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The year 2006 still has not yet ended but General Motor Corporation’s Saturn brand of automobiles has made sure that the Saturn Vue Green Line would be ready for the auto market come the following. The company is very much proud of this vehicle. After all, it is a couple of thousands cheaper than some of the most known and popular hybrids in the market.

Since 2002, the Saturn Vue line of vehicles has already been produced and it has been created as a compact crossover sport utility vehicle entrant. And part of this line of vehicle models, the Saturn Vue Green Line was born. You can find all Saturn Vue vehicles as a wagon that holds four doors. And for the very first time this year, the public was introduced to the Saturn Vue Green Line. And what made the Green Line different from its parent model was that it was more inclined towards environment friendliness.

Saturn Vue’s Green Line has been created with a belt alternator starter system or the BAS system. This is simply a large electric motor with special bearings and parts used. But for the rest of the Saturn Vue Green Line, Saturn aftermarket parts would surely fit it. What the BAS system does is it stops the engine automatically when the vehicle comes to a stop. However, when the vehicle starts moving again, the BAS system starts the engine up again.

According to statistics from the Saturn Vue Green Line’s creator and manufacturer, an owner of this SUV would surely be able to save an average of fifteen per cent on his current savings on gas and fuel. And consumers in the market scouting for a new SUV would surely love this vehicle for it would cost much lower than other hybrid SUVs offered by other automakers.

The Saturn Aura is a new entrant in the automotive world. It is manufactured by the great General Motors and it would be available in the market just starting this 2007. It took the spot that used to belong to the Saturn L Series.

This new 2007 vehicle has been built as an entrant to the midsize class of vehicles and it comes as a sedan that holds four doors and the best Saturn auto parts. It has been built using the FF Epsilon platform. Engine choices for this vehicle include a 2.4 liter BAS hybrid engine, a 3.5 liter LZ4 V6 engine, and a 3.6 liter LY7 V6 engine. Considered as competition, the Honda Accord, Volkswagen Passat, and Toyota Camry better be on the lookout for this new vehicle.

Though this vehicle is marketed under the Saturn brand which has already gained a name for vehicles that do not make much of a difference, the Saturn Aura actually has a charm of its own. Despite it being the newest in the Saturn range, the Saturn Aura is considered to be the best product and vehicle that the brand has to offer in the market.

If you do take a closer look at the Saturn Aura, you would see that it might just be targeted towards the European market. You see, it has a good amount of space and room for both the front and the rear. It also is the proud owner of a hydraulic power steering which is quite quick when used. The hydraulic power that the Saturn Aura has is also just right weight which is a good sign in a vehicle like this one.

The base model of the Saturn Aura is the XE and this one comes with a 3.5 liter SOHC engine. The engine has the capacity to produce some 224 units of horsepower plus 220 pound feet of torque. Up next is the Saturn Aura XR which has a more sophisticated engine – the DOHC 3.6 liter V6 engine. This one has the capacity to create 252 units of horsepower and 251 pound feet of torque.

On March 13, 1997, unexplained lights appeared over Phoenix, Arizona. I was in town when the mysterious event took place. While authorities would like you to believe that these were merely military flares, former Arizona Governor Fife Symington says there is much more to the story.

Symington now admits that he was among the hundreds of witnesses who saw a huge triangular object in the skies over Phoenix. The former Governor made a number of statements about the Phoenix Lights mystery to Leslie Kean, Special Correspondent to The Prescott Daily Courier. The statements were included in an article by Kean published in the Courier on March 18, 2007. In that article, the former Arizona Governor describes what he saw on March 13, 1997:

”It was enormous and inexplicable,” he said. “Who knows where it came from? A lot of people saw it, and I saw it too.”

Symington was referring to a V-shaped object with lights on it seen in the skies over Phoenix ten years ago. Some estimated the lights to be the size of a football field, while others said they could have been a mile long. He continued to describe his own sighting of the triangular object: “It was dramatic. And it couldn’t have been flares because it was too symmetrical.” The former Arizona Governor revealed the object to be a “craft of unknown origin.”

While Symington hasn’t been the only political figure in Arizona to comment on the Phoenix Lights, he stands alone in his admission that they were more than just flares. When asked to comment on the Phoenix Lights in 2000, Senator John McCain said, “That has never been fully explained.” He also quickly added, “But I have to tell you that I do not have any evidence whatsoever of aliens or UFOs.”

Fife Symington says he called the commander of Luke Air Force Base, the Arizona Department of Public Safety and a General with the Arizona National Guard back in 1997 to ask about the lights. None of them were able to provide him with any answers and seemed “perplexed.” One of the problems with the sightings were the multitude of explanations available at the time.

The V-shaped object with lights was seen in the sky around 8:30pm. The lights that were videotaped and seen around 10:30pm are what most people call the Phoenix Lights. These are often explained away as flares, but not everyone agrees. People that videotaped the 10:30pm event back in 1997 say the lights were in a triangular shape. Some of them had seen military flares being dropped on other occasions and say this was something completely different. However, authorities stayed with the flares explanation and explained the earlier events as a sighting of the Hale-Bopp Comet.

Synmington called for an investigation into the Phoenix Lights shortly after the sightings occurred, but the statement was a hollow one. Either he was not able to obtain cooperation from military authorities, or he never made much of an effort. However, with pressure mounting from the public, UFO researchers and news gathering organizations, he had to eventually take some action.

On June 19, 1997, Governor Fife Symington held a press conference in Phoenix. Dressing one of his aides up as an Alien, the Governor said that the Phoenix Lights were flares and nothing to get upset about. He also said that he was only joking when he ordered the Arizona Department of Public Safety (Arizona State Police) to investigate the sightings. Today, he still defends those actions.

”I wanted people to lighten up and calm down, so I introduced a little levity. But I never felt that the overall situation was a matter of ridicule,” Symington says about the infamous press conference. But not everyone was laughing. Former Phoenix Councilwoman Frances Barwood made a serious effort to investigate the sightings in 1997.

According to her recent statements, Barwood was unable to convince federal authorities to interview even one of the seven hundred witnesses that she spoke to about the Phoenix Lights. Big surprise! Being an elected official isn’t enough when it comes to getting answers about UFOs from the Military. Just ask current Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano.

Janet Napolitano called for an investigation into the Phoenix Lights during her 1997 campaign to become Arizona Attorney General and was elected to that office in 1998. Despite her former position as a U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona, we can assume that she was served the same plate of disinformation from the U.S. Military that the rest of us received. What does she think of Symington’s new revelation and the Phoenix Lights overall? We have asked and are awaiting her answer.

My own experience earlier that day was frightening and likely related to one or both the sightings of March 13, 1997. I was driving in from Flagstaff (north to south) on I-17 in the early afternoon. On a day when traffic was already heavy and almost at a standstill, State Patrol vehicles suddenly appeared and caused vehicles to pull over to the far right lanes. A few minutes later, military vehicles filled with troops and equipment covered by tarps went flying by at high speeds. The military procession lasted several minutes.

I was later told by other drivers who attended a seminar I was giving in Phoenix that the same thing happened that night and the next day. Others who attended my seminar reported being almost ‘buzzed’ by the lights while driving on various local roadways. They described huge balls of light which seemed to come down very low and keep pace with traffic. Apart from all the witness reports, more than a few people took photos and video of the Phoenix Lights.

Huge triangular objects have been a constant part of the UFO phenomenon from the very beginning. Some believe the triangle sightings date to prehistory and many point to sightings that may have occurred in the late 1800s. Most witnesses at that time assumed they were experimental kites of some sort. Then, there were all the unexplained triangle sightings in the 1950s, with and without lights. Two of the most famous involved the U.S. and British Military.

Beginning on September 13, 1952, Military Personnel aboard ships involved in NATO Operation Mainbrace saw and tracked a triangular shaped object flying at over 900 mph between Denmark and Norway. Witnesses said the object emitted a bright white light. There were additional UFO sightings during the NATO exercise as well which may have included saucer and cigar shaped crafts.

In July of 1955, a dark colored boomerang hovered completely still over Lasham Airfield, Hampshire, England, during the National Gliding Competitions. Seen by trained military observers, experienced civilian pilots and untrained spectators, the object hovered for thirty seconds before moving off to the southwest.

A triangular-shaped UFO captured the attention of the world’s press in November of 1989 when a huge, dark triangle with sparkling bright lights underneath was seen by citizens and police in Liege, Belgium. More sightings followed. In 1990, Belgium Military Officials announced that two F-16 jet fighters scrambled from a NATO base chased a triangular shaped object for over an hour. One jet locked the object in on radar. On the pilot’s screen it looked like a diamond.

There have been recent sightings of unexplained lights near Phoenix and triangular shaped craft over New Mexico and other parts of the Southwest.

The International Paranormal UFO Society asks anyone with information about the Phoenix Lights, triangular-shaped craft or other unexplained events related to the 1997 or current sightings to email us at ipus@CanYouStandTheTruth.com or write to: IPUS, PO Box 203, Lebannon IN 46052. All confidentiality requests will be honored. You can also contact our Arizona Representative by email at bill@CanYouStandTheTruth.com IPUS is the International Paranormal UFO Society. Visit our website and sign up for our free newsletter at http://www.CanYouStandTheTruth.com

Scientists at NASA’s Near-Earth Object Program Office at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., have been monitoring asteroid 2007 TU24, which will pass about 344000 miles of Earth tomorrow (Jan. 29) at 12:33 am Pacific time (3:33 am Eastern time).

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There are YouTube videos and websites saying that a near-Earth asteroid may cause epic disasters. These people are completely wrong, and scaring others. I debunk these claims here. More info and links can be found on my site: www.badastronomy.com

Download this month’s sky map!

Kym Thalassoudis does a wonderful job creating accurate and easy to use star
maps every month! Visit his site at www.skymaps.com for skymaps and links to
other useful astronomical sites. Also a great portal for astronomical gifts!

Northern hemisphere sky
map
Southern hemisphere sky
map

Those in the Southern Hemisphere should also visit
James Barclay’s site for a great tour of the Southern Hemisphere December
sky.

Another great site for Southern Hemisphere viewers is the Royal Astronomical
Society of New Zealand’s Southern Hemisphere Calendar found at the RASNZ site

Download "What’s up
2007: 365 days of Skywatching" by Tammy Plotner, published by Universe Today
(Faser Cain) it is a fantastic and it is free!

Planets for January 2007

Mercury will be in superior conjunction (behind the sun) on Jan 7th
and not easily visible until late in the month as an evening planet. The first
week of February marks it’s greatest elongation and better viewing. -1.0 Mag
peaking at -1.3 Mag mid-month.

Venus sits low on the SW horizon in the evening twilight. By mid month
Venus is setting after twilight in full dark. An almost fully illuminated disk
shines at -3.8 mag.

Mars starts off the month in Ophiuchus rising just 1.5 hours before
the Sun the 1.5 mag planet competes with 1.06 variable star Antares (which means
"like" Mars) and together with Jupiter they make a nice trio. By the end of the
month Mars has moved into Sagitarrius.

Jupiter starts the month rising 1 hour before the sun. Jupiter, at
-1.8 mag, spends the first 11 months of the year in Ophiuchus!

Saturn spends the entire year in Leo. Rising mid-evening at the
beginning of the month and by the middle of the month is rising in the early
evening making the 0.2 mag planet easy to share with friends.

Uranus at 5.9 mag spends the entire year in Aquarius starting the
month almost on top of Lambda Aquarii but by the end of the month it is 1 deg E
of Lambda.

Neptune another happy camper this 8.0 mag planet will camp out in
Capricorn all year long. He starts the month out 1 deg North of Iota Capricorni.
On the 25th of the month use Mercury to help you find Neptune Mercury will be
less than .25 degs from Iota and much easier to see. After mid-month Neptune
(mid latitudes NH) will be setting in twilight getting more difficult to see.

Key Dates for January 2007

Days and Times in UT (help with
time)

Observations are for 8pm for the mid-northern latitudes and for 10pm for the
mid-southern latitudes.

Great site for sunrise and sunset
times and a downloadable toolbar application by Steve Edwards

Astronomical Highlights

Southern Hemisphere Calendar can be found at the
RASNZ site

• M33 – This is a very
  large (about the size of the full moon) face on spiral galaxy in the
  constellation Triangulum. The total light from M33 is about magnitude 5.3, but
  when spread out over its large area it yields a very low surface brightness. The
  best and easiest views of M33 can be found with a pair of binoculars. Look for a
  large, round hazy patch of light with little detail at first glance. M33 can be
  glimpsed with the naked eye in dark clear skies. Finding M33 in a telescope can
  be a challenge because of its size. Use the widest field eyepiece you have and
  look for a change in light level to identify the galaxy.
• M103 – This is a fairly
  small, sparse open cluster in Cassiopeia. Look for a tight group of stars in
  binoculars, being careful not to mistake it for several other clusters in the
  same area. Through a telescope the cluster is very sparse, four bright stars
  amidst the slight glow of much fainter companions.
• M52 – This rich open
  cluster in Cassiopeia is fairly easy to see in binoculars as a faint smudge of
  light. A small to mid telescope will begin to resolve this cluster. Look for a
  triangular patch of light with some stars clearly resolved, but most of the
  cluster members provide only a hint of graininess.
• M76 – Known as the
  Little Dumbbell, this planetary nebula in Perseus is one of the dimmest objects
  in the Catalog. Look for a small, faint, oblong patch of light. Not a very
  obvious object, if you don’t see it at first try varying magnifications in an
  attempt to bring it out. Fortunately M76 is located near a bright star, which
  aids in locating the correct field to search.
• M34 – This is a large
  and bright, but sparse open cluster located in Perseus. Visible as a faint patch
  of light to the naked eye, it is very obvious and easy to resolve in binoculars.
  In fact, binoculars provide a better view of this cluster than most telescopes.
• M74 – This galaxy in
  Pisces is a smaller and fainter version of M33, a face on spiral galaxy with low
  surface brightness. M74 is arguably the most difficult object to find in the
  Catalog. You will need very dark, clear skies to easily see it, anything less
  than perfect conditions will make M74 nearly impossible to find. Look for a very
  faint fuzzy star, which is the bright central condensation, surrounded by a very
  faint glow. Try all of your tricks on this one; star hop to the correct field,
  try varying magnification, tap the scope to detect the galaxy through its
  motion. If all of the above fail, try again another night or seek darker skies.
• M77 – This is a small
  faint galaxy in Cetus. Possible to see it in binoculars, but very difficult.
  Look for a faint fuzzy star. Through a telescope look for a fuzzy, oval shaped
  patch of light, bright in the center, fading towards the edges.

*Monthly Messier information gleaned from the Royal Astronomical
Society of Canada, Moncton Centre Quebec and from the Astronomy Connection
website.

Astronomical Highlights for 2007

Earth’s major motions for 2007

Planet Positions for 2007

Eclipses for 2007

March 19 – partial solar eclipse (see map, times, and
animation!): The first
solar eclipse of 2007 occurs at the Moon’s ascending node in Pisces and is
visible from eastern Asia and parts of northern Alaska

September 11 – partial solar eclipse (see map, times, and
animation): The last
eclipse of 2007 is a partial solar eclipse at the Moon’s descending node in
southern Leo. Its visibility is confined to parts of South America, Antarctica
and the South Atlantic

March 3-4 – total lunar eclipse (see
map): The beginning of the umbral phase visible in the Arctic region,
Africa, Europe, Asia except for extreme eastern region, most of Indonesia,
western Australia, Queen Maud Land of Antarctica, extreme eastern South America,
Greenland, the Indian Ocean, the South Atlantic Ocean, and the eastern North
Atlantic Ocean; the end visible in Africa, Europe, western Asia, Queen Maud Land
of Antarctica and Antarctic Peninsula, South America, eastern North America,
Greenland, the Arctic region, the Atlantic Ocean, the western Indian Ocean, and
the extreme eastern South Pacific Ocean.

August 28 – total lunar eclipse (see
map): The beginning of the umbral phase visible in North America, South
America except extreme east, Antarctica except for Enderby Land, New Zealand,
eastern Australia, extreme northeastern Asia, the Pacific Ocean, and the western
Atlantic Ocean; the end visible in New Zealand, Australia, most of Antarctica
except Queen Maud Land, Indonesia, eastern Asia, western North America, the
Pacific Ocean, and the southeastern Indian Ocean.

Eclipse information from:
NASA Eclipse
Homepage, Eclipses Online (HM
Nautical Almanac Office, UK in coordination with the U.S. Naval
Observatory)

Meteor Showers for 2007

As luck would have it, all the major meteor showers reach their peaks
in 2007 with the Moon out of the sky. Any of these showers can produce dozens of
shooting stars each dark hour leading up to dawn.

Mark your calendar to look
for…

• Lyrids on April 23rd
• Perseids on August 13th
• Orionids on October 21st
• Leonids on November 18th
• Geminids on the night of December 13-14 (Meteor enthusiasts are keenly
  awaiting the Geminids in 2007 because their progenitor, the defunct comet
  Phaethon, precedes them in a flyby of Earth on December 10th.)

Comets for January

Gary Kronk’s comet and
meteor pages
Skyhound
Comet pages

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Music Scottish Guitar
Quartet -"Romance within you"
Three
Blind Mice – "Watchstar"
Friction Bailey – "Auld Lang
Syne"

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Download this month’s sky map!

Kym Thalassoudis does a wonderful job creating accurate and easy to use star
maps every month! Visit his site at www.skymaps.com for skymaps and links to
other useful astronomical sites. Also a great portal for astronomical gifts!

Northern hemisphere sky
map
Southern hemisphere sky
map

Those in the Southern Hemisphere should also visit
James Barclay’s site for a great tour of the Southern Hemisphere December
sky.

Another great site for Southern Hemisphere viewers is the Royal Astronomical
Society of New Zealand’s Southern Hemisphere Calendar can be found at the RASNZ site
Ian
Musgrave has a very handy Southern Hemisphere site called Southern Sky Watch.

Download "What’s up
2007: 365 days of Skywatching" by Tammy Plotner, published by Universe Today
(Faser Cain) it is a fantastic and it is free!

Planets for February 2007

Mercury The first week of February marks it’s greatest elongation and
better viewing. Mercury continues to creep closer to Venus until the 13th before
heading back towards the sun from which it rarely strays. -0.9 mag (1st) to 4.4
mag (21st)

Venus Easy target at sunset and until half an hour after astronomical
twilight. On the 7th at 13h UT use Venus to find Uranus 0.7 degrees S. -3.8 mag
(1st) to – 3.8 mag (21st)

Mars Mars has moved into Sagitarrius and rising about 1.5 hours before
the Sun towards the end of the month Mars moves into Capricorn with Neptune. 1.4
mag (1st) to 1.3 mag (21st)

Jupiter At the beginning of the month Jupiter is rising a few hours
after midnight and by mid-month closer to midnight. Jupiter at -1.8 mag, spends
the first 11 months of the year in Ophiuchus! -1.9 mag (1st) to -2.0 mag
(21st)

Saturn spends the entire year in Leo and is the showpiece of the night
time sky. Saturn is at opposition on the 10th rising at sunset opposite Venus
and Mercury and transiting around midnight as Jupiter rises. 0.0 mag (1st) to
0.0 mag (21st)

Uranus Starts the month it is 1 deg E of Lambda on the 7th use Venus
to find Uranus just 0.7 degrees N of Venus. 8.0 mag (1st) to 8.0 mag (21st)

Neptune will camp out in Capricorn all year long. Invisible as the Sun
creeps into Capricorn Neptune is in conjunction with the sun on the 8th.

Key Dates for February 2007

Days and Times in UT (help with
time)

Observations are for 8pm for the mid-northern latitudes and for 10pm for the
mid-southern latitudes.

Great site for sunrise and sunset
times and a downloadable toolbar application by Steve Edwards

Astronomical Highlights

This month
highlights 10 messier objects, most are within reach of binoculars, and over
half can be seen with the naked eye.

• M1 – The Crab nebula is
  a supernova remnant in Taurus. It is a hazy patch in small telescopes; large
  scopes can resolve some detail. It is difficult but possible to see in
  binoculars.
• M45 – The Pleiades are
  a large open cluster in Taurus. Easy to resolve six stars naked eye. Binoculars
  provide the best view. Large telescopes can show some nebulosity.
• M35, M37, M36, M38 Ã�¢ï¿½ï¿½ These are a series of
  open clusters in the winter Milky Way. M35 is in Gemini, the others are in
  Auriga. All can be seen naked eye as faint fuzzy stars, binoculars reveal fuzzy
  patches, low power telescopes can resolve these rich clusters.
• M42, M43 – M42 is the great Orion
  Nebula. It can be seen as small fuzzy patch naked eye. Binoculars show some
  detail, and the view is superb in most any scope. M43 is a small region of
  nebulosity next to M42, and probably requires the use of a telescope to view.
  Use low to moderate powers for the best view of this pair.
• M78 – A small emission
  nebula in Orion, a tough binocular object. Best viewed in a telescope at
  moderate powers.
• M79 – One of the
  smallest and dimmest globular clusters in the catalog. A tough binocular object
  in Lepus, best viewed in a telescope at moderate powers.

*Monthly
Messier information gleaned from the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada,
Moncton Centre Quebec and from the Astronomy Connection website.

Astronomical Highlights for 2007

Earth’s major motions for 2007

Planet Positions for 2007

Eclipses for 2007

March 19 – partial solar eclipse (see map, times, and
animation!): The first
solar eclipse of 2007 occurs at the Moon’s ascending node in Pisces and is
visible from eastern Asia and parts of northern Alaska

September 11 – partial solar eclipse (see map, times, and
animation): The last
eclipse of 2007 is a partial solar eclipse at the Moon’s descending node in
southern Leo. Its visibility is confined to parts of South America, Antarctica
and the South Atlantic

March 3-4 – total lunar eclipse (see
map): The beginning of the umbral phase visible in the Arctic region,
Africa, Europe, Asia except for extreme eastern region, most of Indonesia,
western Australia, Queen Maud Land of Antarctica, extreme eastern South America,
Greenland, the Indian Ocean, the South Atlantic Ocean, and the eastern North
Atlantic Ocean; the end visible in Africa, Europe, western Asia, Queen Maud Land
of Antarctica and Antarctic Peninsula, South America, eastern North America,
Greenland, the Arctic region, the Atlantic Ocean, the western Indian Ocean, and
the extreme eastern South Pacific Ocean.

August 28 – total lunar eclipse (see
map): The beginning of the umbral phase visible in North America, South
America except extreme east, Antarctica except for Enderby Land, New Zealand,
eastern Australia, extreme northeastern Asia, the Pacific Ocean, and the western
Atlantic Ocean; the end visible in New Zealand, Australia, most of Antarctica
except Queen Maud Land, Indonesia, eastern Asia, western North America, the
Pacific Ocean, and the southeastern Indian Ocean.

Eclipse information from:
NASA Eclipse
Homepage, Eclipses Online (HM
Nautical Almanac Office, UK in coordination with the U.S. Naval
Observatory)

Meteor Showers for 2007

As luck would have it, all the major meteor showers reach their peaks
in 2007 with the Moon out of the sky. Any of these showers can produce dozens of
shooting stars each dark hour leading up to dawn.

Mark your calendar to look
for…

• Lyrids on April 23rd
• Perseids on August 13th
• Orionids on October 21st
• Leonids on November 18th
• Geminids on the night of December 13-14 (Meteor enthusiasts are keenly
  awaiting the Geminids in 2007 because their progenitor, the defunct comet
  Phaethon, precedes them in a flyby of Earth on December 10th.)

Comets for January

Gary Kronk’s comet and
meteor pages
Skyhound
Comet pages

Help us out by leaving a donation in the ol’ PayPal hat or write us a
favorable review in iTunes of Podcast Pickle or iPodder!

Music

Scottish Guitar
Quartet -"Romance within you"
The
Gentle Good – "Amser"
Douglas
Spotted Eagle – "Starry Night"

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