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GraemeSkinner

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Re: Ares Express - info thread

I'll be putting together #7 over the next couple of days, if anyone has anything they'll like included or links for it please either post it here or PM/email them to me.

Graeme

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There was a young lady named Bright.
Whose speed was far faster than light;
She set out one day
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--Arthur Buller--

GraemeSkinner

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Re: Ares Express - info thread

Here's the 2005 calendar from Ares Express 7, can anyone with any amendments or additions either post them here or pm me (I'm only human, so there's bound to be a couple of amendments!)

2005 Astronomy & Space Flight calendar

January

2nd January - Earth at perihelion
3rd January - Quadrantids maximum, Spirit 1 Year today
4th January - Jupiter 0.4 degrees North of the Moon
6th January - Saturn 7 degrees South of Pollux
7th January - Mars 3 degrees North of the Moon
9th January - Mars, Mercury, Venus & the Moon (photo time?)
10th January - Moon at perigee
11th January - Neptune 5 degrees North of the Moon
12th January - Deep Impact spacecraft, to explore Comet Tempel 1 for NASA, on board a Boeing Delta 2 from Cape Canaveral. (launch date subject to change).
13th January - Uranus 4 degrees North of the Moon, Saturn at opposition
14th January - Huygens probe Titan descent, Mercury 0.3 degrees South of Venus
15th January - Venus 0.9 degrees South of Uranus
23rd January - Moon at apogee
24th January - Saturn 5 degrees South of the Moon, Opportunity 1 Year today
26th January - Tac-Sat 1 communications satellite on board a SpaceX Falcon 1 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base.
27th January - Classified payload for the National Reconnaissance Office in a flight staged from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
31st January - Jupiter 0.9 degrees North of the Moon

February

2nd February - Worldsat 2 telecommunications satellite onboard a Proton launcher, from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
3rd February - Neptune conjunction (Sun)
5th February - Mars 4 degrees North of the Moon
7th February - Moon at perigee
14th February - Mercury in superior conjunction, Venus 1 degree South of Neptune
20th February - Saturn 5 degrees South of the Moon, Moon at apogee. Classified payload for the National Reconnaissance Office on a Lockheed Martin Titan 4B rocket from Cape Canaveral
25th February - Uranus in conjunction with the Sun
27th February - Jupiter 1.2 degrees North of the Moon. I-4 satellite on a Atlas 5 rocket, launching from Cape Canaveral
28th February - Progress 17 cargo ship on a Soyuz rocket to the ISS from Baikonur Cosmodrome

March

1st March - NROL-1 spacecraft to launch on a Being Delta 4 from Vandenberg Air Force Base
2nd March - DART spacecraft on board a Pegasus XL launch vehicle from Vandenberg Air Force Base. (launch subject to change)
6th March - Mars 5 degrees North of the Moon
8th March - Neptune 5 degrees North of the Moon, Moon at perigee
11th March - Mercury 3 degrees North of the Moon
19th March - Saturn 5 degrees South of the Moon, Moon at apogee, The NOAA-N spacecraft to launch on a Boeing Delta 2 from Vandenberg Air Force Base
25th March - European Space Agency's Cryosat science spacecraft from Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia
26th March - Jupiter 1 degree North of the Moon
29th March - Mercury inferior conjunction
31st March - Venus in superior conjunction

April

3rd April - Mars 4 degrees North of the Moon, Jupiter at opposition
4th April - Neptune 5 degrees North of the Moon, Moon at perigee
5th April - Uranus 3 degrees North of the Moon
7th April - Mercury 3 degrees North of the Moon
13th April - Mars 1.2 degrees South of Neptune
15th April - Expedition 11 to the International Space Station on board a Soyuz TMA-6 spacecraft and Soyuz booster from Baikonur Cosmodrome
18th April - Lyrids maximum
22nd April - Jupiter 0.6 degrees North of the Moon
29th April - Moon at perigee

May

1st May - Neptune 5 degrees North of the Moon
2nd May - Mars 3 degrees North of the Moon
3rd May - Uranus 3 degrees North of the Moon
6th May - Mercury 3 degrees South of the Moon
12th May to 3rd June - Launch window for NASA's return to flight mission with STS-114 Discovery shuttle flight, Kennedy Space Centre in Florida
13th May - Saturn 5 degrees South of the Moon
14th May - Mars 1.2 degrees South of Uranus, Moon at apogee
19th May - Jupiter 0.4 degrees North of the Moon
26th May - CloudSat and Calipso spacecraft onboard Boeing Delta 2 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base Moon at perigee
28th May - Neptune 5 degrees North of the Moon
30th May - Uranus 3 degrees North of the Moon
31st May - Mars 0.5 degrees North of the Moon, Saturn 7 degrees South of Pollux

June

3rd June - Mercury in superior conjunction
5th June - DMSP 17 on a Delta 4 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base
8th June - Venus 4 degrees South of the Moon
10th June - Progress 18 cargo ship on a Soyuz rocket to the ISS from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Saturn 5 degrees South of the Moon
11th June - Moon at apogee
14th June - Pluto at opposition
16th June - Jupiter 0.4 degrees North of the Moon
21st June - Solstice
23rd June - Venus 5 degrees South of Pollux, Moon at perigee
25th June - Venus 1.3 degrees North of Saturn, Neptune 5 degrees North of the Moon
26th June - Mercury 1.4 degrees North of Saturn, Uranus 3 degrees North of the Moon
27th June - Mercury 0.08 degrees South of Venue
28th June - Moon at apogee, Saturn 5 degrees South of the Moon
30th June - Classified payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office on board a Titan 4B booster, from Vandenberg Air Force Base

July

4th July - Deep Impactor to arrive at comet Tempel 1
5th July - Earth at aphelion
7th July - Mercury 1.6 degrees South of Venus
8th July - Moon at apogee, Mercury 5 degrees South of the Moon, Venus 3 degrees South of the Moon
13th July - Jupiter 0.8 degrees North of the Moon
21st July - Moon at perigee
22nd July - Neptune 4 degrees North of the Moon, Venus 1.2 degrees North of Regulus
23rd July - Saturn in conjunction with the Sun
24th July - Uranus 2 degrees North of the Moon
27th July - Navstar GPS satellite 2R M-3 satellite on a Boeing-built Delta 2 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Base Mars 4 degrees South of the Moon

August

1st August - Moon at apogee
6th August - Delta & Iota Aquarids maximum Mercury in inferior conjunction
8th August - Neptune at opposition, Venus 1.2 degrees South of the Moon
10th August - NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter on a Atlas 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Jupiter 1.3 degrees North of the Moon
12th August - Perseids maximum
18th August - Neptune 5 degrees North of the Moon
19th August - Moon at perigee
20th August - Uranus 2 degrees North of the Moon
25th August - Mars 6 degrees South of the Moon
31st August - Saturn 5 degrees South of the Moon

September

1st September - Classified payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office on a Boeing Delta 4 booster from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Moon at apogee, Uranus at opposition
2nd September - Venus 1.4 degrees South of Jupiter
4th September - Mercury 1.1 degrees North of Regulus
5th September - Venus 1.8 degrees North of the Moon
7th September - Venus 0.6 degrees North of the Moon, Jupiter 1.8 degrees North of the Moon
15th September - Neptune 5 degrees North of the Moon
16th September - Moon at perigee, Uranus 2 degrees North of the Moon
22nd September - Mars 6 degrees South of the Moon, Equinox
28th September - Moon at apogee, Saturn 5 degrees South of the Moon

October

3rd October - Annular eclipse
6th October - Mercury 1.5 degrees South of Jupiter
7th October - Venus 1.4 degrees North of the Moon
12th October - GPS satellite 2R M-4on a Boeing Delta 2 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Neptune 5 degrees North of the Moon
14th October - Moon at perigee, Uranus 3 degrees North of the Moon
19th October - Mars 5 degrees South of the Moon
20th October - Orionids maximum
22nd October - Jupiter in conjunction with the Sun
25th October - Saturn 4 degrees South of the Moon
26th October - Moon at apogee
30th October - Mars closest approach

November

3rd November - Mercury 1.3 degrees North of the Moon, Taurids Maximum
5th November - Venus 1.4 degrees North of the Moon
7th November - Mars at opposition
8th November - Neptune 5 degrees North of the Moon
10th November - Moon at perigee, Uranus 3 degrees North of the Moon
11th November - WorldView imaging satellite on a Boeing Delta 2 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base
15th November - Mars 3 degrees South of the Moon
17th November - Leonids maximum
22nd November - Saturn 4 degrees South of the Moon
23rd November - Moon at apogee
29th November - Jupiter 3 degrees North of the Moon

December

4th December - Venus 2 degrees North of the Moon
5th December - Moon at apogee
6th December - Neptune 4 degrees North of the Moon
7th December - Uranus 2 degrees North of the Moon
12th December - Mars 1.3 degrees South of the Moon
15th December - GPS satellite 2R M-5 on a Boeing Delta 2 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
16th December - Pluto in conjunction with the Sun
19th December - Saturn 4 degrees South of the Moon
21st December - Solstice, Moon at apogee
22nd December - Ursids maximum
27th December - Jupiter 4 degrees North of the Moon
30th December - Mercury 5 degrees North of the Moon

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Graeme

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There was a young lady named Bright.
Whose speed was far faster than light;
She set out one day
in a relative way
And returned on the previous night.
--Arthur Buller--

Palomar

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Re: Ares Express - info thread

*Hi Graeme:  Please consider adding http://www.newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1292]this thread (Celestial Cartography) to the next Ares Express issue.  There's an article concerning ancient astronomy history (Hipparchus) which I posted in that thread on this date -- it especially is of interest, IMO.  [Also the thread throughout contains good information regarding the mythology behind the constellations, history, links to old star chart imagery, etc., etc.]

Also, please consider http://www.newmars.com/forums/viewtopic … ingularity as well.  It'd be great to draw in more comments, contributors, etc. 

Thanks for the consideration.

--Cindy

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We all know [i]those[/i] Venusians: Doing their hair in shock waves, smoking electrical coronas, wearing Van Allen belts and resting their tiny elbows on a Geiger counter...

--John Sladek (The New Apocrypha)

GraemeSkinner

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From: Eden Hall, Cumbria

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Re: Ares Express - info thread

*Hi Graeme:  Please consider adding http://www.newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1292]this thread (Celestial Cartography) to the next Ares Express issue.  There's an article concerning ancient astronomy history (Hipparchus) which I posted in that thread on this date -- it especially is of interest, IMO.  [Also the thread throughout contains good information regarding the mythology behind the constellations, history, links to old star chart imagery, etc., etc.]

Also, please consider http://www.newmars.com/forums/viewtopic … ingularity as well.  It'd be great to draw in more comments, contributors, etc. 

Thanks for the consideration.

--Cindy

Thanks for those Cindy  :up:

I'll be doing the next issue during the week (once my head is back where it belongs ??? )

Any other suggestions anyone?

Graeme

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There was a young lady named Bright.
Whose speed was far faster than light;
She set out one day
in a relative way
And returned on the previous night.
--Arthur Buller--

Rxke

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Re: Ares Express - info thread

No suggestions, because i have barely visited the boards the last few weeks, but a BIIIIIIG thumbs up to you Graeme, for doing this, I esp. appreciated it, to have a place to get up to speed again after being away for awhile.

Palomar

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From: USA

Registered: 2002-05-30

Posts: 9,734

Re: Ares Express - info thread

*Graeme:  One other recommendation:

http://www.newmars.com/forums/viewtopic … 83]Finally, a sensible solution to the Hubble debate

--Cindy

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We all know [i]those[/i] Venusians: Doing their hair in shock waves, smoking electrical coronas, wearing Van Allen belts and resting their tiny elbows on a Geiger counter...

--John Sladek (The New Apocrypha)

Palomar

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From: USA

Registered: 2002-05-30

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Re: Ares Express - info thread

*Two more recommendations:

http://www.newmars.com/forums/viewtopic … ackpacking on Mars, a base in a backpack...possible?

and

http://www.newmars.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1260]Petr Ginz

The Petr Ginz thread has had few hits and no replies (unfortunate); it's definitely a "special case" item, IMO.

--Cindy

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We all know [i]those[/i] Venusians: Doing their hair in shock waves, smoking electrical coronas, wearing Van Allen belts and resting their tiny elbows on a Geiger counter...

--John Sladek (The New Apocrypha)