ATNF Daily Astronomy Picture
http://www.atnf.csiro.au/ATNF-DailyImage/
On the weekend of July 30th, Max and Aidan made observations of our favourite calibrator field (B1934-638) for a long 11 hours
with all 12 ADE antennas functional for the entire duration of the observation. The data quality is impressive and 1 MHz channel
images show rms noise to within about 1.5-2 times that expected.

The exercise is an encouraging demonstration of the full ASKAP array with 12 antennas, albeit with reduced specs (48 MHz and a single beam).
This data has also for the first time been ingested from the Pawsey centre as will be the case for Early Science and beyond. Earlier, the
correlated data were processed and re-arranged into astronomer-friendly measurement sets using processing (ingestion) done at the MRO. Busy
times ahead. Stay tuned ..."

http://www.planetary.org/...ogs/emily-lakdawalla/2016/08111530-curiosity-update-sols-1373-1427.html
The last two months of the Curiosity mission have been spent on a southward drive toward the Murray buttes, topographic landmarks
of a relatively sand-free region that will allow Curiosity to finally cross the Bagnold dune field. In the last 50-plus sols,
Curiosity has covered several hundred meters of flat Murray mudstone that separates the Naukluft plateau from the buttes. The rover
is now poised to enter the buttes themselves, and the views are, as expected, spectacular.

ESA TGO's 2nd deep-space manoeuvre (DSM-2) to aim to Mars, ran as planned yesterday.
DSM-2 targets a delta-v of 17.7 m/second, and is planned to run for 155 seconds – just under three minutes.
Deep-space manoeuvre Part 2 – the little burn | Rocket Science
http://blogs.esa.int/rocketscience/2016/08/10/deep-space-manoeuvre-part-2-the-little-burn/

Weird object spotted beyond Neptune
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mb4TTWI7Og

Canadian meteorite may be first visitor from the Kuiper belt | New Scientist
https://www.newscientist.com/...100887-canadian-meteorite-may-be-first-visitor-from-the-kuiper-belt/
A fireball that streaked through the sky over a decade ago may have brought the first meteorite from the outskirts of the solar system.

New measurement with deuterium nucleus confirms proton radius puzzle is real
http://phys.org/news/2016-08-deuterium-nucleus-proton-radius-puzzle.html
A large team made up of researchers from across the globe has repeated experiments conducted several years ago that showed a different radius
for a proton when it was orbited by a muon as opposed to an electron—a finding dubbed the proton radius puzzle—using a deuterium nucleus this
time and has found the same puzzle. In their paper published in the journal Science, the team describes the experiments they conducted, what
they found and offer a few possible ideas to help dispel the notion that the puzzle indicates that there may be some problems
with the Standard Model.

ISRO Plans Return to Mars with Mangalyaan 2.0
http://thewire.in/58415/mars-orbiter-isro-planetary/
The next Mars mission will likely be launched in March 2018, have a less elliptical
orbit around the red planet and could weigh seven times more than the first mission.

Perseid meteor shower by Matt Lazenby from Guadalajara, Spain
Perseid Meteor Shower 2016 (La Muela de Alarilla)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWsEDxRY1wM&feature=youtu.be

Mars Life? 20 Years Later, Debate Over Meteorite Continues
http://www.space.com/33690-allen-hills-mars-meteorite-alien-life-20-years.html

Twenty years ago, NASA scientists and their colleagues announced they had spotted possible signs of Mars life in a meteorite.
The claim ignited a scientific controversy that lingers to this day.

HubbleSite - NewsCenter - Hubble Uncovers a Galaxy Pair Coming in from the Wilderness (08/11/2016) - The Full Story
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2016/29/full/

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has uncovered two tiny dwarf galaxies that have wandered from a vast cosmic wilderness into a nearby "big
city" packed with galaxies. After being quiescent for billions of years, they are ready for partying by starting a firestorm of star birth.

"These Hubble images may be snapshots of what present-day dwarf galaxies may have been like at earlier epochs," said lead researcher Erik
Tollerud of the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Maryland. "Studying these and other similar galaxies can provide further
clues to dwarf galaxy formation and evolution."

Chjo...

Včera byly Perseidy naprosto parádní. Po západu Měsíce to lítalo fakt skoro dešťově. Minimálně tři za minutu v rozmezí jasností -2^m do 4^m.

VIRGO: To je pech. :(
Jsem se chtěl mrknout i dneska večer, ale podle předpovědi se už i na Moravě bude kupit oblačnost. Takže moc s jasnou oblohou nepočítám.

HOCH2: Já dostal od kámoše krásný dárek do sbírky. :)

Směr vesmír - start! - Václav Čtvrtek | Databáze knih
http://www.databazeknih.cz/knihy/smer-vesmir-start-266259