January 2012 Constellation of the Month: Virgo, the Maiden |
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Virgo Cluster of Galaxies |
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Quadrantids Meteor Shower |
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Mars |
Info – Images – Exploration |
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Saturn |
Info – Images – Cassini |
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The Sombrero Galaxy (M104) |
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Audio Tour of January Sky |
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December 2011 Constellation of the Month: Camelopardalis, The Giraffe |
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Total Lunar Eclipse – Dec. 10 |
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Geminid Meteor Shower |
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The Winter Solstice |
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Tracking Santa's Sleigh |
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Mars in Leo |
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Audio Tour of December Sky |
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November 2011 Constellation of the Month: Andromeda, The Chained Princess |
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Jupiter |
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Venus |
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Mercury |
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Leonids Meteor Shower |
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The Andromeda Galaxy (M31) |
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The Triangulum Galaxy (M33) |
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Audio Tour of November Sky |
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October 2011 Constellation of the Month: Aquarius, The Water Bearer |
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International Observe the Moon Night |
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Neptune |
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Ceres |
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Uranus |
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Vesta |
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Audio Tour of October Sky |
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September 2011 Asterism of the Month: The Summer Triangle |
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Comet Garradd |
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Vega, Deneb & Altair |
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The Autumnal Equinox |
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The Harvest Moon |
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The Ring Nebula (M57) |
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The Dumbbell Nebula (M27) |
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Albireo (β Cygni) |
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Audio Tour of September Sky |
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August 2011 Constellation of the Month: Sagittarius, the Archer |
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Neptune at Opposition |
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Perseid Meteor Shower |
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The Center of Our Galaxy |
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Sagittarius Nebulae & Clusters |
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The Pistol Star |
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Audio Tour of August Sky |
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July 2011 Constellation of the Month: Scorpius, the Scorpion |
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Neptune's Birthday (July 12) |
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Antares |
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Globular Cluster (M4) |
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Globular Cluster (M80) |
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Audio Tour of July Sky |
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June 2011 Constellation of the Month: Coma Berenices |
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The Coma Cluster |
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The Virgo Cluster |
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The Black Eye Galaxy (M64) |
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Globular Cluster (M53) |
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The Summer Solstice |
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The Needle Galaxy (NGC4565) |
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Audio Tour of June Sky |
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May 2011 Constellation of the Month: Hercules, the Strong Man |
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The Hercules Cluster (M13) |
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See 4 planets before sunrise! |
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Globular Cluster (M92) |
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Globular Cluster (NGC6229) |
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Audio Tour of May Sky |
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April 2011 Constellation of the Month: Lyra, the Harp |
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Vega |
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The Lyrids (meteor shower) |
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The Ring Nebula (M57) |
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Audio Tour of April Sky |
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March 2011 Constellation of the Month: Virgo, the Maiden |
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The Virgo Cluster |
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Saturn in Virgo |
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The Spring Equinox |
Info – Wikipedia |
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Exoplanets in Virgo |
Info – Wikipedia |
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The Sombrero Galaxy |
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Audio Tour of March Sky |
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APO Skywatch for February 2011: Astronomy and Earth's Atmosphere |
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The view without an atromsphere |
Info – Universe Today |
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"Seeing" … What is it? |
Info – AstronomyHints.com |
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Adaptive Optics |
Info – Wikipedia |
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Viewing across the spectrum |
Info – NASA |
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Audio Tour of February Sky |
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January 2011 Constellation of the Month: Monoceros, The Unicorn |
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The Christmas Tree Cluster |
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The Cone Nebula |
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M50 - Open Cluster |
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The Rosette Nebula |
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Exoplanets in Monoceros |
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Audio Tour of January Sky |
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December 2010 Articles: |
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Geminid Meteor Shower |
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The Winter Solstice |
Info |
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Total Lunar Eclipse (Dec. 21) |
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Apollo 8 |
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Audio Tour of December Sky |
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November 2010 Constellation of the Month: Orion, The Hunter |
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Rigel |
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Betelgeuse |
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Leonid Meteor Shower |
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Daylight Saving Time |
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The Moon, Saturn & Venus |
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October 2010 Constellation of the Month: Cassiopeia, the Queen |
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The Double Cluster |
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The Orionid Meteor Shower |
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Comet Hartley 2 |
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The Andromeda Galaxy (M31) |
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September 2010 Planet of the Month: Jupiter |
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Jupiter |
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Jupiter Impacts |
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The Galilean Moons |
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Jupiter Observing Guide |
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August 2010 Constellation of the Month: Ursa Major, the Great Bear |
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The Big Dipper |
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Polaris (The North Star) |
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The Perseid Meteor Shower |
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Observing the Perseids |
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Bode's Galaxy (M81) |
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The Cigar Galaxy (M82) |
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The Whirpool Galaxy (M51) |
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July 2010 Constellation of the Month: Cygnus, The Swan |
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Planets visible at sunset |
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The Summer Triangle |
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Albireo (β Cygni) |
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Dumbell Nebula (M27) |
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Open Star Cluster (M29) |
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The Ring Nebula (M57) |
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North American Nebula |
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June 2010 Constellation of the Month: Hercules, the Strong Man & Lyra, the Lyre |
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Globular Cluster (M13) |
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Globular Cluster (M92) |
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Planetary Nebula (Abell 39) |
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Photographic Guide to Hercules |
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Message sent to M13 in 1974 |
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Photo of M13 on APOD |
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The Ring Nebula (M57) |
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May 2010 Constellation of the Month: Boötes, the Herdsman |
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Arcturus |
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The Boötes void |
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τ Boötes (star with large planet) |
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Globular Cluster (NGC 5466) |
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Boötes Dwarf Galaxy |
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Observing Saturn in 2010 |
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April 2010 Constellation of the Month: Leo, the Lion |
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Regulus |
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Asteroid Vesta in Leo |
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Spiral Galaxy (M65) |
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Spiral Galaxy (M66) |
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Elliptical Galaxy (M105) |
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March 2010 Constellation of the Month: Cancer, the Crab |
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Mars |
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Beware the Mars Hoax! |
NASA |
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Beehive Cluster (M44) |
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Can you balance an egg
only at the spring equinox? |
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55 Cancri: Planetary system! |
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Open Cluster M67 |
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February 2010 Constellation of the Month: Taurus, The Bull |
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The Pleiades: |
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The Hyades: |
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The Crab Nebula: |
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Aldebaran: |
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