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| Star Cluster Wallpaper |
Aug 8, 2003 - Thanks to everyone who wrote in letting me know about your Mars party plans. I'm working on the list now, and should have something on the site by next week. If you, or your astronomy club, or your planetarium, or space society is planning a get together for Mars, let me know so I can add it to the list. Email me at info@universetoday.com.
Here's a new wallpaper for you. It's a beautiful picture of globular cluster NGC 6207, which was released from the Hubble Space Telescope yesterday. I've set the image up in 1600x1200 format so it should look good on large monitors, and then scale down nicely from there. Click the link, and then right-click on the image and choose "set as wallpaper". That will make it your desktop background.
I've also added this and several other Hubble photos to the photo galleries. If you're interested in purchasing a printed copy, a 4x6 is only $.99.
Click here to access the photo galleries.
Fraser Cain
Publisher
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| Hubble Sees One Galaxy Consuming Another |
| Aug 8, 2003 - A new image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope shows a large galaxy gobbling up a smaller one; a process anticipated by astronomers, but never directly seen before. Astronomers used the Keck Telescope in Hawaii to confirm that the dwarf galaxy is being consumed by measuring the rate that stars are streaming towards the larger galaxy. The stars of the smaller galaxy will eventually form a spherical halo surrounding the flattened disk of the larger galaxy. |
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| Sea Launch Lofts Echostar IX/Telstar 13 |
| Aug 8, 2003 - The dual-use Echostar IX/Telstar 13 satellite was successfully placed into orbit Thursday on board a Zenit-3SL which was launched from the Sea Launch platform floating in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The communications satellite separated 66 minutes after launch, and will eventually provide television services to the United States. This is the tenth launch for Sea Launch, which is expected to have two more launches this year. |
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| ESA's Lunar Mission Prepares for Launch |
| Aug 8, 2003 - The European Space Agency's first spacecraft mission to the Moon, SMART-1, is being prepared for launch at the end of August. The spacecraft was delivered in mid-July to the ESA's space centre in Kourou, French Guiana, and is expected to launch on August 29. The spacecraft will take 16 months to reach the Moon, following a long spiral trajectory, and using its efficient ion engine to gradually put it into orbit around the Moon. SMART-1 will then search for evidence of water-ice in craters near the Moon's poles. |
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