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Welcome to watchTheStars.co.uk.This website is aimed at helping amateur astronomer get started. If you have anything you would like me to add to this website please let me know. webmaster@WatchTheStars.co.uk


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Hurricane Celia - 29 Jul 2010
Perfectly circular, powerful Hurricane Celia spaned hundreds of miles over the Pacific Ocean in this image from June 24, 2010. Rough-textured clouds surround the storm’s distinct eye. Farther from the center of the storm, spiral arms appear thinner and smoother. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, or MODIS, on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this true-color image of Hurricane Celia at 1:55 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time on June 24, 2010. Just five minutes later, the U.S. National Hurricane Center classified Celia as a Category 4 hurricane with sustained winds of 135 miles per hour. Image Credit: NASA
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Site update 19th July 2010: Added a slide show from Flickr onto the home page.
Site update 10th July 2009: Few!, been busy lately but have updated the home page. Will be creating some pages with details of the Moon landings in the coming weeks.
Site update 19th May 2009: I have added come more information on the Jupiter facts page.
Site update 28th April 2009: Updated the home page and created the Astronomy Event Archive
Site update 1st April 2009: Continued work on Information on Mars. Added a table with the dates that Mars is at opposition on.
Site update 24th March 2009: Continued work on Information on Mars. Lots more still to do. I also update the home page with whats happening in April.
Site update 16th March 2009: Worked on getting the layer transparency working for Internet Explorer. (So you can see the planets beneath the webpage content).

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