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Sky & Telescope's Weekly Bulletin - May 16, 2008
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Observing
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Boattini -- Bright Comet for July?
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May 16, 2008 | Comet C/2007 W1 (Boattini) has proved much brighter
than expected, and it should be visible from dark sites in the
southern United States in late May. Then it disappears into the Sun's
glow in June. Will it be bright enough to see without optical aid when
it reappears in July? Only time can tell!
Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/community/skyblog/observingblog/19012569.html
Mars Meets the Beehive
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May 16, 2008 | The Red Planet travels through one of the biggest and
brightest star clusters in the sky from May 21st to the 24th. And as a
warm-up, on the evening of May 19th in easternmost America and May
20th in westernmost Europe and Africa, stargazers can watch Mars pass
a hair's-breadth north of the 5th-magnitude star Eta Cancri.
Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/home/19008074.html
Jupiter Goes Moonless
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May 16, 2008 | For 18 minutes on the night of May 21-22, the King of
Planets will be missing his entire court — as all four Galilean
satellites disappear from view.
Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/community/skyblog/observingblog/19005984.html
Catch Mercury at Its Best
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April 29, 2008 | Mercury is normally elusive, but it's putting on an
extraordinarily good evening show for observers at mid-northern
latitudes from late April through mid-May 2008.
Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/home/18363129.html
News
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Microsoft Launches Astronomy Software
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May 12, 2008 | Software giant Microsoft wants to show you the
universe. The company's new WorldWide Telescope is part sky atlas,
part encyclopedia, and all fun -- especially if you join the Sky &
Telescope "community" it offers.
Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/community/skyblog/astronomyonline/18859539.html
The Milky Way's Most Recent Supernova
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May 14, 2008 | Hidden behind interstellar clouds is a blast wave from
a star that blew up as recently as 1850.
Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/18897969.html
Find a Missing Mars Lander!
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May 14, 2008 | Ever since it crash-landed in 1999, NASA's Mars Polar
Lander has been playing "hide and seek" with scientists trying to
locate its remains. Now they want you to try.
Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/home/18926159.html
This Week's Sky at a Glance
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May 16, 2008 | To the unaided eye Mars shines alone in the western
evening sky... but binoculars or a telescope reveal that it crosses
the Beehive Star Cluster this week.
Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/ataglance/18976669.html
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