Catch the International Space Station (ISS) 4th-6th

Check out information to view where the for International Space Station (ISS) will be viewable in your area as well as help to look for constellations, comets (several in the sky that can be viewed naked eye (1) or other telescopically.

Goto Heavenabove website link.

http://www.heavens-above.com/

The giant International Space Station (ISS) is flying over many US towns and cities during the evening hours of Dec. 3rd-6th. Now I know there is a link there in the ISS section to see a map of where the ISS will move in the sky (blue- white light) and that is helpful.

One activity that I invented for my summer students is to :
(1) Look at and make a print out of what the evening sky looks at on a present date.
(2) Then change the date parameters to their birthdate and if they can remember their time, and do a similar printout.
(3) Have the students compare/ contrast the constellations, planets , stars that are visible.

12/3/07 (E.O.A.S.)1 Students wilI compare/ contrast the constellations, planets , stars that are visible.
12/3/07 (E.O.A.S.)2 Students wilI learn to find and identify man manned spacecraft moving in the sky.

There is more to comet dust then thought

Surprises in comet dust. There is more to comet dust then thought. Scientists are learning much about our universe through the dust from comets. Here is the latest.

Dust gathered from a comet and brought to Earth tells a tale of a so‐Therelar sys‐tem that par‐tial‐ly turned itself in‐side out, re‐search‐ers say.
Dec. 14, 2006
Special to World Science
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/061214_stardust.htm
Updated Dec. 15

Happy New Year

Dr. Eric Flescher

Eros Asteroid and comet news semi-new and old

Photos, news and information about asteroids and comets are still of interest. Here's more of the latest, semi new and old news that is still good.

Asteroid's mystery 'blue ponds'
The Eros asteroid continues to excite scientists
By BBC News Online science editor Dr David Whitehouse
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/1565564.stm

Tuesday, 25 September, 2001, 17:43 GMT 18:43 UK 'Stupendous' comet pictures revealed
The images are of a far better quality than was expected
By BBC News Online science editor Dr David Whitehouse
The Deep Space 1 (DS1) probe has returned the best images yet taken of the nucleus of a comet.
I's mind-boggling and stupendous
Astronomers are already saying that the pictures of the 10-kilometre- (6-mile-) wide core of Comet Borrelly will revolutionise our understanding of these frozen wanderers.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/1563427.stm


Giotto and comet Halley in 1986
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/giotto.html

Eros Asteroid and comet news semi-new and old

Photos, news and information about asteroids and comets are still of interest. Here's more of the latest, semi new and old news that is still good.

Asteroid's mystery 'blue ponds'
The Eros asteroid continues to excite scientists
By BBC News Online science editor Dr David Whitehouse
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/1565564.stm

Tuesday, 25 September, 2001, 17:43 GMT 18:43 UK 'Stupendous' comet pictures revealed
The images are of a far better quality than was expected
By BBC News Online science editor Dr David Whitehouse
The Deep Space 1 (DS1) probe has returned the best images yet taken of the nucleus of a comet.
I's mind-boggling and stupendous
Astronomers are already saying that the pictures of the 10-kilometre- (6-mile-) wide core of Comet Borrelly will revolutionise our understanding of these frozen wanderers.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/1563427.stm


Giotto and comet Halley in 1986
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/giotto.html