Astroblog: This Weeks Astronomy Roundup.

Sunday, February 04, 2007

This Weeks Astronomy Roundup.

There is a fresh Jodcast, with Sir Bernard Lovell talking about the origins of the MKI telescope at Jodrell Bank, and the lowdown on STEREO. Speaking of history, Tom salutes Luna 9. Tom, Stuart and Emily Lakadwalla both show amazing images of Saturn taken from above (Tom here, Stuart here and Emily here). Tom and Emily report even more amazing images for Jupiter taken by the Mars Reconaissance Orbiter's HiRISE camera (Tom here, Emily here).

Emily also has a nice animation of clouds on Mars. New Scientist reports the first global maps of night time cloud on Mars. New Scientist also reprots on dramatic gullies on Mars taken by the Mars Reconaissance Orbiter. The Journal Science reports that life on Mars may be hiding deep below the surface.

Stuart reports on the demise of the Hubbles Advanced Camera for Surveys, see also here, and calls for its repair here.

DaveP has some great shots of sundogs, Ice In Space has an interview with Rob McNaught, the discoverer of teh marvellous comet, anddon't forget the Ice In Space comet image forums.

# posted by Ian Musgrave @ 9:56 pm