http://twitter.com/chatoyantorange

http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/abbrevs.html

http://www.constellationsofwords.com/




At midnight GMT Wed,Jun 10, Mars was aligned with Metallah (Alpha Tri).

   At midnight GMT Wed,Jun 10, Mars was aligned with Keun Nan Mun Primus (Phi
And), the black hole IC 10 X-1 (Cas), & Phycochroma (Delta Cet).

   At midnight GMT Wed,Jun 10, Venus was aligned with Tyl (Epsilon Dra),
Angetenar (Tau-2 Eri),& the galaxy Triangulum Spiral (M-33 Tri).

   At midnight GMT Wed,Jun 10,Venus was aligned with Sheratan(Beta
Ari),Mesarthim(Gamma Ari),Al Wahat (Iota Cep), & Al Sadr al Ketus (Pi Cet).

   At midnight GMT Wed,Jun 10,Mercury was aligned with Algol (Beta Per) &
Gorgonia Quarta (Omega Per).

   At midnight GMT Wed,Jun 10,Mercury was aligned with Lucida Caeli (Alpha Cae) &
the site of the 1181 supernova Neckham's Star (SN 1181 Cas).

   At midnight GMT Wed,Jun 10,Sun was aligned with Nihal (Beta Lep), the
Spirograph Nebula (IC 418 Lep), & Tsee (28 Ori).

   At midnight GMT Wed,Jun 10,Sun was aligned with Rigil Camelopardalis (7 Cam),
Thuja (Epsilon Col), & the nova TV Columbae.

   At midnight GMT Wed,Jun 10,Sun was aligned with Almaaz (Epsilon Aur), Hoedus
Primus (Zeta Aur), & Hoedus Secundus (Eta Aur).

   At midnight GMT Wed,Jun 10,Moon was aligned with Ascella (Zeta Sgr) & the Wild
Duck Cluster (M-51 Sct).

   At midnight GMT Wed,Jun 10,Moon was aligned with Alfecca Meridiana(Alpha
CrA),Myrtus(Beta CrA),Shrichakra(Gamma CrA),& Kalachakra(Delta CrA)

   At midnight GMT Wed,Jun 10, Moon was aligned with Nova Aquilae 1918 (V603
Aql).



Mark A. Holmes

--- In thefixedstars@yahoogroups.com, Mark Andrew Holmes <mahtezcatpoc@...>
wrote:
>
> If I get any updates I will let you know.
>


She's out of the hospital.


Mark A. Holmes


> --- On Wed, 6/3/09, Morgana <morganaspirit@...> wrote:
>
> From: Morgana <morganaspirit@...>
> Subject: RE: [thefixedstars] Re: About Diana R.
> To: thefixedstars@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Wednesday, June 3, 2009, 2:37 PM
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>       Mark I am just devastated to hear about Diana's health crisis and
Terminal
>
> diagnosis.  I have written to her as well but don't know if she will ever
>
> read it.  Perhaps these lists will be watched and read to her.  If so, I
>
> want to give her love and hugs and lots of healing over the airwaves.
>
>
>
> Diana's knowledge of fixed stars as you say is the best and irreplaceable.
>
> Please keep us informed as to her progress okay Mark?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Morgana
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> From: thefixedstars@ yahoogroups. com [mailto:thefixedstars@ yahoogroups. com]
>
> On Behalf Of mahtezcatpoc
>
> Sent: June-02-09 9:27 PM
>
> To: thefixedstars@ yahoogroups. com
>
> Subject: [thefixedstars] Re: About Diana R.
>
>
>
> Diana R. and Bernadette probably know more about fixed stars than anyone
>
> alive that I've met.
>
>
>
> Mark A. Holmes
>

Mark Holmes (mahtezcatpoc@...) has sent you a news article.
(Email address has not been verified.)
------------------------------------------------------------
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Wild Orbits: Stars Not From Around Here - Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20090611/sc_space/wildorbitsstarsnotfromaroundhere

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which Explains why my Letter was returned to sender, really a PO box or
something would have been nice, its a pain to send things to hospitals unless
its a very extended stay! GER!

MissB


--- In thefixedstars@yahoogroups.com, "mahtezcatpoc" <mahtezcatpoc@...> wrote:
>
> --- In thefixedstars@yahoogroups.com, Mark Andrew Holmes <mahtezcatpoc@>
wrote:
> >
> > If I get any updates I will let you know.
> >
>
>
> She's out of the hospital.
>
>
> Mark A. Holmes
>
>
> > --- On Wed, 6/3/09, Morgana <morganaspirit@> wrote:
> >
> > From: Morgana <morganaspirit@>
> > Subject: RE: [thefixedstars] Re: About Diana R.
> > To: thefixedstars@yahoogroups.com
> > Date: Wednesday, June 3, 2009, 2:37 PM
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >       Mark I am just devastated to hear about Diana's health crisis and
Terminal
> >
> > diagnosis.  I have written to her as well but don't know if she will ever
> >
> > read it.  Perhaps these lists will be watched and read to her.  If so, I
> >
> > want to give her love and hugs and lots of healing over the airwaves.
> >
> >
> >
> > Diana's knowledge of fixed stars as you say is the best and irreplaceable.
> >
> > Please keep us informed as to her progress okay Mark?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Morgana
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> >
> > From: thefixedstars@ yahoogroups. com [mailto:thefixedstars@ yahoogroups.
com]
> >
> > On Behalf Of mahtezcatpoc
> >
> > Sent: June-02-09 9:27 PM
> >
> > To: thefixedstars@ yahoogroups. com
> >
> > Subject: [thefixedstars] Re: About Diana R.
> >
> >
> >
> > Diana R. and Bernadette probably know more about fixed stars than anyone
> >
> > alive that I've met.
> >
> >
> >
> > Mark A. Holmes
> >
>

PS yes I realize that isnt' your job, I'm just venting as I really wanted to get
a greeting to her.. Missb

--- In thefixedstars@yahoogroups.com, "msbhavens1" <msbhavens1@...> wrote:
>
> which Explains why my Letter was returned to sender, really a PO box or
something would have been nice, its a pain to send things to hospitals unless
its a very extended stay! GER!
>
> MissB
>
>
> --- In thefixedstars@yahoogroups.com, "mahtezcatpoc" <mahtezcatpoc@> wrote:
> >
> > --- In thefixedstars@yahoogroups.com, Mark Andrew Holmes <mahtezcatpoc@>
wrote:
> > >
> > > If I get any updates I will let you know.
> > >
> >
> >
> > She's out of the hospital.
> >
> >
> > Mark A. Holmes
> >
> >
> > > --- On Wed, 6/3/09, Morgana <morganaspirit@> wrote:
> > >
> > > From: Morgana <morganaspirit@>
> > > Subject: RE: [thefixedstars] Re: About Diana R.
> > > To: thefixedstars@yahoogroups.com
> > > Date: Wednesday, June 3, 2009, 2:37 PM
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >       Mark I am just devastated to hear about Diana's health crisis and
Terminal
> > >
> > > diagnosis.  I have written to her as well but don't know if she will ever
> > >
> > > read it.  Perhaps these lists will be watched and read to her.  If so, I
> > >
> > > want to give her love and hugs and lots of healing over the airwaves.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Diana's knowledge of fixed stars as you say is the best and irreplaceable.
> > >
> > > Please keep us informed as to her progress okay Mark?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Morgana
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > >
> > > From: thefixedstars@ yahoogroups. com [mailto:thefixedstars@ yahoogroups.
com]
> > >
> > > On Behalf Of mahtezcatpoc
> > >
> > > Sent: June-02-09 9:27 PM
> > >
> > > To: thefixedstars@ yahoogroups. com
> > >
> > > Subject: [thefixedstars] Re: About Diana R.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Diana R. and Bernadette probably know more about fixed stars than anyone
> > >
> > > alive that I've met.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Mark A. Holmes
> > >
> >
>

--- In thefixedstars@yahoogroups.com, Mark Holmes <mahtezcatpoc@...> wrote:
>
> Mark Holmes (mahtezcatpoc@...) has sent you a news article.
> (Email address has not been verified.)
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> Personal message:
>
>
>
> Wild Orbits: Stars Not From Around Here - Yahoo! News
>
>
http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20090611/sc_space/wildorbitsstarsnotfromaroundhere




Wild Orbits: Stars Not From Around Here
SPACE.com


Andrea Thompson
Senior Writer – Thu Jun 11, 11:30 am ET

PASADENA, CALIF. — A recently discovered type of cold, lightweight star follows
some wild orbits around the Milky Way, a team of astronomers have found.

Some of these so-called "ultracool subdwarfs" plunge almost through the center
of the Milky Way, while others venture so far beyond the galaxy that they might
be visitors from another galaxy, astronomers said here this week at the 214th
meeting of the American Astronomical Society.

Ultracool subdwarfs were first recognized as a unique class of stars in 2003.
They are distinguished by their low temperatures and low concentrations of
elements other than hydrogen and helium.

They are at the bottom end of the size range of stars, with some being so small
that they are closer to objects called brown dwarfs. They are up to 10,000 times
fainter than the sun and are extremely rare — only a few dozen ultracool
subdwarfs are known today.

These small stars also move surprisingly swiftly through the galaxy.

"Most nearby stars travel more or less in tandem with the sun tracing circular
orbits around the center of the Milky Way once every 250 million years," said
team member Adam Burgasser of MIT. The sun moves at about 485,000 mph (782,000
kilometers per hour).

The ultracool subdwarfs, on the other hand, zip along at more than 1 million mph
(1.8 million kph).

"If there are interstellar cops out there, these stars would surely lose their
driver's licenses," Burgasser said.

Wild orbits

Burgasser's team wanted to find out what kind of orbits these speedy stars
followed. To do so, they assembled measurements of the positions, distances and
motions of about two dozen of the stars and used model developed to study
galactic collisions to chart the orbits.

The results were surprising indeed: "These orbits were like nothing I'd ever
seen before," said team member Robyn Anderson, an MIT graduate student.

Some of these stars follow eccentric comet-like tracks that take them deep into
the center of the Milky Way. Others swoop far beyond the sun's own orbit. In
fact, most spend most of their time thousands of light-years above or below the
disk of the Milky Way.

"Someone living on a planet around one of these subdwarfs would have an
incredible nighttime view of a beautiful spiral galaxy — our Milky Way — spread
across the sky," Burgasser said.

The orbital results confirm that all of the ultracool subdwarfs are part of the
Milky Way's halo, a widely dispersed population that likely formed in the
distant past.

Out of this galaxy

But one of these subdwarfs, a star dubbed 2MAS 1227-0447 in the constellation
Virgo, has an orbit that is so far out that it suggests it has an extragalactic
origin.

Our calculations show that this subdwarf travels up to 200,000 light years away
from the center of the galaxy, almost 10 times farther than the sun," said team
member John Bochanski, also of MIT. In fact, it's further even than the Milky
Way's nearest galactic neighbors.

"Based on the size of its one billion-year orbit and direction of motion, we
speculate that 2MAS 1227-0447 might have come from another, smaller galaxy that
at some point got too close to the Milky Way and was ripped apart by
gravitational forces," Bochanski said.

Astronomers have found other stars that came from neighboring galaxies, but
these have all been massive red giants. The star mapped by Burgasser's team is
the first alien low-mass star.

"If we can identify what stream this star is associated with, or which dwarf
galaxy it came from, we could learn more about the types of stars that have
built up in the Milky Way's halo over the past 10 billion years," Burgasser
said.

The team's results were detailed in the Astrophysical Journal.

--- In thefixedstars@yahoogroups.com, Mark Andrew Holmes <mahtezcatpoc@...>
wrote:

>
>
>
> Pluto
>

>
> Ira Furoris (Eta Sagittarii)


Ira Furoris: Latin for "furious wrath."


Lots of mass shooting incidents and other mass murders while this alignment was
in force.



Mark A. Holmes

--- In thefixedstars@yahoogroups.com, "msbhavens1" <msbhavens1@...> wrote:
>
> PS yes I realize that isnt' your job, I'm just venting as I really wanted to
get a greeting to her.. Missb


I understand.


Mark A. Holmes


>
> --- In thefixedstars@yahoogroups.com, "msbhavens1" <msbhavens1@> wrote:
> >
> > which Explains why my Letter was returned to sender, really a PO box or
something would have been nice, its a pain to send things to hospitals unless
its a very extended stay! GER!
> >
> > MissB
> >
> >
> > --- In thefixedstars@yahoogroups.com, "mahtezcatpoc" <mahtezcatpoc@> wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In thefixedstars@yahoogroups.com, Mark Andrew Holmes <mahtezcatpoc@>
wrote:
> > > >
> > > > If I get any updates I will let you know.
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > She's out of the hospital.
> > >
> > >
> > > Mark A. Holmes
> > >
> > >
> > > > --- On Wed, 6/3/09, Morgana <morganaspirit@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > From: Morgana <morganaspirit@>
> > > > Subject: RE: [thefixedstars] Re: About Diana R.
> > > > To: thefixedstars@yahoogroups.com
> > > > Date: Wednesday, June 3, 2009, 2:37 PM
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >       Mark I am just devastated to hear about Diana's health crisis and
Terminal
> > > >
> > > > diagnosis.  I have written to her as well but don't know if she will
ever
> > > >
> > > > read it.  Perhaps these lists will be watched and read to her.  If so, I
> > > >
> > > > want to give her love and hugs and lots of healing over the airwaves.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Diana's knowledge of fixed stars as you say is the best and
irreplaceable.
> > > >
> > > > Please keep us informed as to her progress okay Mark?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > >
> > > > Morgana

---


http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/features.cfm?feature=2183

WISE Mission Assembled and Preparing for Launch
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
June 10, 2009

PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE,
has been assembled and is undergoing final preparations for a planned
Nov. 1 launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.

The mission will survey the entire sky at infrared wavelengths, creating
a cosmic clearinghouse of hundreds of millions of objects -- everything
from the most luminous galaxies, to the nearest stars, to dark and
potentially hazardous asteroids. The survey will be the most detailed to
date in infrared light, with a sensitivity hundreds of times better than
that of its predecessor, the Infrared Astronomical Satellite.

"Most of the sky has never been imaged at these infrared wavelengths
with this kind of sensitivity," said Edward Wright, the mission's
principal investigator at UCLA. "We are sure to find many surprises."

On May 17, the mission's science instrument was delivered to Ball
Aerospace & Technologies Corp. in Boulder, Colo., where it was attached
to the spacecraft, built by Ball. The assembled unit was then blasted by
sound to simulate the effects of launch. Tests for electronic "noise" in
the detectors will be performed next.

The science instrument is a 40-centimeter (16-inch) telescope with four
infrared cameras. A cryostat, or cooler, uses frozen hydrogen to chill
the sensitive megapixel infrared detectors down to seven Kelvin (minus
447 degrees Fahrenheit). The instrument was built by Space Dynamics
Laboratory in Logan, Utah.

Among expected finds from WISE are hundreds of thousands of asteroids in
our solar system's asteroid belt, and hundreds of additional asteroids
that come near Earth. Many asteroids have gone undetected because they
don't reflect much visible light, but their heat makes them glow in
infrared light that WISE can see. By cataloguing the objects, the
mission will provide better estimates of their sizes, a critical step
for assessing the risk associated with those that might impact Earth.

"We know that asteroids occasionally hit Earth, and we'd like to have a
better idea of how many there are and their sizes," said Amy Mainzer of
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., the mission's deputy
project scientist. "Whether they are dark or shiny, they all emit
infrared light. They can't hide from WISE."

The mission is also expected to find the coldest stars -- dim orbs
called brown dwarfs that are too small to have ignited like our sun.
Brown dwarfs are littered throughout our galaxy, but because they are so
cool, they are often too faint to see in visible light. The infrared
detectors on WISE will pick up the glow of roughly 1,000 brown dwarfs in
our galaxy, including those coldest and closest to our solar system. In
fact, astronomers say the mission could find a brown dwarf closer to us
than the nearest known star, Proxima Centauri, located approximately 4
light-years away.

"We've been learning that brown dwarfs may have planets, so it's
possible we'll find the closest planetary systems," said Peter
Eisenhardt, the mission's project scientist at JPL. "We should also find
many hundreds of brown dwarfs colder than 480 degrees Celsius (900
degrees Fahrenheit), a group that as of now has only nine known members."

In addition, the survey will reveal the universe's most luminous
galaxies seen long ago in the dusty throes of their formation, disks of
planet-forming material around stars, and other cosmic goodies. The
observations will guide other infrared telescopes to the most
interesting objects for follow-up studies. For example, NASA's Spitzer
Space Telescope, the Herschel observatory just launched by ESA with
significant NASA participation, and NASA's upcoming James Webb Space
Telescope will direct their gaze at objects uncovered by WISE.

WISE will lift off from Vandenberg aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta
II rocket. It will orbit Earth, mapping the entire sky in six months
after a one-month checkout period. Its frozen hydrogen is expected to
last several months longer, allowing WISE to map much of the sky a
second time and see what has changed.

JPL manages the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer for NASA's Science
Mission Directorate. The mission's principal investigator, Edward
Wright, is at UCLA. The mission was developed under NASA's Explorer
Program managed by the Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. The
science instrument was built by the Space Dynamics Laboratory and the
spacecraft was built by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. Science
operations and data processing will take place at the Infrared
Processing and Analysis Center at the California Institute of Technology
in Pasadena. Caltech manages JPL for NASA.

More information is online at http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/mission.html .

The Infrared Astronomical Satellite, launched in 1983, was a joint
mission between NASA, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.


--- End forwarded message ---

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At midnight GMT Thu,Jun 11, Mars was aligned with Metallah (Alpha Tri).

   At midnight GMT Thu,Jun 11, Mars was aligned with Phycochroma (Delta Cet), the
maser M-77 (Cet), & Lucida Doradus (Alpha Dor).

   At midnight GMT Thu,Jun 11, Mars was aligned with Schedir (Alpha Cas) & the
black hole IC 10 X-1 (Cas).

   At midnight GMT Thu,Jun 11, Mars was aligned with Adhil (Xi And), Keun Nan Mun
Primus (Phi And), & Hamal (Alpha Ari).

   At midnight GMT Thu,Jun 11, Venus was aligned with Fornacis (Alpha For).

   At midnight GMT Thu,Jun 11, Venus was aligned with Al Sadr al Ketus (Pi Cet) &
79 Ceti, which has planets.

   At midnight GMT Thu,Jun 11, Venus was aligned with Caph (Beta Cas) & the nova
DK Cassiopeiae.

   At midnight GMT Thu,Jun 11, Venus was aligned with Sheratan (Beta Ari) &
Velikovskaya (BD +20 307 Ari).

   At midnight GMT Thu,Jun 11, Mercury was aligned with Algol (Beta Per), Misam
(Kappa Per), & Gorgonia Quarta (Omega Per).

   At midnight GMT Thu,Jun 11, Mercury was aligned with Lucida Caeli (Alpha Cae)
& the site of the 1181 supernova Neckham's Star (SN 1181 Cas).

   At midnight GMT Thu,Jun 11, Sun was aligned with Bellatrix(Gamma Ori) & Saif
al Jabbar (Eta Ori).

   At midnight GMT Thu,Jun 11, Sun was aligned with Thuja (Epsilon Col), the nova
TV Columbae, & Nihal (Beta Lep).

   At midnight GMT Thu,Jun 11, Sun was aligned with Hoedus Secundus(Eta Aur),
Flaming Star Nebula(IC 405 Aur), & Rigil Camelopardalis (7 Cam).

   At midnight GMT Thu,Jun 11, Moon was aligned with the nova KK Telescopii &
Tigris (1 Vul).

   At midnight GMT Thu,Jun 11, Moon was aligned with Terebellum(Omega Sgr),
Little Gem Nebula (NGC 6818 Sgr), & Barnard's Galaxy(NGC 6822 Sgr).

   At midnight GMT Thu,Jun 11, Moon was aligned with Phi-2 Pavonis, which has
planets.

   At midnight GMT Thu,Jun 11, Moon was aligned with Al Thalimain Primus (Iota
Aql), the galaxy NGC 6814 (Aql), & Tabernaculum (Eta Men).



Mark A. Holmes

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--- In Centaurs2@yahoogroups.com, "mahtezcatpoc" <mahtezcatpoc@...> wrote:

The Japanese space probe AKARI has been carrying out a similar mission for quite
a while, it seems; take a look at what it's accomplished:

http://www.ir.isas.jaxa.jp/ASTRO-F/Outreach/results/results_e.html


Mark A. Holmes


--- In Centaurs2@yahoogroups.com, "mahtezcatpoc" <mahtezcatpoc@> wrote:
>
> ---
>
> http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/features.cfm?feature=2183
>
> WISE Mission Assembled and Preparing for Launch
> Jet Propulsion Laboratory
> June 10, 2009
>
> PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE,
> has been assembled and is undergoing final preparations for a planned
> Nov. 1 launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.
>
> The mission will survey the entire sky at infrared wavelengths, creating
> a cosmic clearinghouse of hundreds of millions of objects -- everything
> from the most luminous galaxies, to the nearest stars, to dark and
> potentially hazardous asteroids. The survey will be the most detailed to
> date in infrared light, with a sensitivity hundreds of times better than
> that of its predecessor, the Infrared Astronomical Satellite.
>
> "Most of the sky has never been imaged at these infrared wavelengths
> with this kind of sensitivity," said Edward Wright, the mission's
> principal investigator at UCLA. "We are sure to find many surprises."
>
> On May 17, the mission's science instrument was delivered to Ball
> Aerospace & Technologies Corp. in Boulder, Colo., where it was attached
> to the spacecraft, built by Ball. The assembled unit was then blasted by
> sound to simulate the effects of launch. Tests for electronic "noise" in
> the detectors will be performed next.
>
> The science instrument is a 40-centimeter (16-inch) telescope with four
> infrared cameras. A cryostat, or cooler, uses frozen hydrogen to chill
> the sensitive megapixel infrared detectors down to seven Kelvin (minus
> 447 degrees Fahrenheit). The instrument was built by Space Dynamics
> Laboratory in Logan, Utah.
>
> Among expected finds from WISE are hundreds of thousands of asteroids in
> our solar system's asteroid belt, and hundreds of additional asteroids
> that come near Earth. Many asteroids have gone undetected because they
> don't reflect much visible light, but their heat makes them glow in
> infrared light that WISE can see. By cataloguing the objects, the
> mission will provide better estimates of their sizes, a critical step
> for assessing the risk associated with those that might impact Earth.
>
> "We know that asteroids occasionally hit Earth, and we'd like to have a
> better idea of how many there are and their sizes," said Amy Mainzer of
> NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., the mission's deputy
> project scientist. "Whether they are dark or shiny, they all emit
> infrared light. They can't hide from WISE."
>
> The mission is also expected to find the coldest stars -- dim orbs
> called brown dwarfs that are too small to have ignited like our sun.
> Brown dwarfs are littered throughout our galaxy, but because they are so
> cool, they are often too faint to see in visible light. The infrared
> detectors on WISE will pick up the glow of roughly 1,000 brown dwarfs in
> our galaxy, including those coldest and closest to our solar system. In
> fact, astronomers say the mission could find a brown dwarf closer to us
> than the nearest known star, Proxima Centauri, located approximately 4
> light-years away.
>
> "We've been learning that brown dwarfs may have planets, so it's
> possible we'll find the closest planetary systems," said Peter
> Eisenhardt, the mission's project scientist at JPL. "We should also find
> many hundreds of brown dwarfs colder than 480 degrees Celsius (900
> degrees Fahrenheit), a group that as of now has only nine known members."
>
> In addition, the survey will reveal the universe's most luminous
> galaxies seen long ago in the dusty throes of their formation, disks of
> planet-forming material around stars, and other cosmic goodies. The
> observations will guide other infrared telescopes to the most
> interesting objects for follow-up studies. For example, NASA's Spitzer
> Space Telescope, the Herschel observatory just launched by ESA with
> significant NASA participation, and NASA's upcoming James Webb Space
> Telescope will direct their gaze at objects uncovered by WISE.
>
> WISE will lift off from Vandenberg aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta
> II rocket. It will orbit Earth, mapping the entire sky in six months
> after a one-month checkout period. Its frozen hydrogen is expected to
> last several months longer, allowing WISE to map much of the sky a
> second time and see what has changed.
>
> JPL manages the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer for NASA's Science
> Mission Directorate. The mission's principal investigator, Edward
> Wright, is at UCLA. The mission was developed under NASA's Explorer
> Program managed by the Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. The
> science instrument was built by the Space Dynamics Laboratory and the
> spacecraft was built by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. Science
> operations and data processing will take place at the Infrared
> Processing and Analysis Center at the California Institute of Technology
> in Pasadena. Caltech manages JPL for NASA.
>
> More information is online at http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/mission.html .
>
> The Infrared Astronomical Satellite, launched in 1983, was a joint
> mission between NASA, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.
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At midnight GMT Fri,Jun 12,Mars was aligned with Lucida Doradus (Alpha Dor) &
Azha (Eta Eri).

   At midnight GMT Fri,Jun 12,Mars was aligned with Schedir (Alpha Cas),
Phycochroma (Delta Cet), & the maser galaxy M-77 (Cet).

   At midnight GMT Fri,Jun 12,Mars was aligned with Adhil (Xi And), Adhab
(Upsilon And), which has planets, & Hamal (Alpha Ari).

   At midnight GMT Fri,Jun 12,Venus was aligned with Fornacis (Alpha For) & Chi
1-2-3 (Chi-2/Chi-2/Chi-3 For).

   At midnight GMT Fri,Jun 12,Venus was aligned with 79 Ceti, which has planets.

   At midnight GMT Fri,Jun 12,Venus was aligned with Velikovskaya(BD +20 307
Ari),Caph (Beta Cas),the nova DK Cassiopeiae,& Alphirk(Beta Cep).

   At midnight GMT Fri,Jun 12,Mercury was aligned with Miram(Eta Per),
Misam(Kappa Per),& the galaxies NGC 1260(Per),Perseus A(NGC 1275 Per).

   At midnight GMT Fri,Jun 12, Sun was aligned with Bellatrix (Gamma Ori), Saif
al Jabbar (Eta Ori), Thabit (Upsilon Ori), & S Orionis.

   At midnight GMT Fri,Jun 12, Sun was aligned with Arneb (Alpha Lep).

   At midnight GMT Fri,Jun 12, Sun was aligned with Capella(Alpha Aur), the
Flaming Star Nebula(IC 405 Aur),& Lucida Camelopardalis(Beta Cam).

   At midnight GMT Fri,Jun 12, Moon was aligned with Bassaros (13 Vul) & the
novae LU Vulpeculae & LV Vulpeculae.

   At midnight GMT Fri,Jun 12, Moon was aligned with Lucida Sagittae (Gamma Sge)
& the Black Widow Pulsar (B1957+20 Sge).

   At midnight GMT Fri,Jun 12, Moon was aligned with Patchick's Planetary Nebula
(IRAS 19450+2922 Cyg) & the Tarantula Nebula (NGC 2070 Dor).

   At midnight GMT Fri,Jun 12, Moon was aligned with Pazan (Psi Cap),Baten Algedi
(Omega Cap), & Youe (17 Cap).



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At midnight GMT on Sat, Jun 13, Mars was aligned with Kaffaljidhma (Gamma Cet),
the galaxy M-77 (Cet), & the Eridanus Supervoid.
   
  At midnight GMT on Sat, Jun 13, Mars was aligned with Adhab (Upsilon And),
which has planets, & the galaxy The Fath (NGC 708 And).
   
  At midnight GMT on Sat, Jun 13, Venus was aligned with Metallah (Alpha Tri).
   
  At midnight GMT on Sat, Jun 13, Venus was aligned with Chi 1-2-3
(Chi-1/Chi-2/Chi-3 For) aka Harrington STAR 2.
   
  At midnight GMT on Sat, Jun 13, Venus was aligned with Keun Nan Mun Primus
(Phi And), the black hole IC 10 X-1 (Cas), & Alphirk (Beta Cep).
 
  Celaeno, Electra, Taygeta, Maia, Asterope, and Merope are all in the Pleiades.
   
  At midnight GMT on Sat, Jun 13, Mercury was aligned with Merope (23 Tau).
   
  At midnight GMT on Sat, Jun 13, Mercury was aligned with Celaeno(16 Tau),
Electra(17 Tau),Taygeta(19 Tau),Maia(20 Tau), & Asterope (21 Tau).
   
  At midnight GMT on Sat, Jun 13, Mercury was aligned with Miram (Eta Per) & the
galaxies NGC 1260 (Per) & Perseus A (NGC 1275 Per).
 
  At midnight GMT on Sat, Jun 13, Mercury was aligned with Beid (Omicron-1 Eri),
the nova IM Eridani, & Cleopatra's Eye Nebula (NGC 1535 Eri).
   
  At midnight GMT on Sat, Jun 13, Sun was aligned with Fictus (Gamma Pic) & El
Nath (Beta Tau).

  Ensis is also known as the Great Nebula of Orion (M-42) and the Trapezium (the
multiple star Theta Orionis embedded in the Great Nebula).
   
  At midnight GMT on Sat, Jun 13, Sun was aligned with Mintaka (Delta Ori) Ensis
(Theta/M42 Ori), Hatsya (Iota Ori), & S Orionis.
 
  At midnight GMT on Sat, Jun 13, Sun was aligned with Phact (Alpha Col), the
nova TX Columbae, & Arneb (Alpha Lep).

  At midnight GMT on Sat, Jun 13, Sun was aligned with Capella (Alpha Aur) &
Lucida Camelopardalis (Beta Cam).
 
  At midnight GMT on Sat, Jun 13, Moon was aligned with the novae IL Vulpeculae
& QU Vulpeculae.
   
  At midnight GMT on Sat,Jun 13, Moon was aligned with the nova HR Delphini,
with Hinnulus (Epsilon Equ), & with Ras Alkurki (Lambda Gru).
 
  At midnight GMT on Sat,Jun 13, Moon was aligned with the asterism The
Red-Necked Emu (Harrington STAR 26 Cyg) & with Al Ukud (Gamma Del).






Mark A. Holmes

Hi Guys

Back home now - very weak and shaky but otherwise OK.

Bless you all for your cards and loving messages!

The book will come out - never fear.  We are working on getting the ms ready for printing - things like permissions, footnotes, etc.

So grateful for all your kind words!

More soon.

Love, Diana

Website: http://ye-stars.com

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At midnight GMT Sun,Jun 14,Mars was aligned with Azha (Eta Eri), Liberflux
(Tau-4 Eri), & the Eridanus Supervoid.

   At midnight GMT Sun,Jun 14,Mars was aligned with Achird (Eta Cas), the Pac-Man
Nebula (NGC 281 Cas),& Kaffaljidhma (Gamma Cet).

   At midnight GMT Sun,Jun 14,Mars was aligned with Keun Nan Mun Secundus (Chi
And) & the galaxy The Fath (NGC 708 And).

   At midnight GMT Sun,Jun 14,Venus was aligned with Metallah (Alpha Tri).

   At midnight GMT Sun,Jun 14,Venus was aligned with Phycochroma (Delta Cet), the
maser galaxy M-77 (Cet), & Lucida Doradus (Alpha Dor).

   At midnight GMT Sun,Jun 14,Venus was aligned with Schedir (Alpha Cas) & the
black hole IC 10 X-1 (Cas).

   At midnight GMT Sun,Jun 14,Venus was aligned with Adhil (Xi And),Keun Nan Mun
Primus (Phi And),& Hamal (Alpha Ari).

   At midnight GMT Sun,Jun 14,Mercury was aligned with Asterope(21 Tau),Merope
(23 Tau),Atlas (27 Tau),& Pleione (28 Tau),all in the Pleiades.

   At midnight GMT Sun,Jun 14,Mercury was aligned with Celaeno(16 Tau),Electra
(17 Tau),Taygeta(19 Tau),& Maia (20 Tau),all in the Pleiades.

   At midnight GMT Sun,Jun 14,Mercury was aligned with Alcyone (Eta Tau), which
is in the Pleiades; Al Thaur(Lambda Tau); & Furibundus(Nu Tau).

   At midnight GMT Sun,Jun 14,Mercury was aligned with Al Fakhir (Gamma Per).

   At midnight GMT Sun,Jun 14,Mercury was aligned with Beid(Omicron-1 Eri),
Keid(Omicron-2 Eri), Theemin(Upsilon-2 Eri),& the nova IM Eridani.

   At midnight GMT Sun,Jun 14,Mercury was aligned with Enceinte (Beta Cae) &
Alrai (Gamma Cep), which has planets.

(end edited section)

   At midnight GMT Sun,Jun 14,Sun was aligned with  El Nath(Beta Tau) & Tien Kuan
(119 Tau).

  At midnight GMT Sun,Jun 14,Sun was aligned with HD 40307 (Pic), which has
planets.

   At midnight GMT Sun,Jun 14,Sun was aligned with Meissa(Lambda Ori),Khad
Prior(Phi-1 Ori),& Fictus (Gamma Pic).

(begin edited section)

  At midnight GMT Sun,Jun 14, Sun was aligned with Mintaka (Delta Ori), Alnilam
(Epsilon Ori). Ensis (Theta/M-42 Ori), & Hatsya (Iota Ori).

   At midnight GMT Sun,Jun 14, Sun was aligned with the novae QZ Aurigae & T
Aurigae, Phact(Alpha Col), & the nova TX Columbae.

   At midnight GMT Sun,Jun 14, Moon was aligned with Shay Show (Epsilon Hyi) &
Enif (Epsilon Peg).

   At midnight GMT Sun,Jun 14, Moon was aligned with HD 210277 (Aqr), which has
planets, & the Helix Nebula (NGC 7293 Aqr).



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http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/abbrevs.html

http://www.constellationsofwords.com


At midnight GMT Mon,Jun 15,Mars was aligned with Liberflux (Tau-4 Eri) & the
Eridanus Supervoid.

   At midnight GMT Mon,Jun 15,Mars was aligned with Achird (Eta Cas), the Pac-Man
Nebula (NGC 281 Cas), & Kaffaljidhma (Gamma Cet).

   At midnight GMT Mon,Jun 15,Mars was aligned with Keun Nan Mun Secundus (Chi
And) & the galaxy The Fath (NGC 708 And).

   At midnight GMT Mon,Jun 15,Venus was aligned with Lucida Doradus (Alpha Dor) &
Azha (Eta Eri).

   At midnight GMT Mon,Jun 15,Venus was aligned with Schedir (Alpha Cas),
Phycochroma (Delta Cet), & the galaxy M-77 (Cet).

   At midnight GMT Mon,Jun 15,Venus was aligned with Adhil (Xi And); with Adhab
(Upsilon And), which has planets; & Hamal (Alpha Ari).

   At midnight GMT Mon,Jun 15,Mercury was aligned with Atlas (27 Tau) & Pleione
(28 Tau), which are in the Pleiades.

   At midnight GMT Mon,Jun 15,Mercury was aligned with Alcyone(Eta Tau), which is
in the Pleiades; Al Thaur(Lambda Tau); & Furibundus(Nu Tau).

   At midnight GMT Mon, Jun 15, Mercury was aligned with Al Fakhir (Gamma Per),
Atiks (Omicron Per), & the nova GK Persei.

   At midnight GMT Mon, Jun 15, Mercury was aligned with Keid (Omicron-2 Eri),
Theemin (Upsilon-2 Eri), & the nova IM Eridani.

   At midnight GMT Mon, Jun 15, Mercury was aligned with Alrai (Gamma Cep), which
has planets, & with Alkalbalrai (Rho Cep).

   At midnight GMT Mon, Jun 15, Mercury was aligned with Enciente (Beta Cae),
Caelatum (Nu Cae), & Custos Messium (40 Cas).

   At midnight GMT Mon, Jun 15, Sun was aligned with Al Hecka (Zeta Tau), Tien
Kuan (119 Tau), & the Crab Nebula (M-1 Tau).

   At midnight GMT Mon, Jun 15, Sun was aligned with the Horsehead Nebula (IC 434
Ori) & with HD 40307 (Pic), which has planets.

   At midnight GMT Mon, Jun 15, Sun was aligned with Meissa (Lambda Ori), Khad
Prior (Phi-1 Ori), & Khad Posterior (Phi-2 Ori).

   At midnight GMT Mon, Jun 15, Sun was aligned with Alnilam (Epsilon
Ori),Alnitak (Zeta Ori), Ensis (Theta/M-42 Ori), & Hatsya (Iota Ori).

   At midnight GMT Mon, Jun 15, Sun was aligned with the novae QZ Aurigae & T
Aurigae & with Refugium (Mu Col).

   At midnight GMT Mon, Jun 15, Moon was aligned with...no star or deep-sky
object on my list.




Mark A. Holmes

They had me working split shifts yesterday and I just now got caught up on the
weekly report a month after the end of the spring semester (I had to concentrate
real hard on the classes I was taking).

Mark A. Holmes


--- In thefixedstars@yahoogroups.com, Mark Andrew Holmes <mahtezcatpoc@...>
wrote:
>
>
> http://twitter.com/chatoyantorange
>
> http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/abbrevs.html
>
> http://www.constellationsofwords.com
>
>
> At midnight GMT Sun,Jun 14,Mars was aligned with Azha (Eta Eri), Liberflux
(Tau-4 Eri), & the Eridanus Supervoid.
>
>

Hello Diana and welcome back!

I just came to visit Fixed Stars having been away for some months.
Sorry to hear about your condition and rough times you have had.

I'm hoping you get well and get more strength, and keep on going with
your lovely Fixed Stars.

greetings and best wishes

Outi


--- In thefixedstars@yahoogroups.com, "Diana K Rosenberg"
<fixed.stars@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Guys
>
> Back home now - very weak and shaky but otherwise OK.
>
> Bless you all for your cards and loving messages!
>
> The book will come out - never fear.  We are working on getting the ms
ready
> for printing - things like permissions, footnotes, etc.
>
> So grateful for all your kind words!
>
> More soon.
>
> Love, Diana
>
> Website: http://ye-stars.com
>

http://twitter.com/chatoyantorange

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http://www.constellationsofwords.com




At midnight GMT Tue,Jun 16, Mars was aligned with Azha (Eta Eri) & Liberflux
(Tau-4 Eri).

   At midnight GMT Tue,Jun 16, Mars was aligned with Keun Nan Mun Secundus (Chi
And), Achird (Eta Cas), & Kaffaljidhma (Gamma Cet).

   At midnight GMT Tue,Jun 16, Venus was aligned with Liberflux (Tau-4 Eri) & the
Eridanus Supervoid.

   At midnight GMT Tue,Jun 16, Venus was aligned with the Pac-Man Nebula (NGC 281
And) & the galaxy The Fath (NGC 708 And).

   At midnight GMT Tue,Jun 16, Venus was aligned with Adhab (Upsilon And), which
has planets.

   At midnight GMT Tue,Jun 16, Mercury was aligned with Mirfak (Alpha Per), Atiks
(Omicron Per), & the nova GK Persei.

   At midnight GMT Tue,Jun 16, Mercury was aligned with Caelatum(Nu Cae), Custos
Messium(40 Cas), Alkalbalrai(Rho Cep), & the nova BB Doradus.

   At midnight GMT Tue,Jun 16, Sun was aligned with Al Hecka (Zeta Tau) & the
Crab Nebula (M-1 Tau).

   At midnight GMT Tue,Jun 16, Sun was aligned with the Flame Nebula (NGC 2025
Ori) & the Horsehead Nebula (IC 434 Ori).

   At midnight GMT Tue,Jun 16, Sun was aligned with Alnitak (Zeta Ori) & Khad
Posterior (Phi-2 Ori).

   At midnight GMT Tue,Jun 16, Sun was aligned with Refugium (Mu Col).

   At midnight GMT Tue,Jun 16, Sun was aligned with Andrew's Star (HD 37519 Aur)
& the nova T Aurigae.

   At midnight GMT Tue,Jun 16, Moon was aligned with Rhombus (Kappa Ret).

   At midnight GMT Tue,Jun 16, Moon was aligned with the galaxy cluster Stephan's
Quintet (NGC 7317/7318A/7318B/7319/7320 Peg).

   At midnight GMT Tue,Jun 16, Moon was aligned with Matar (Eta Pegasi).

   At midnight GMT Tue,Jun 16, Moon was aligned with the Cocoon Nebula (IC 5146
Cyg).






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http://www.constellationsofwords.com


On Wed, Jun 17 at midnight GMT, Mars was aligned with Anfal(51 And),the nova WX
Arietis,Comet Planetary(NGC 1350 For),& Deltotron(Beta Tri).

   On Wed, Jun 17 at midnight GMT, Venus was aligned with Kaffaljidhma (Gamma
Cet), Liberflux (Tau-4 Eri) & the Eridanus Supervoid.

   On Wed, Jun 17 at midnight GMT, Venus was aligned with Keun Nan Mun Secundus
(Chi And), Achird (Eta Cas), & Pac-Man Nebula (NGC 281 Cas).

   On Wed, Jun 17 at midnight GMT, Mercury was aligned with the nova BB
Doradus,Mirfak (Alpha Per), Menkib (Zeta Per) & Kattupothu (Mu Tau).

   On Wed, Jun 17 at midnight GMT, Sun was aligned with the Flame Nebula (NGC
2024 Ori) & McNeil's Nebula (EQ J054514-00058 Ori).

   On Wed, Jun 17 at midnight GMT, Sun was aligned with Saiph (Kappa Ori).

   On Wed, Jun 17 at midnight GMT, Sun was aligned with Andrew's Star (HD 37519
Aur), Wazn (Beta Col), & with Zeta Leporis, which has planets.

   On Wed, Jun 17 at midnight GMT, Moon was aligned with Lucida Lacertae (Alpha
Lac), Lacerta Lingua (Beta Lac), & Algenib (Gamma Peg).

   On Wed, Jun 17 at midnight GMT, Moon was aligned with the nova MN Draconis &
with Horoscopium (Iota Hor), which has planets.




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http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/abbrevs.html

http://www.constellationsofwords.com




   And Mars was also aligned with the nova WX Arietis.

   At midnight GMT on Thu,Jun 18,Venus and Mars were aligned with Deltotron (Beta
Tri).

   At midnight GMT on Thu,Jun 18,Venus and Mars were aligned with Keun Nan Mun
Secundus(Chi And),Anfal(51 And) & Comet Planetary(NGC 1350 For).

   At midnight GMT on Thu,Jun 18,Mercury was aligned with Kattupothu (Mu Tau).

   At midnight GMT on Thu,Jun 18,Mercury was aligned with Menkib (Zeta Per), Adid
Media (Nu Per),Menchib(Xi Per), & Seif Australis (Psi Per).

   At midnight GMT on Thu,Jun 18,Mercury was aligned with Caelibes (Zeta Cae) &
Pazmino's Cluster (Stock 23 Cam).

   At midnight GMT on Thu,Jun 18,Sun was aligned with the nova AH Pictoris.

   At midnight GMT on Thu,Jun 18,Sun was aligned with McNeil's Nebula (EQ
J054614-00058 Ori).

   At midnight GMT on Thu,Jun 18,Sun was aligned with Saiph (Kappa Ori) & the
nova CN Orionis.

   At midnight GMT on Thu,Jun 18,Sun was aligned with Wazn (Beta Col), Tsze
(Lambda Col), & Zeta Leporis, which has planets.

   At midnight GMT on Thu,Jun 18,Sun was aligned with the nova BY Camelopardalis
& Cassiopeia A,site of the supernova Tycho's Star(SN 1587 Cas)

   At midnight GMT on Thu,Jun 18,Sun was aligned with Andrew's Star (HD 37519
Aur).

   At midnight GMT on Thu,Jun 18, Moon was aligned with Saderazra (Delta And),
the nova VV Cephei, & Baten Kaitos (Zeta Cet).




Mark A. Holmes

http://twitter.com/chatoyantorange

http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/abbrevs.html

http://www.constellationsofwords.com




At midnight GMT on Fri,Jun 19,Mars was aligned with Deltotron (Beta Tri).

   At midnight GMT on Fri,Jun 19,Mars was aligned with Black Hole Binary (3C 75
Cet), Zibal (Zeta Eri), & the Comet Planetary (NGC 1350 For).

   At midnight GMT on Fri,Jun 19,Mars was aligned with Almach (Gamma And),
Anfal(51 And), the nova WX Arietis, & Cih (Gamma Cas).

   At midnight GMT on Fri,Jun 19,Venus was aligned with Deltotron (Beta Tri).

   At midnight GMT on Fri,Jun 19,Venus was aligned with Anfal (51 And), the nova
WX Arietis,& the Comet Planetary nebula (NGC 1350 For).


   Prima Hyadum and Phaeo are in the Hyades.

   At midnight GMT on Fri,Jun 19,Mercury was aligned with Prima Hyadum(Gamma
Tau), Phaeo(Theta-1 Tau),& the Crystal Ball Nebula(NGC 1514 Tau).

   At midnight GMT on Fri,Jun 19,Mercury was aligned with the California Nebula
(NGC 1499 Per).

   At midnight GMT on Fri,Jun 19,Mercury was aligned with Adid Borealis(Delta
Per),Adid Media(Nu Per),Menchib(Xi Per), Seif Australis(Psi Per)

   At midnight GMT on Fri, Jun 19, Mercury was aligned with Sceptrum (53 Eri).

   At midnight GMT on Fri, Jun 19, Mercury was aligned with the nova AM
Cassiopeiae & the asterism The Little Queen (Harrington STAR 25 Dra).

   At midnight GMT on Fri, Jun 19, Mercury was aligned with the nova FT
Camelopardalis & the open cluster Pazmino's Cluster (Stock 23 Cam).

   At midnight GMT on Fri, Jun 19, Mercury was aligned with Caelibes (Zeta Cae).

   At midnight GMT on Fri, Jun 19, Sun was aligned with Polaris (Alpha UMi) & the
asterism The Diamond Ring (Harrington STAR 1 UMi).

   At midnight GMT on Fri, Jun 19, Sun was aligned with the novae CN Orionis & AH
Pictoris.

   At midnight GMT on Fri, Jun 19, Sun was aligned with the nova BY
Camelopardalis, the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A, & Tsze (Lambda Col).

   At midnight GMT on Fri, Jun 19, Moon was aligned with Fornacis (Alpha For) &
Chi 1-2-3 (Chi-1/Chi-2/Chi-3 For).

   At midnight GMT on Fri, Jun 19, Moon was aligned with 79 Ceti, which has
planets.

   At midnight GMT on Fri, Jun 19, Moon was aligned with Caph (Beta Cas), the
nova DK Cassiopeiae, & Alphirk (Beta Cep).

   At midnight GMT on Fri, Jun 19, Moon was aligned with Keun Nan Mun Primus (Phi
And) & Velikovskaya (BD +20 307 Ari).




Mark A. Holmes

--- In thefixedstars@yahoogroups.com, Mark Andrew Holmes <mahtezcatpoc@...>
wrote:
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>
> http://twitter.com/chatoyantorange
>
> http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/abbrevs.html
>
> http://www.constellationsofwords.com
>
>
>
>
>   And Mars was also aligned with the nova WX Arietis.
>
>   At midnight GMT on Thu,Jun 18,Venus and Mars were aligned with Deltotron
(Beta Tri).
>
>   At midnight GMT on Thu,Jun 18,Venus and Mars were aligned with Keun Nan Mun
Secundus(Chi And),Anfal(51 And) & Comet Planetary(NGC 1350 For).



Venus and Mars were in tight conjunction, along with the asteroid Asbolus.



Mark A. Holmes

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap090619.html

"This ancient Chinese map of planet Earth's northern sky is part of the Dunhuang
Star Atlas, one of the most impressive documents in the history of astronomy.
The oldest complete star atlas known, it dates to the years 649 to 684,
discovered at the Silk Road town of Dunhuang in 1907. A recent analysis that
examines the accuracy and projections used to make it notes the atlas marks
positions of over 1,300 stars and outlines 257 Chinese star groups or asterisms.
The star positions in the hand drawn atlas were found to be accurate to within a
few degrees. In this example showing the north polar region, a very recognizable
Big Dipper, part of the modern constellation Ursa Major, lies along the bottom
of the chart. An additional 12 charts depict equatorial regions in 30 degree
sections and also include a grouping resembling the modern constellation Orion.
The atlas is on display at the British Library in London to celebrate the
International Year of Astronomy."

This is a glossary of Chinese star regions, asterisms and star names linked to
from the page (nothing matching them to the conventional--that is, Western--star
map, unfortunately).

http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/Museum/Space/Research/StarName/e_research_chinengstarz\
one.htm


Mark A. Holmes

http://www2.gol.com/users/stever/jastro.html


Mark A. Holmes

http://www.atnf.csiro.au/research/AboriginalAstronomy/



Mark A. Holmes

As of midnight GMT.

Asterisks indicate alignments that weren't there a week ago today (with a 1 00'
orb).




Jupiter




Gienah (Epsilon Cygni)

Propeller Nebula (MRSL 479 Cygni)

Cor Piscis Austrini (Beta Piscis Austrini; close to the Southern Fish's heart)




Saturn




Ghost of Jupiter Nebula (NGC 3242 Hydrae)

Copeland's Septet (Hickson 57 Leonis; a group of seven galaxies discovered in
1874 by British astronomer Ralph Copeland, consisting of NGC 3745, NGC 3746, NGC
3748, NGC 3750, NGC 3751, NGC 3753, and NGC 3754, contained within a 5' circle)

Mizar (Zeta Ursae Majoris)

Alcor (80 Ursae Majoris)

Xestus (Omicron Velorum)




Uranus



Sama al Azrak (Pi-2 Cygni)

Cocoon Nebula (IC 5146 Cygni)

Matar (Eta Pegasi)

Stephan's Quintet (NGC 7317, 7318A, 7318B, 7319 and 7320 Pegasi; a galaxy
cluster
discovered by French astronomer Édouard Stephan in 1877)

Deer Lick Group (NGC 7331, 7335, 7336, 7337, and 7340 Pegasi; a galaxy cluster)






Neptune




Baxendell's Nebula (NGC 7088 Aquarii; alleged to be an optical illusion)

Kuh (Mu Capricorni)

Propeller Nebula (MRSL 479 Cygni)

Sze Wei (Beta Equulei)

Cor Piscis Austrini (Beta Piscis Austrini)





Pluto



*Tao Shou (Theta Arae)

Atiyah (Omicron Herculis)

Polaris Australis (Sigma Octantis)

Polarissima Australis (NGC 2573 Octantis; galaxy very close to the south
celestial pole)

Poniatovii (70 Ophiuchi; marks the obsolete constellation Taurus Poniatovii,
Poniatowski's Bull)

Phorbaceus (72 Ophiuchi)

Alnasl (Gamma Sagittarii)

*Red Spider Nebula (NGC 6537 Sagittarii)

Gomez's Hamburger (IRAS 18059-3211 Sagittarii)




Eris



Saderazra (Delta Andromedae)

VV Cephei (cataclysmic variable aka nova)

Baten Kaitos (Zeta Ceti)




Ceres



*Zosma (Delta Leonis)

*M-105 (Leonis; galaxy with suspected black hole)

*Leo II Dwarf Galaxy (UGC 6253 Leonis)

*Alsuhail (Lambda Velorum)





Pallas



*Al Tarf (Beta Cancri)

*Kwei (Eta Cancri)

*BP Lyncis (cataclysmic variable)

*Cornucopia (Zeta Monocerotis)




Juno



*Lacerta Cauda (1 Lacertae)

*BL Lacertae

*Cosmic 6 Nebula (Abell 79 Lacertae)

*Matar (Eta Pegasi)

*Sadalbari (Mu Pegasi)

*51 Pegasi (has planets)

*Pegasus 1 Cluster (NGC 7619 Pegasi)

*Zeta Reticuli (allegedly the home star system of the ETs who abducted Barney
and Betty Hill in New Hampshire in 1964)

*Rhombus (Kappa Reticuli)





Vesta



*BY Camelopardalis (cataclysmic variable)

*Cassiopeia A (remnant of Tycho's Star [SN 1587 Cas])

*Wazn (Beta Columbae)

*Tsze (Lambda Columbae)

*Saiph (Kappa Orionis)

*CN Orionis (cataclysmic variable)

*AH Pictoris (cataclysmic variable)

*The Diamond Ring (Harrington STAR 1 Ursae Minoris; a small asterism near
Polaris)





Chiron




Baxendell's Nebula (NGC 7088 Aquarii; alleged to be an optical illusion)

Kuh (Mu Capricorni)

Propeller Nebula (MRSL 479 Cygni)

Sze Wei (Beta Equulei)






North Node



Altair (Alpha Aquilae)

Alshain (Beta Aquilae)

Nova Aquilae 1943 (V500 Aquilae; cataclysmic variable)

*Albireo (Beta Cygni)

Dumbbell Nebula (M-27 Vulpeculae)



South Node



*Tegmine (Zeta Cancri)

Typographica (28 Monocerotis; marks the obsolete constellation Officina
Typographica, the Printing Press)

Talitha Borealis (Iota Ursae Majoris)





More later.




Mark A. Holmes

Mark sent:

This is a glossary of Chinese star regions, asterisms and star names linked to from the page (nothing matching them to the conventional--that is, Western--star map, unfortunately).

http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/Museum/Space/Research/StarName/e_research_chinengstarzone.htm

Blue Dragon             Ts'ang-Loung

 from area of Virgin that includes Spica; thru Libra Scales, then stars of Scorpius; (our tail of Scorpion is their tail of Dragon); Centaurus, Lupus

Red Bird                Tchou-Niao

 from late stars of Auriga, thru Gemini Twins, Cancer Crab, Hydra (head of Bird), late stars of Lepus, Eridanus, Orion, Monoceros, Canis Major and Minor, Puppis, Leo, Sextans, Pyxis, Crater, Coma, 1st half of Virgo, Canes Venatici, Corvus

White Tiger             Pe-Hou

East fish and cord of Pisces, Andromeda, Cetus, Cassiopeia, Aries, Orion, Taurus, Auriga, Perseus,

Black Tortoise  Hiouen-Wou

Sagittarius, Corona Australis, Capricornus, Aquila, Lyra, Aquarius, some stars of Draco, (most of) Cygnus, Delphinus, Pegasus, Equuleus, Piscis Austrinus, Microscopium

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The Chinese stars and constellation patterns are from four major sources: Stars of Jade  Julius D.W. Staal  Writ Press, Decatur, GA, 1984; Star Names, Their Lore & Meaning  R.H. Allen (1899), Dover, 1964; The Soochow Astronomical Chart:  W.C. Rufus & Hsing-Chih Tien, University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, 1945; Chinese Astrology  Derek Walters  Aquarian Press, 1987

Staal's primary source was Gustave Schlegel's Uranographie Chinoise (1875) which he translated for his own use; both Schlegel and Staal calculated that the 4 great sky figures of the earliest Chinese astronomy/astrology went back to 15,600 BC; this is known as the First Division (the approximate age of the great Lascaux cave paintings in the West, which included a depiction of Taurus, the Bull!). Their breakdown into component asterisms, the Sieu (Hsiu), or Houses, (the Second Division) belonged to the period of about 13,400 to 12,900 BC; the Third Division probably occurred about 12,900 BC, and the Fourth Division of the reign of Emperor Yao starts between 3000 and 2000 BC, roughly coincidental with the earliest records of the Western tradition.

The second great stage of Chinese astronomy/astrology entered with the mythical Emperor Fu-Hsi whose reign is ascribed to 2953-2883 BC and the semi-mythical Emperor Yao, 2356-2255 BC.  It is known as the 4th Division and roughly corresponds, in time, to the earliest known developments in the West. The 4th Division is subdivided into the historic 3000-2700 BC, and the modern, 2700 BC to the present. If these dates are even approximately correct, then the Chinese sky patterns are incredibly ancient, and far older than the archaic Euphratean sources of the western tradition; however, another possibility remains, almost completely speculative: that all of these traditions emerge from a common ancestral root.

Because of the enormous time spans involved, and the Chinese use of the sky as a practical as well as spiritual calendar, enabling them to know when to plant, harvest, clean wells, etc, the gradual shifting of the sky patterns due to precession necessitated new "overlays" of asterisms and attributions after long intervals; thus the multiple and occasionally confusing multiplicity of symbols and patterns in the Chinese sky figures.

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Of the books I mentioned, Derek Walters' Chinese Astrology is the most available, and is excellent.

Love, Diana

Website: http://ye-stars.com