IMAGE OF THE WEEK: IMAGE OF THE WEEK: JUPITER WITH GANYMEDE SHADOW
Congratulations Gary V. of Pembroke Pines, FL! This image really impressed our company experts,
especially because it was taken with a small, Orion SkyQuest Xt8i Telescope!
Another reason to be excited about this image: Jupiter Season is approaching! In late August and
early September, early risers will see Jupiter as a brilliant star in the eastern sky. It's the
best planet in our Solar System to observe for surface detail, and the higher it gets in the sky,
the better it will look. Views will keep getting better and better, culminating on January 5, 2014,
when Jupiter reaches opposition, when giant Jupiter will dominate the night sky!

Image details:
Date Taken: 01/10/2013
Photographer: Gary V.
Location: Pembroke Pines, FL
Telescope: Orion SkyQuest XT8i IntelliScope Dobsonian Telescope
Mount: EQ platform
Camera: Orion StarShoot Solar System Color Imaging Camera IV
Processing: Registax 6 with drizzle enabled
Exposure: 1024x768 @ 15fps
Other Equipment Used: 08711 Shorty 2x Barlow
Notes: Europa Ganymede and Io are the 3 moons from left to right. Ganymede's shadow on Jupiter.

The Moon beams west of Argentina 22 August 2013 for the humans living
and working on the International Space Station, and Earthlings below.

W40, a stellar nursery in Aquila
http://annesastronomynews.com/photo-gallery-ii/nebulae-clouds/w40/

DRAGON: tam určitě někde je ukrytá nějaká vtipná nálepka typu "AIM AWAY FROM FACE"

LEVIATHAN: jak velky to chces? na google najdes hromady ve slusnem rozliseni a ve 24print.cz ti to za krasnou cenu vytisknou a poslou domu;)) https://www.google.cz/...1Y1PGWF_csCZ518CZ518#hl=cs-CZ&q=historical+map&tbm=isch&tbs=isz:lt,islt:4mp

Cass pic:

to je fofr...Po nove Delphinae tu mame dalsi, opet objevenou japonskym astronomem
Koichi Itagakim vcera (objevitel novy v Delfinovi). Mag 15-16, ale v dalsich dnech
se ocekava zjasneni.

Spitzer slavi 10 let ve vesmiru. CG :)
Jde o posledni ze ctyr observatori, ktere NASA vypustila na obeznou drahu Zeme, a to 25/8/2003.
(Predesle tri byly vicepasmovy HST, uz nefunkcni Compton [obor gamma zareni] a rentgenova
Chandra). Teleskop se zrcadlem o prumeru 0.85m prosel slozitym procesem prejmenovavani:
Puvodni oznaceni znelo SIRTF (Space Infrared Telescope Facility), pozdeji byl z duvodu lepsiho
vyslovovani prejmenovan na SST (Spitzer Space Telescope), nese tedy jmeno astrofyzika Lymana
Spitzera, ktery prisel s napadem tohoto druhu teleskopu uz v roce 1946.
I pres ubytek chladiciho media jsou stale nektere jeho pristroje funkcni.

huuuuu... http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090410.html

Doble Arcoíris / Double Rainbow | Astronomia y Astrofotografia
http://www.astrophoto.com.mx/picture.php?/405/category/15

U tohoto mi spadla celist...okoli marsovskeho krateru Gusev (misto, kde pristaval Spirit),
snimany sondou Mars Express. Vpravo dole je krasne videt elipticky stin mesice Phobos.