Space News Update- January 28, 2014 -

In the News

Story 1: Yutu Rover Suffers Significant Setback at Start of 2nd Lunar Night

Story 2:Herschel Telescope Detects Water on Dwarf Planet

Story 3: NASA Spacecraft Take Aim At Nearby Supernova

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Yutu Rover Suffers Significant Setback at Start of 2nd Lunar Night

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Herschel Telescope Detects Water on Dwarf Planet

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NASA Spacecraft Take Aim At Nearby Supernova

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Tuesday, January 28 • Algol is at minimum brightness for a couple hours centered

on 7:00 p.m. EST. In Wednesday's dawn, look for the eerily thin waning crescent Moon below Venus now. They're low in the southeast, as shown here.

Wednesday, January 29 • Jupiter this month turns the Winter Triangle into a bigger,

brighter Winter Diamond. Its bottom is Sirius, its two side corners are Betelgeuse and Procyon, and Jupiter forms its top. The diamond tilts leftward in early evening and stands vertically in the south around 10 p.m. (depending on your location).

Thursday, January 30 • You may be familiar with the Double Cluster in Perseus. But

do you know the clusters Stock 2, King 4, Trumpler 2, and NGC 957 right near it? Pick them out with Sue French's Deep-Sky Wonders article and chart in the February Sky & Telescope, page 56.

• Back in the evening sky, the waxing Moon passes Mercury after sundown.

Friday, January 31

• The Moon is back in the evening sky, as a thin waxing crescent to the lower right of Mercury. Look very low above the west-southwest horizon in twilight, as shown here.

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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 28, 6;39 AM

1 min 17° 10 above W 11 above S

Wed Jan 29, 5:52 AM

3 min 30° 30 above WSW 10 above ESE

Thu. Jan 30, 5:06 AM

1 min 23° 23 above ESE 11 above SE

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Watch NASA TV online by going to the NASA website

MAVEN Launch November 18, 2013NASAMAVEN Launch November 18, 2013NASAMAVEN Launch November 18, 2013NASA

January 30, Thursday

10:10 a.m. - ISS Expedition 38 In-Flight Interview - JSC (All Channels)

January 31, Friday

10:45 a.m. - ISS Expedition 38 In-Flight Interview with Space.com - JSC (All Channels)

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• Jan 28 - Comet P/2014 A3 (PANSTARRS) At Opposition (3.073 AU)

• Jan 28 - Comet P/2014 A3 (PANSTARRS) Closest Approach To Earth (3.073 AU)

• Jan 28 - Comet 267P/LONEOS At Opposition (3.190 AU)

• Jan 28 - Asteroid 1179 Mally Occults HIP 7097 (3.6 Magnitude Star)

• Jan 28 - Asteroid 2012 BX34 Near-Earth Flyby (0.025 AU)

• Jan 28 - Asteroid 2791 Paradise Closest Approach To Earth (1.141 AU)

• Jan 28 - Asteroid 58671 Diplodocus Closest Approach To Earth (1.724 AU)

• Jan 28 - Asteroid 6030 Zolensky Closest Approach To Earth (2.227 AU)

• Jan 29 - Comet 89P/Russell At Opposition (4.165 AU)

• Jan 29 - 25th Anniversary (1989), Phobos 2, Mars Orbit Insertion

• Jan 30 - Cassini, Orbital Trim Maneuver #370 (OTM-370)

• Jan 30 - Comet 7P/Pons-Winnecke At Opposition (2.607 AU)

• Jan 30 - Asteroid 4013 Ogiria Occults HIP 8588 (5.9 Magnitude Star)

• Jan 30 - Asteroid 16155 Buddy Closest Approach To Earth (1.479 AU)

• Jan 30 - Asteroid 4149 Harrison Closest Approach To Earth (1.742 AU)

• Jan 30 - Asteroid 15402 Suzaku Closest Approach To Earth (1.889 AU)

• Jan 31 - Mercury At Its Greatest Eastern Elongation (18 Degrees)

• Jan 31 - Comet 249P/LINEAR At Opposition (3.914 AU)

• Jan 31 - Asteroid 2008 CM20 Near-Earth Flyby (0.086 AU)

• Jan 31 - Asteroid 2985 Shakespeare Closest Approach To Earth (1.987 AU)

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Food for ThoughtBlack Holes No More? Not Quite.

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From the Northern to the Southern Cross Image Credit & Copyright: Nicholas Buer