![]() The Sun is the only star that humans are able to observe in great detail, making it a vital source of information about the universe. These images come from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, a spacecraft launched in February 2010 to keep a constant watch on the Sun. Postal Service illuminates the light and warmth of our nearest star by highlighting these stunning images of the Sun on stamps. One of the stamps highlights sunspots, two feature images of coronal holes, two show coronal loops, two depict plasma blasts, one is a view of an active sun that emphasizes its magnetic fields, and two show different views of a solar flare. Instead, each image is colorized by NASA according to different wavelengths that reveal or highlight specific features of the sun’s activity. The striking colors in these images do not represent the actual colors of the sun as perceived by human eyesight. UK Phone: 08450 090939 - Skype:ian.Printed with a foil treatment that adds a glimmer to the stamps, the images on these stamps come from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, a spacecraft launched in February 2010 to keep a constant watch on the sun from geosynchronous orbit above Earth. Norvic Philatelics, PO Box 119, Dereham, NR20 3YN, GB. ![]() Of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games Ref N12746 Space Science, Macclesfield, CheshireĢ9 Welcome to the London 2012 Paralympic Games Ref L12734 50th Anniversary of the UK in Space, North Star Avenue, Swindon Ref M12726 Space Science, Sunbeam Way Birmingham Ref L12724 British Astronomical Association, Piccadilly, London (showing BAA logo) Ref L12723 "One Small Step." Blackheath Ave, Greenwich, London SE10 Ref FD1243NP Official Star, Gaerwen Gwynedd First Day Non-pictorial Postmark Ref FD1243 Official Star, Gaerwen, Gwynedd first day postmark Ref FD1242 Official Tallents House, Edinburgh postmark Special postmarks available for the day of issue will be shown here ( not to scale). Products available - we are not stocking these The 40 x 31mm stamps are designed by Osborne Ross Design, and printed in lithography by Cartor Security Print of France, perforated 14½ x 14. The image captured here was taken on the way to this historic encounter. In 2005 ESA’s Huygens probe parachuted through the atmosphere of Saturn’s largest moon to land on Titan’s surface. Lit up by the Sun behind, the beautiful icy rings of Saturn were photographed by the Cassini probe. Rosetta came within 500 miles (800km) of the small, diamond-shaped asteroid. On route to a meeting with the comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko the ESA probe Rosetta had a close encounter with the Lutetia asteroid, located within the asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. Ice within a 35km wide impact crater on the red planet was photographed by ESA’s Mars Express probe. Shot from ESA’s Venus Express probe, the image shows clouds in the southern hemisphere of the second planet out from Sun. The image, gathered from ESA’s Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SoHO) midway between the Earth and the Sun, shows particles being ejected from the solar surface. The final image is of Saturn’s moon Titan, where the Huygens probe was eventually landed, the first landing by any space craft on Saturn’s moons. Before moving on to Saturn with the Cassini Huygens probe. Beyond Mars the next encounter is by the probe Rosetta with the asteroid Lutetia. Followed by a shot of the surface of Mars as taken by the Mars Express probe. We move on to Venus as seen by the Venus Express probe. Starting at the centre of the Solar system with the Sun photographed from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory. British scientists have made significant contributions to ESA missions ![]() Space Science issue takes us on a journey from the very centre of our Solar System to the moons of the ringed planet Saturn, 1.2 billion miles from the Earth The issue has been produced with the assistance of the European Space Agency (ESA) using imagery from ESA missions. Royal Mail’s stamp policy team worked closely with the ESA to determine the content of this issue, and the designers selected recent images gathered by ESA space observatories and probes. Previous astronomy issues had looked at the distant galaxies, so in this case it was decided to take a more ‘local’ approach and explore our home solar system. The The Space Science stamp issue marks the 50th anniversary of the launch of the first British satellite Ariel 1. Space Science, 50th Anniversary of the European Space Agency - new Great Britain stamps, 16 October 2012 - Norvic Philatelics Norvic Philatelics - GB New Stamps and Special Postmarks Space Science - 16 October 2012 (date change)
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