalia Closest Approach To Earth (1.042 AU) Aug 17 - Asteroid 3031 Houston Closest Approach To Earth (1.320 AU) Aug 17 - Asteroid 10866 Peru Closest Approach To Earth (1.656 AU) Aug 17 - Asteroid 1008 La Paz Closest Approach To Earth (2.008 AU) Aug 17 - Asteroid 7755 Haute-Provence Closest Approach To Earth (2.180 AU) Aug 17 - 45th Anniversary (1970), Venera 7 Launch (USSR Venus Lander)

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Comet Dust over Enchanted Rock Image Credit & Copyright: Jared Tennant