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Mona, very interesting stats!
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On this day in 1829 - January 27th - Welsh astronomer Isaac Roberts was born. Roberts was a pioneer of astrophotography. This photograph, taken in 1888, shows the disk and spiral structure of M31, now known as the Andromeda Galaxy. In order to get such a picture of a distant object, you need to keep the camera on it for a long exposure, which means tracking the object as the Earth turns.
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Mona, I love the photos. They make wonderful wallpaper on my laptop, actually, great meditation moments.
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I agree, Angie. Modern telescopes can give such incredible detail and definition, and then they're processed with a color palette. Sometimes I think the nebula pictures are the best, but then I see a really stunning galaxy and I'm won over.
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On this day in 1611 - January 27th - Johannes Hevelius was born. The Polish astronomer was one of the 17th century's most respected and prolific astronomers, known for his study of sunspots, drawings of the Moon, the discovery of several several comets, designing astronomical instruments, and the production of an influential star atlas. You can read more about the life of Johannes Hevelius.
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On this day in 1966 - January 31st – Luna 9 was launched.
Luna 9 was a Soviet Moon probe, and the first spacecraft to make a soft landing on the Moon. It sent back to Earth the first pictures taken from the surface of our satellite.
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On this day in 2003 - February 1st - space shuttle Columbia was destroyed during re-entry, killing all seven astronauts.
Within a week of the Columbia disaster, there are two other anniversaries of NASA tragedies.
On January 27, 1967 fire broke out in the oxygen-rich cockpit of Apollo 1 during a launchpad test. The three astronauts, Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee, perished.
On January 28, 1986 the shuttle Challenger broke up 73 seconds after liftoff. The seven astronauts died.
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On this day in 1906 - February 4th - Clyde Tombaugh was born. Clyde Tombaugh grew up on a farm in Illinois. His family couldn't afford to send him to college, but he learned geometry and trigonometry himself and observed the skies with his homemade telescope. Offered a job by Lowell Observatory, he was assigned to look for the Planet X that Perceval Lowell had been sure existed. Tombaugh found Pluto in 1930, but it turned out to be too small to be Planet X. Pluto Is a Dwarf Planet will tell you more about this.
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On this day in 1828 - February 8th - Jules Verne was borne.Jules Verne was a great French writer of science fiction. His story of a Moon launch involved three men, but no rockets. A capsule was launched by being shot off in a giant cannon. It was built in central Florida, but on the opposite coast to the Kennedy Space Center. Verne called his craft Columbiad, and NASA named the Apollo 11 spacecraft Columbia. On his 183rd birthday, 5 years ago, Jules Verne got a Google doodle.
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On this day in 2010 - February 11th - NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory was launched.If you wonder why careful observation of the Sun is important, read about Space Weather. Click here to find out more about the Solar Dynamics Observatory.
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