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Events for September

• Thu Sep 2 2010: ASNH Bethany Machine Shop Night

• Fri Sep 10 2010: CSP-20

• Sat Sep 11 2010: CSP-20

• Sun Sep 12 2010: CSP-20

• Fri Sep 17 2010: Open House Bethany Observing Station Public Observing

• Sat Sep 18 2010: ASNH Work Party

• Tue Sep 28 2010: ASNH General Meeting (Will return in October)

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

Outreach Events for this week

• Tue Aug 31 2010: ASNH General Meeting (Will return in October)

Astronomical Events for September

• Thu Sep 2 2010 7:20 AM: Moon North Dec.: 24.8 N

• Fri Sep 3 2010 8:29 AM: Mercury Inferior Conj.

• Fri Sep 3 2010 8:16 PM: Moon Descending Node

• Sun Sep 5 2010 1:03 PM: Mars-Spica: 2.1 N

• Wed Sep 8 2010 12:00 AM: Moon Perigee: 357200 km

• Wed Sep 8 2010 6:30 AM: New Moon

• Sat Sep 11 2010 9:05 AM: Moon-Venus: 0.3 N

• Mon Sep 13 2010 7:14 AM: Mercury-Regulus: 5.7 S

• Tue Sep 14 2010 1:55 AM: Moon-Antares: 2.2 S

• Tue Sep 14 2010 7:47 PM: Moon South Dec.: 24.7 S

• Wed Sep 15 2010 1:50 AM: First Quarter

• Thu Sep 16 2010 9:56 AM: Moon Ascending Node

• Sun Sep 19 2010 12:59 PM: Mercury Elongation: 17.9 W

• Tue Sep 21 2010 4:03 AM: Moon Apogee: 406200 km

• Tue Sep 21 2010 8:11 AM: Jupiter Opposition

• Tue Sep 21 2010 12:42 PM: Uranus Opposition

• Wed Sep 22 2010 11:09 PM: Autumnal Equinox

• Thu Sep 23 2010 11:09 PM: Autumnal Equinox

• Thu Sep 23 2010 5:17 AM: Full Moon

• Tue Sep 28 2010 1:32 AM: Moon-Pleiades: 1.1 N

• Wed Sep 29 2010 1:37 PM: Moon North Dec.: 24.6 N

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

The Expedition 24 crew on the International Space Station photographed this image of polar mesospheric clouds illuminated by an orbital sunrise. Polar mesospheric, or noctilucent ("night shining"), clouds usually are seen at twilight, following the setting of the sun below the horizon and darkening of Earth's surface. Occasionally the station's orbital track becomes nearly parallel to Earth's day/night terminator for a time, allowing the clouds to be visible to the crew at times other than the usual twilight because of the station's altitude. This photograph shows polar mesospheric clouds illuminated by the rising, rather than setting, sun at center right. Low clouds on the horizon appear yellow and orange, while higher clouds and aerosols are illuminated a brilliant white. Polar mesospheric clouds appear as light blue ribbons extending across the top of the image. The station was located over the Greek island of Kos in the Aegean Sea (near the southwestern coastline of Turkey) when the image was taken at approximately midnight local time. The orbital complex was tracking northeastward, nearly parallel to the terminator, making it possible to observe an apparent "sunrise" located almost due north. A similar unusual alignment of the ISS orbit track, terminator position and seasonal position of Earth's orbit around the sun allowed for this striking imagery of over the Southern Hemisphere. Image Credit: NASA

NASA Ames Research Center News and Features

• NASA's Kepler Mission Discovers Two Planets Transiting the Same Star
Posted on Thu, 26 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT

NASA's Kepler spacecraft has discovered the first confirmed planetary system with more than one planet crossing in front of, or transiting, the same star.


• Teachers turn to NASA for Inspiration
Posted on Wed, 25 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT

With a desire to learn more about aerospace technology, eight teachers gave up part of their summer vacation this year to come to NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., and become students themselves.


• Kepler Mission Manager Update, August 24, 2010
Posted on Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT

The Kepler team continues with its very busy operations and data analysis activities.


• NASA To Announce Latest Findings by Kepler Mission Spacecraft
Posted on Mon, 23 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EDT

MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- NASA will hold a media teleconference Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010, at 10 a.m. PDT to discuss the Kepler spacecraft?s latest discovery about an intriguing planetary system.