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Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 1:41 pm Post subject: I.S.S. International Space Station and other stuff
Anyone interested in Astronomy, or would just like to know where NASA are at with the development of the I.S.S. then send a blank email to: listserv@listserver.jsc.nasa.gov
In the body of the message (not the subject line) users should type "subscribe hsfnews" (no quotes).
You'll receive regular updates, as news breaks, regarding the continuing development of the space station. I've been receiving them for over a year now and some of it makes fascinating reading.
If you've never seen the I.S.S. fly overhead, then you're missing a real treat. To find out when your next 'viewing' is available to your location then I highly recommend this site: http://www.heavens-above.com
Once you've registered (free) and supplied your exact location, either by lat/long co-oridinates, or simply using a drop-down menu to show your nearest town/village, the site will work out when, and from what direction you will be able to see this spectacular sight. Here in the UK it's possible to see the I.S.S. heading towards us from half way across the Atlantic! If you've seen Venus, then the I.S.S. looks around twice as bright.
It's surprising how many people just don't realise how many man-made satellites are visible every evening. On any clear night, just spend half an hour outdoors and you should see plenty. They look just like stars, but moving. Some slow, some fairly quickly. If you're lucky, you should also spot an 'Iridium' flare. This is a satellite that has solar panels coated in Iridium which, when sunlight on the other side of the Earth catches them, flare up into a brilliant light and then usually disappear just as quickly.
The Heavens Above site, mentioned earlier, will also tell you exactly when/where to expect the next one. It will even tell you how far (to the nearest few feet) to walk, to be in the optimum position! Clever stuff!
Meteors, or more commonly Shooting Stars.
These are usually about the size of a grain of sand and hit our atmosphere around 40 miles up. They are the debris left from a comet that has passed some time earlier.
Did you know?
Light travels at 186,000 miles per second. (Yeah, we all know that!)
The Sun is 93 million miles away, and light takes 8 minutes to reach us.
Our Solar Sytem (The Sun and 8 planets - Pluto has now officially been downgraded and is just a number) is part of a galaxy - what we call The Milky Way. Our galaxy is a spiral.
It takes light 100,000 years to get from one side of our galaxy to the other.
The known Universe contains millions of galaxies!
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Last edited by nozzmoking on Wed Oct 25, 2006 2:50 pm
Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 3:13 pm Post subject: Latest Blog Post : Blog and earn!
I studied Astronomy as a special subject for my Mathematics grads. After that only seen some stuffs in Star war series. _________________ http://www.idealwebtools.com/blog/orkut-banned-india/ - Orkut getting a ban in India, why? Is it fair? Politicians not liking it as some voices are raised against.
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