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Events for March

• Wed Mar 10 2010: Connecticut Science Fair

• Fri Mar 12 2010: Messier Marathon

• Sat Mar 13 2010: Messier Marathon

• Sat Mar 13 2010: Messier Marathon

• Sat Mar 13 2010: Connecticut Science Fair

• Fri Mar 19 2010: Open House Bethany Observing Station Public Observing

• Tue Mar 30 2010: ASNH General Meeting

Memoirs of Sir Isaac Newton's life, by William Stukeley

Outreach Events for this week

• Wed Mar 10 2010: Connecticut Science Fair

• Fri Mar 12 2010: Messier Marathon

• Sat Mar 13 2010: Messier Marathon

Astronomical Events for March

• Wed Mar 10 2010 3:07 AM: Moon Ascending Node

• Fri Mar 12 2010 5:07 AM: Moon Apogee: 406000 km

• Sun Mar 14 2010 9:05 AM: Mercury Superior Conj.

• Mon Mar 15 2010 5:01 PM: New Moon

• Wed Mar 17 2010 2:23 AM: Uranus Conjunction

• Sat Mar 20 2010 1:32 PM: Vernal Equinox

• Sat Mar 20 2010 8:08 PM: Moon-Pleiades: 0.4 N

• Sun Mar 21 2010 7:54 PM: Saturn Opposition

• Mon Mar 22 2010 8:15 AM: Moon North Dec.: 25.4 N

• Tue Mar 23 2010 7:00 AM: First Quarter

• Wed Mar 24 2010 9:05 AM: Moon Descending Node

• Thu Mar 25 2010 9:57 AM: Moon-Mars: 4.5 N

• Thu Mar 25 2010 7:06 PM: Moon-Beehive: 3.4 N

• Sun Mar 28 2010 12:56 AM: Moon Perigee: 361900 km

• Mon Mar 29 2010 10:25 PM: Full Moon

ASNH Times Faces of the Moon

A new book by ASNH member Bob Crelin

Click the book below for a review from Astronomy Magazine

ASNH Times The 100 Best Targets for Astrophotography

A new book by ASNH member Ruben Kier

Click the book below for a review from Springer.com

How the ISS comes together (Click image to view animation)

Astronmical Games!

APOD for Today

NASA Image of the Day

On March 13, 2008, the International Space Station passed across the field-of-view of Germany's remote sensing satellite, TerraSAR-X, at a distance of 195 kilometers, or 122 miles, and at a relative speed of 34,540 kilometers per hour, or more than 22,000 mph. In contrast to optical cameras, radar does not 'see' surfaces. Instead, it is much more aware of the edges and corners which bounce back the microwave signal it transmits. Smooth surfaces such as those on the station's solar generators or the radiator panels used to dissipate excess heat, unless directly facing the radar antenna, tend to deflect rather than reflect the radar beam, causing these features to appear on the radar image as dark areas. The radar image of the station therefore looks like a dense collection of bright spots from which the outlines of the space station can be clearly identified. The central element on the station, to which all the modules are docked, has a grid structure that presents a multiplicity of reflecting surfaces to the radar beam, making it readily identifiable. This image has a resolution of about one meter (about 39 inches). In other words, objects can be depicted as discrete units--that is, shown separately--provided that they are at least one meter apart. If they are closer together than that, they tend to merge into a single block on a radar image. Since this image was taken, the station has expanded and is more than 90 percent complete, including a full complement of solar arrays. Image Credit: DLR

NASA Ames Research Center News and Features

• Kepler Mission Manager Update, March 10, 2010
Posted on Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST

The Kepler spacecraft has been performing well since the Safe Mode event of Feb. 2, 2010.


• NASA Launches Interactive Simulation
Posted on Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST

NASA today unveiled an interactive computer simulation for virtual explorers of all ages.


• NASA?s Kepler Mission Celebrates One Year in Space
Posted on Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST

One year ago this week, NASA?s Kepler Mission soared into the dark night sky, leaving a bright glow in its wake as it began its search for other worlds like Earth.


• NACA: Tracing NASA's 95-year-old Roots
Posted on Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EST

It all started with 12 unpaid, highly qualified men, a budget of only $5,000 a year and an unbridled passion for promoting and conducting aeronautical research.