SkyCaramba
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Podcast about astronomy and the joys of watching the skies at night--and sometimes during the day
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Eye to eye with Mars and both inner planets at dichotomy
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Aug 02, 2026 |
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Venus by the lion's tail
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Jul 26, 2026 |
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Two more faint objects at opposition together
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Jul 19, 2026 |
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About Earth's aphelion
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Jul 12, 2026 |
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Two asteroids at opposition
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Jul 05, 2026 |
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Mercury retreats and what the American colonists saw when they didn't
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Jun 28, 2026 |
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The moon in the room
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Jun 21, 2026 |
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The moon by our evening planets
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Jun 14, 2026 |
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Three planets in one constellation
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Jun 07, 2026 |
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Three planets in the west and a meteor shower on the radio
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May 31, 2026 |
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Comparing the moon's sides
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May 24, 2026 |
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Memories of the moon and something mysterious
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May 17, 2026 |
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Mission accomplished and hungry for galaxy hunting
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May 10, 2026 |
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Picking out Pluto--and easier things to see
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May 03, 2026 |
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Constellations and asterisms
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Apr 26, 2026 |
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Planetary proximity and plagues
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Apr 19, 2026 |
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International Dark Sky Week
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Apr 12, 2026 |
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The Beehive and the Air Pump
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Apr 05, 2026 |
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A south pole sways toward us
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Mar 29, 2026 |
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Saturn moves to the morning; Mercury approaches its best
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Mar 22, 2026 |
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Sirius before sunset
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Mar 15, 2026 |
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When darkness is called a defect
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Mar 08, 2026 |
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Total lunar eclipse and tracking two variable stars
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Mar 01, 2026 |
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Total lunar eclipse preview
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Feb 22, 2026 |
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Annular eclipse; synodic periods
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Feb 15, 2026 |
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The animals around Orion
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Feb 08, 2026 |
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George's Star
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Feb 01, 2026 |
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The moon in the middle of monthly meetings with the Pleiades
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Jan 25, 2026 |
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What's that by Jupiter? Wasat!
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Jan 18, 2026 |
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A wonderful star-spotting opportunity
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Jan 11, 2026 |
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The Local Group
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Jan 04, 2026 |
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2026 astronomy preview
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Dec 28, 2025 |
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Vera C. Rubin
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Dec 21, 2025 |
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Solstice summary
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Dec 14, 2025 |
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A not-so-great greatest elongation; three bright objects in a group; Geminids
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Dec 07, 2025 |
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Getting the light just right
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Nov 30, 2025 |
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Many movements to follow
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Nov 23, 2025 |
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What we learned from the Leonids
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Nov 16, 2025 |
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Aiming at the Andromeda Galaxy
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Nov 09, 2025 |
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Close but no conjunction; Pleiades legends
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Nov 02, 2025 |
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Events to choose from all night long
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Oct 26, 2025 |
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New moon meteor shower
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Oct 19, 2025 |
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Mars passes a quadruple star system; try to catch Comet Lemmon
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Oct 12, 2025 |
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Saturn Nebula
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Oct 05, 2025 |
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Deep sky sights in the celestial swan
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Sep 28, 2025 |
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Titan and Triton
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Sep 21, 2025 |
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Partial solar eclipse and eclipse lists
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Sep 14, 2025 |
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Naming the distant galaxies and nebulae
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Sep 07, 2025 |
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Total lunar eclipse and a vision test
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Aug 31, 2025 |
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Class divisions and meteor showers
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Aug 24, 2025 |
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Here's Huygens
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Aug 17, 2025 |
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Martian ice caps
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Aug 10, 2025 |
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Perseids possible already
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Aug 03, 2025 |
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The Great Square and the Summer Triangle
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Jul 27, 2025 |
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Pluto and its companions
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Jul 20, 2025 |
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The fear of germs from space
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Jul 13, 2025 |
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No gold star for a.i.
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Jul 06, 2025 |
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Appreciating Galileo's mistake
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Jun 29, 2025 |
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The centaur and the wolf
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Jun 22, 2025 |
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Midnight sun. Twilight, too.
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Jun 15, 2025 |
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Mesmerizing Mira
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Jun 08, 2025 |
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Regulus Revelations
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Jun 01, 2025 |
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Semi-circle Mercury and solstice on Mars
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May 25, 2025 |
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Can you see stars in the daytime?
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May 18, 2025 |
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A monstrous zodiac omission
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May 11, 2025 |
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Not a planet and not a star
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May 04, 2025 |
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Seeing very new and very old moons
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Apr 27, 2025 |
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Hair way up there
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Apr 20, 2025 |
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Eccentricity
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Apr 13, 2025 |
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Sideral and solar days
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Apr 06, 2025 |
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Color changing stars
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Mar 30, 2025 |
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Partial solar eclipse and counting lunar months
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Mar 23, 2025 |
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Moon farthest south and equinox egg absurdity
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Mar 16, 2025 |
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Total lunar eclipse and astronomy times
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Mar 09, 2025 |
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Why we can see nebulae
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Mar 02, 2025 |
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Ringless Saturn--out of sight
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Feb 23, 2025 |
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Orbital undulations affecting the lunar looking
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Feb 16, 2025 |
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Change of direction
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Feb 09, 2025 |
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Air in the way
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Feb 02, 2025 |
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The dog nights of winter
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Jan 26, 2025 |
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Pondering predictions for the Blaze Star
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Jan 19, 2025 |
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How the celestial twins are half-brothers
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Jan 12, 2025 |
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Perihelion has passed
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Jan 05, 2025 |
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Quick! See some quadrantids
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Dec 29, 2024 |
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Plenty of planet watching all night
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Dec 22, 2024 |
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Longest solar days of the year
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Dec 15, 2024 |
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Genesis of the Geminids
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Dec 08, 2024 |
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Mars pauses at the beehive
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Dec 01, 2024 |
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The southern fish
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Nov 24, 2024 |
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Venus in the archer's bow
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Nov 17, 2024 |
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Mercury at the feet of the snake bearer
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Nov 10, 2024 |
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Two planets occulted
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Nov 03, 2024 |
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The microscope with not much to see
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Oct 27, 2024 |
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Meteors from the little lion and a dust-dimmed star in the scorpion
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Oct 20, 2024 |
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Magnification musings
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Oct 13, 2024 |
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Dragon's fire and understanding meteor colors
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Oct 06, 2024 |
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A solar eclipse and the false dawn
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Sep 29, 2024 |
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Tune in to a meteor shower
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Sep 22, 2024 |
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Partial lunar eclipse and seeing red
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Sep 15, 2024 |
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Appropriately named Propus
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Sep 08, 2024 |
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Best views of Mercury and Saturn
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Sep 01, 2024 |
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Lincoln, Luna, and the law
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Aug 25, 2024 |
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What was Wow?
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Aug 18, 2024 |
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Perseus pleases
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Aug 11, 2024 |
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A device for looking at stars honored among the stars
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Aug 04, 2024 |
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Perseids, solar maximum, and more
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Jul 28, 2024 |
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The fire in the eye of Taurus
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Jul 21, 2024 |
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The comet conundrum
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Jul 14, 2024 |
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The sun as any other star
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Jul 07, 2024 |
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Surmising the sun's distance
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Jun 30, 2024 |
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When meteor showers dry up
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Jun 23, 2024 |
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Solstice here, solstice there
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Jun 16, 2024 |
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Hiding Spica again and again
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Jun 09, 2024 |
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Who holds the snake?
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Jun 02, 2024 |
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Snake along the evening stars
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May 26, 2024 |
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How and why to hide things in your telescope's view
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May 19, 2024 |
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Waiting for a star to flare
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May 12, 2024 |
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Mediocre planetary alignments
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May 05, 2024 |
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Two planets in a super close conjunction
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Apr 28, 2024 |
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April Lyrids versus the full moon
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Apr 21, 2024 |
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Eclipse follow-up
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Apr 14, 2024 |
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A planetary lineup straddling the sun at eclipse time
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Apr 07, 2024 |
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The moon meets the morning planets and more eclipse preparation tips
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Mar 31, 2024 |
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The comet halfway from Halley's next showing
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Mar 24, 2024 |
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Penumbral lunar eclipse
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Mar 17, 2024 |
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Total solar eclipse plans
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Mar 10, 2024 |
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The celestial police
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Mar 03, 2024 |
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A historic star catalog is recovered
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Feb 25, 2024 |
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Planets exiting the stage; a hidden conjunction
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Feb 18, 2024 |
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Moon over Elnath
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Feb 11, 2024 |
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Dual meteor shower challenge
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Feb 04, 2024 |
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The sun at its latest--clock time versus sun time
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Jan 28, 2024 |
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Why applause is appropriate for this week's morning show
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Jan 21, 2024 |
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Mercury and a very distant star
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Jan 14, 2024 |
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The moon gets in on the morning action
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Jan 07, 2024 |
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Events to watch for in 2024
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Dec 31, 2023 |
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A very old star
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Dec 24, 2023 |
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Remembering the Pioneer plaque designer
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Dec 17, 2023 |
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Halley's Comet Heads Back
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Dec 10, 2023 |
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Halves and quarters; two bright stars are about to vanish
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Dec 03, 2023 |
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Pioneer 10's prominent anniversary
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Nov 26, 2023 |
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How the first successful Mars mission ultimately failed
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Nov 19, 2023 |
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Why certain stars are so often left out
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Nov 12, 2023 |
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Look for the Leonids
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Nov 05, 2023 |
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Jupiter almost as good as it gets
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Oct 29, 2023 |
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Full speed ahead
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Oct 22, 2023 |
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How Neptune finally got noticed
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Oct 15, 2023 |
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Annular solar eclipse almost here
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Oct 08, 2023 |
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Draconid meteors and eclipse preparation
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Oct 01, 2023 |
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Sirius by day and a daytime meteor shower
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Sep 24, 2023 |
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Moonrise rough guide
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Sep 17, 2023 |
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The lizard up there
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Sep 10, 2023 |
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A proposed mission to the seventh planet; an upcoming solar eclipse
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Sep 03, 2023 |
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Saturn summary
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Aug 27, 2023 |
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Antares occulted
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Aug 20, 2023 |
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A galactic merger and dust rings around a southern star
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Aug 13, 2023 |
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Different north and south stars
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Aug 06, 2023 |
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Face on Mars
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Jul 30, 2023 |
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Summer meteor showers
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Jul 23, 2023 |
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Proving Pluto's moons
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Jul 16, 2023 |
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Regulus, the summer triangle, and star-crossed lovers
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Jul 09, 2023 |
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Super moons and super high tides
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Jul 02, 2023 |
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The scorpion's crown
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Jun 25, 2023 |
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Solstice and circumference
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Jun 18, 2023 |
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A bird, a bowl, and a misnamed water snake
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Jun 11, 2023 |
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A daytime meteor shower
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Jun 04, 2023 |
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Dichotomy defies definition
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May 28, 2023 |
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What a woman gets for all her toils under the stars
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May 21, 2023 |
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Hey, the sun emits radio waves!
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May 14, 2023 |
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The happenstance birth of radio astronomy
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May 07, 2023 |
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Eta Aquariids, Mercury disappears, and penumbral eclipse reminder
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Apr 30, 2023 |
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Virgo; Astronomy Day
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Apr 23, 2023 |
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An eclipse, a meteor shower, and more
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Apr 16, 2023 |
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Hybrid solar eclipse
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Apr 09, 2023 |
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Dark skies matter
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Apr 02, 2023 |
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Neptune in a new light; the raspberry taste at the center of the galaxy
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Mar 26, 2023 |
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Aries at the equinox; the first asteroid at opposition
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Mar 19, 2023 |
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First photographs of the moon and stars
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Mar 12, 2023 |
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Distance on the sky dome
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Mar 05, 2023 |
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Venus and Jupiter paired, Saturn and Mercury trade mornings
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Feb 26, 2023 |
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Venus keeps climbing, Cetus the sea monster, and the incredible inedible egg
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Feb 19, 2023 |
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Venus passes Neptune very close! And the unicorn
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Feb 12, 2023 |
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The radio sun
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Feb 05, 2023 |
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Catch sight of the comet
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Jan 29, 2023 |
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The little dog and the first Pluto pictures
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Jan 22, 2023 |
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Venus meets Saturn, the moon has a close perigee, and more
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Jan 15, 2023 |
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Mercury moves to the morning
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Jan 08, 2023 |
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Two planets at perihelion, Venus climbs toward Saturn, and moon over Mars again
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Jan 01, 2023 |
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The asteroid belt's not densely packed and why planets don't twinkle--usually
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Dec 25, 2022 |
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Mercury at greatest elongation and the longest days of the year
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Dec 18, 2022 |
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The so-called lunar standstill and the Geminid meteor shower
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Dec 11, 2022 |
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The moon hides Mars
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Dec 04, 2022 |
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Alrighty Auriga! And a DART on target.
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Nov 27, 2022 |
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Calculating planets' positions
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Nov 20, 2022 |
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Start looking for Leonids and try to spot the crane
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Nov 13, 2022 |
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Lunar eclipse, Leonids, and the sun, stars, and stripes.
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Nov 06, 2022 |
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Total lunar eclipse and how a nova shone new light on the nature of stars
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Oct 30, 2022 |
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Mercury Hidden and the Goat-Fish
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Oct 23, 2022 |
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This month's solar eclipse and next month's Uranus opposition
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Oct 16, 2022 |
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Orionids, Hyades, and the stellar royal family
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Oct 09, 2022 |
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Sirius by day and DART
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Oct 02, 2022 |
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Tides
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Sep 25, 2022 |
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A crab, donkeys, and bees
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Sep 18, 2022 |
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Jupiter's Great Red Spot
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Sep 11, 2022 |
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A once-in-a-lifetime opposition
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Sep 04, 2022 |
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Awful astrology questions
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Aug 28, 2022 |
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The Great Square
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Aug 21, 2022 |
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The swan and the eagle
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Aug 14, 2022 |
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A martyr's tears streak the sky
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Aug 07, 2022 |
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Eclipse timing
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Jul 31, 2022 |
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Mercury emerges into the evening; the lover's crown over your head
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Jul 24, 2022 |
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Galactic coordinates and the Delta Aquariid meteor shower
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Jul 17, 2022 |
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Robert Goddard's vindication
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Jul 10, 2022 |
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The moon moves through the evening, Saturn's shadow, eccentricity
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Jul 03, 2022 |
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Mercury leaving the morning meeting, lunar orbital points converge, and Earth at aphelion
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Jun 26, 2022 |
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The loneliest star and the arrow
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Jun 19, 2022 |
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The morning planet lineup stays good, and get ready for the solstice
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Jun 12, 2022 |
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Mercury moves more into the morning meeting; Antares and Scorpius
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Jun 05, 2022 |
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An orderly planetary lineup and a dolphin's service remembered
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May 29, 2022 |
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The lesser known celestial dogs, moon at the nodes
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May 22, 2022 |
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Polaris
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May 15, 2022 |
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Total Lunar Eclipse and Clawing Into Libra's Star Names
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May 08, 2022 |
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Planetary lineup continues, Mercury in the evening, Eta Aquariids, Berenices's Hair
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May 01, 2022 |
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A southern solar eclipse, Virgo, and Astronomy Day
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Apr 24, 2022 |
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April Lyrids and comet names
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Apr 17, 2022 |
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The full spectrum
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Apr 10, 2022 |
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More morning lineup, when the sun acts up
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Apr 03, 2022 |
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Jupiter gets hard to see, the seamstress and cowherder in the sky, Arcturus and the World's Fair
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Mar 27, 2022 |
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The ecliptic and the equator
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Mar 20, 2022 |
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Stars and legends of the Big Dipper
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Mar 13, 2022 |
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Morning meetup, four planets in one constellation, and a little about Aries
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Mar 06, 2022 |
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Morning planet meetup continues, quick measurements
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Feb 27, 2022 |
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Morning merriment; the crab
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Feb 20, 2022 |
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The Unicorn
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Feb 13, 2022 |
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More morning migration; the sextant; Perseus and Andromeda
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Feb 06, 2022 |
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Lepus the hare
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Jan 30, 2022 |
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Sirius things to think about
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Jan 23, 2022 |
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Gemini and Jimmy Carter's Unidentified Flying Planet
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Jan 16, 2022 |
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Orion, Colorfully Named Iris and a River Runs Through It
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Jan 09, 2022 |
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Quadrantids, Earth at perihelion, planets hiding planets
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Jan 02, 2022 |
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Amazingly afar Andromeda
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Dec 26, 2021 |
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Mercury meek in the evening, Comet Leonard approaches the sun, and Star of Bethlehem
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Dec 19, 2021 |
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Comet Leonard enters the evening and how asteroids are named
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Dec 12, 2021 |
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Geminid Meteor Mystery and Preserving Darkness
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Dec 05, 2021 |
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Three planets in the evening, Mars in the morning, Comet Leonard, Antarctic eclipse
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Nov 28, 2021 |
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Thanksgiving skies of 400 years ago and an Antarctic eclipse
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Nov 21, 2021 |
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Spilling the facts on Aquarius
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Nov 14, 2021 |
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A nearly total lunar eclipse
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Nov 07, 2021 |
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See Ceres
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Oct 31, 2021 |
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Getting closer to and farther from the sun at the same time
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Oct 24, 2021 |
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Emerging Mercury and Mars; Spy on Jupiter's spot; Venus by Ophiuchus; the Hyades
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Oct 17, 2021 |
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Venus is the scorpion's head, Lacerta, and more about Mira and Algol
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Oct 10, 2021 |
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A splendid clutter in Scorpius, opposite behavior by stars on opposite sides of the sky, the wonderful fading star
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Oct 03, 2021 |
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Daytime meteor shower, Venus goes through the diamond, and Capricornus
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Sep 26, 2021 |
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Equal day and night--or not
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Sep 19, 2021 |
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Algol, the demon star
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Sep 12, 2021 |
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Zodiacal light
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Sep 05, 2021 |
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September 2021 astronomical events
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Aug 29, 2021 |
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Northern solstice on Mars and interstellar space
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Aug 22, 2021 |
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A traditional blue moon, Mars and Mercury meet up, and identifying satellites
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Aug 15, 2021 |
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Zavijava, Perseids, Cygnus
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Aug 08, 2021 |
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August 2021's astronomical events and the martyr's tears
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Aug 01, 2021 |
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Precovery
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Jul 25, 2021 |
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Orders of Magnitude
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Jul 18, 2021 |
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Coriolis Effect
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Jul 11, 2021 |
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Sagittarius
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Jul 04, 2021 |
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July 2021 astronomical events
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Jun 27, 2021 |
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Antares and Sagitta
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Jun 20, 2021 |
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Berenice's Hair and Earth at Aphelion
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Jun 13, 2021 |
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Annular solar eclipse of June 10--and more
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Jun 06, 2021 |
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June 2021 astronomical events
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May 30, 2021 |
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The Second Most Important Star in the Sky and Sidereal Days
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May 23, 2021 |
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Total Lunar Eclipse, Ten Year Astronomy Survey, and Wasat?
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May 16, 2021 |
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Measuring Distances to the Stars, Gemini
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May 09, 2021 |
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May's morning zoo and Messier objects
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May 02, 2021 |
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May 2021 astronomical events
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Apr 25, 2021 |
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The April astronomical shower and seeing over the horizon
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Apr 18, 2021 |
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Blinded by the Sight
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Apr 11, 2021 |
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Dark Skies and Venutian Phases
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Apr 04, 2021 |
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April 2021 astronomical events
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Mar 28, 2021 |
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The Real Planet Vulcan
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Mar 21, 2021 |
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Leo Minor, The Egg and the Equinox, and No Green Stars
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Mar 14, 2021 |
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Meteors and Near-Earth Asteroids
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Mar 07, 2021 |
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March 2021 astronomical events
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Feb 28, 2021 |
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Project Corona
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Feb 21, 2021 |
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Radio Astronomy's Beginning
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Feb 14, 2021 |
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Clyde Tombaugh
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Feb 07, 2021 |
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February 2021 astronomical events
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Jan 31, 2021 |
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Mercurial Mercury and Sirius Stuff
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Jan 24, 2021 |
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Orion
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Jan 17, 2021 |
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Mars and Uranus come close
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Jan 10, 2021 |
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January 2021's astronomical events
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Jan 03, 2021 |
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Get to Know Your New Telescope
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Dec 27, 2020 |
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The Star of Bethlehem
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Dec 20, 2020 |
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Solstice and lunistice
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Dec 13, 2020 |
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The Andromeda Nebula
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Dec 06, 2020 |
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December 2020 astronomical events
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Nov 29, 2020 |
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Penumbral eclipse, Aldebaran, and the coming great conjunction
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Nov 22, 2020 |
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The Pleiades
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Nov 15, 2020 |
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Leonid meteor showers
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Nov 08, 2020 |
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November 2020 astronomical events
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Nov 01, 2020 |
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Venus and Mercury at perihelion and blue moons
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Oct 25, 2020 |
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Mercury at inferior conjunction; the moon passes Jupiter and Saturn
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Oct 18, 2020 |
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The Great Conjunction of 2020
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Oct 11, 2020 |
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Mars at opposition 2020
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Oct 04, 2020 |
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SkyCaramba - Halloween Full Moons
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Sep 29, 2020 |