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Phil Plait has a great video of the STS133 Launch
From Phil Plait’s Bad Astronomy blog comes a great Video taken from several cameras on the solid rocket boosters (SRBs). The greatest sight for me was to see from the aft cameras the shuttle orbiter and the fuel tank depart after the SRB’s were jettisoned. Here’s a screen cap from the left aft SRB camera. Check out the entire video. There’s only one or two launches left.
STS133 orbiter and fuel tank leaving the booster behind
Image credit NASA.
03/04/11 – Ephemeris – Local astronomy events in Traverse City
Friday, March 4th. The sun will rise at 7:15. It’ll be up for 11 hours and 18 minutes, setting at 6:33. The moon is new today, and won’t be visible.
A look at the forgotten planets Uranus and Neptune will be given by Chris Snyder of the Northwestern Michigan College Astronomical Association at this evening’s meeting of the Grand Traverse Astronomical Society at 8 p.m. at Northwestern Michigan College’s Rogers Observatory. These two planets were last closely studied by the Voyager 2 spacecraft in the 1980’s, though the Hubble space telescope and other telescopes have been keeping tabs on them. Tomorrow night both groups will host a public viewing night starting at 8 p.m. On tap will be the planet Jupiter early, and the Great Orion Nebula, a place where stars are even now forming, and a look at the rising planet Saturn later on. The observatory is located south of Traverse City on Birmley road between Garfield and Keystone roads.
* Times are for the Traverse City/Interlochen area of Michigan. They may be different for your location.
Bob Moler's Ephemeris Blog 