[meteorite-list] NASA TV Special: Looking Up At Mars

From: none none <feraltmcloud_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:16:36 2004
Message-ID: <Law11-F65dMNFmWAFsT00002cd8_at_hotmail.com>

I just called our local cable provider to see about this show but alas! they
will not offer it. They are looking at another satellite but maybe some of
you will be able to catch it. Following is the pertinant information
received from NASA Science News,

Enjoy!

Nancy Strand
Ptersburg, Alaska 99833

Tonight on NASA TV, a group of NASA astronomers and engineers will host a
live 4-hour broadcast about Earth's ongoing close encounter with Mars.
The purpose of the program is to help sky watchers find Mars in the night
sky, and if they happen to have a telescope, to understand what they see
in the eyepiece when they point their 'scope at the red planet.

Guests will include Jack Horkheimer of PBS's StarGazer program, David
Levy, the science editor of Parade magazine and co-discoverer of Comet
Shoemaker-Levy 9, Skylab astronaut Owen Garriott, and NASA's Chief
Scientist for Mars Exploration Jim Garvin.

The show begins at 8:00 p.m. CDT (9:00 p.m. EDT or 6:00 p.m. PDT) on
Tuesday, August 26th. That’s 0100 UT on August 27th.

NASA TV is broadcast from the geosynchronous satellite AMC-9 located at 85
degrees west longitude. Tune to transponder 9C at 3880.0 MHz. Polarization
is vertical and audio is monaural at 6.8 MHz. Fortunately, many cable and
satellite TV providers carry the channel, so you don't need to worry about
such details. Flip through your channels today and see if you can find
NASA TV--or call your provider for more information. NASA TV is also
broadcast live on the web:
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/MM_NTV_Web.html

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Received on Tue 26 Aug 2003 03:53:27 PM PDT