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Remote RSS Feed The Sky This Month – September 2010 03 September 2010 1:02am 
Here are a few things to look for in the September sky… What’s That Bright Star in the East? No, that’s not the Christmas star come early.  It’s Jupiter rising big, bright, and lovely just south of the great square of Pegasus.  The planet is much higher for northern observers than it has been for [...]
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Remote RSS Feed Three Sadly-Neglected Star Clusters in O... 31 August 2010 12:48am 
Last week, we examined the odd little asterism called Taurus Poniatowski, an obsolete constellation that’s now part of Ophiuchus.  Though this asterism is not in a star-rich region of the Milky Way, it does host a few lovely star clusters.  The best among them is called IC4665, a splendid but little-known open cluster that looks [...]
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Remote RSS Feed The “Mad Bull” of the August Sky 27 August 2010 3:34pm 
Even a casual look at the night sky south of Hercules reveals a small group of stars that looks like a mad little bull charging east towards the Milky Way.  This horned beast is a striking sight, and, frankly, a little unsettling.  But it points the way to some lovely star fields that make a [...]
Remote RSS Feed A Look at the Planet… Earth! 20 August 2010 12:32pm 
As backyard stargazers, we spend our time looking up and out towards towards other planets and celestial sights.  But today,  we have something different… a peek at our own planet from deep space, taken by NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft.  As the saying goes, “You are in this picture”! Here’s the image taken on May 6 of [...]
Remote RSS Feed The Northern Coalsack 16 August 2010 10:33pm 
We recently toured the Coalsack in the Southern Cross, the most famous of the so-called “dark nebulae”.  But northern observers have a “coalsack” of their own.  Nestled in the wings of Cygnus, the Swan, the “Northern Coalsack” is easily visible with binoculars or the unaided eye in dark skies.  Here’s how to find it… The [...]
Remote RSS Feed A Dying Star in the Dragon’s Den 13 August 2010 1:24am 
Tonight is the peak of the Perseid Meteor Shower, also known as “The Tears of St. Lawrence”.  And this year, if you have clear skies, the shower will be fine since the Moon is a dim, slender crescent which sets long before the shower peaks after midnight.  So look anywhere in the sky and enjoy [...]
Remote RSS Feed Why Mars Will NOT Appear As Large As The... 10 August 2010 12:07am 
Yes, the “great Mars hoax” email is back. Since 2003, the email seems to make rounds at least once a year, claiming Mars will appear as large as the full moon in late August. Sorry to say, that’s not going to happen.  Here’s why you got the email, and what you will really see this [...]
Remote RSS Feed Two Must-See Star Clusters in Scorpius 06 August 2010 4:58am 
Today, we look at two splendid star clusters between the stinger of Scorpius and the “spout” of the teapot-shaped constellation Sagittarius.  Lovely in a small scope or binoculars, and visible to the unaided eye, Messier 6 and Messier 7 are must-sees for stargazers nearly anywhere in the world, though they are best seen from as [...]
Remote RSS Feed The Sky This Month – August 2010 02 August 2010 5:54am 
Some highlights to look for in the sky this month… Perseid Meteor Shower For casual stargazers, the highlight of the month is the fine Perseid meteor shower.  This annual event peaks on the nights of August 11-12, when the Earth passes through a stream of particles left over from Comet Swift-Tuttle.  In dark sky, you [...]
Remote RSS Feed The Coalsack Nebula 27 July 2010 12:07am 
Wedged between the star Acrux and the Jewel Box cluster in the Southern Cross, and extending east into Centaurus and south into Musca, lies the Coalsack, the most prominent and easily observed of the so-called dark nebulae that permeate the the star clouds of the Milky Way like black smoke. Like all dark nebulae, the [...]
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