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| October Skies (2005)
[Article] | 10/05/05 | by Dick Cookman
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| | NASA attempted a challenging experiment when the "Deep Impact" spacecraft launched a projectile into the path of Comet 9P/Tempel 1. Scientists hoped that t. . . |
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| April Skies (2005)
[Article] | 03/29/05 | by Dick Cookman
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| | Dick Cookman takes you through the highlights of observing for April, 2005. . . |
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| April Skies (2004)
[Article] | 03/30/04 | by Dick Cookman
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| | Comet C/2002 T7 Linear is lost in the sunset for most of early April. It passes perihelion in mid-month and during the rest of April, we hope that it will . . . |
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| August Skies (2004)
[Article] | 08/03/04 | by Dick Cookman
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| | Following Galileo's planetary discoveries using his refined telescopes, mid-17th century European astronomers, physicists, and mathematicians immersed them. . . |
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| August Skies (2003)
[Article] | 08/07/03 | by Dick Cookman
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| | Mars reaches opposition on August 28th when the Sun and Mars are in opposite directions and Mars is normally closer to Earth than any other time of year.. . . |
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| May Skies (2005)
[Article] | 04/30/05 | by Dick Cookman
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| | On May Day, Comet Machholz (C/2004 Q2) is at the back of the bowl of the Big Dipper. It will travel to the southeast in May through Ursa Major and move int. . . |
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| December Skies (2003)
[Article] | 12/10/03 | by Dick Cookman
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| | Mars spends December in the western part of Pisces, beneath
the circlet. It is high in the south at sunset and diminishes to a width of
10 seco. . . |
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| June Skies (2005)
[Article] | 06/04/05 | by Dick Cookman
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| | Comet Machholz (C/2004 Q2) is moving southward as it slides by the east side of Canes Venatici. Look for it less than 1° east of M94 on the 9th and Alpha C. . . |
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| July Skies (2005)
[Article] | 07/02/05 | by Dick Cookman
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| | What's up in the sky in July 2005. . . |
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| February Skies (2005)
[Article] | 02/12/05 | by Dick Cookman
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| | Winter Stars" in January, Comet Machholz (C/2004 Q2) continues northward
during February as it moves high above Earth's north pole. The "Great
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| December Skies (2004)
[Article] | 12/01/04 | by Dick Cookman
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| | It should be a fine sight in binoculars at
5th magnitude and will brighten to 4th magnitude when it peaks in January.
The new and crescent Moon. . . |
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| February Skies (2004)
[Article] | 02/03/04 | by Dick Cookman
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| | Comet 2P/Enke moves through Capricornus and Sagittarius in February
and can be seen with a telescope in the morning sky as it continues its retreat
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| January Skies (2004)
[Article] | 12/31/04 | by Dick Cookman
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| | In January, Comet Machholz (C/2004 Q2) moves through Taurus
and eastern Aries, and bypasses Triangulum. It then plunges through Perseus
into Ca. . . |
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| January Skies (2003)
[Article] | 01/14/04 | by Dick Cookman
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| | Comet 2P/Enke just passed through perihelion on December 29
and moves through Aquarius and Capricornus in January. It remains within glow
of th. . . |
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| August Skies (2005)
[Article] | 08/01/05 | by Dick Cookman
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| | What is up in the skies during August of 05.... . . |
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| July Skies (2004)
[Article] | 07/03/04 | by Dick Cookman
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| | Comet C/2001 Q4 Neat is in the head of Ursa Major, the Great
Bear, and will move into the cup of the Big Dipper by the middle of July.
On July . . . |
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| June Skies (2004)
[Article] | 06/01/04 | by Dick Cookman
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| | Comet tails are typically at their maximum when the comet circuits
closest to the Sun, and Earth currently has the good fortune to be located
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| March Skies (2005)
[Article] | 03/02/05 | by Dick Cookman
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| | Comet C/2003 K4 (Linear) is a dim 9th magnitude fuzz-ball in
Eridanus and will highlight (lowlight?) two spiral galaxies (NGC 1232 and
1300) an. . . |
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| May Skies (2005)
[Article] | 05/04/05 | by Dick Cookman
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| | At the beginning of the month, it will peep above the
eastern horizon before dawn, but will rapidly disappear into sunrise
befo. . . |
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| November Skies (2004)
[Article] | 11/01/04 | by Dick Cookman
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| | In early November, look for 5th magnitude Comet C/2003 K4 Linear
in Corvus before sunrise. Venus and Jupiter dominate the eastern sky and the
c. . . |
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| November Skies (2003)
[Article] | 11/01/03 | by Dick Cookman
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| | Since Earth increases its orbital lead over Mars from 45 days
to 70 days this month, Mars dims and its apparent size decreases. Mars diminishes
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| October Skies (2004)
[Article] | 10/09/04 | by Dick Cookman
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| | This is the last hurrah for Comet C/2001 Q4 Neat as it rapidly
ascends away from the plane of the solar system. In October it moves through
Urs. . . |
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| September Skies (2005)
[Article] | 09/01/05 | by Dick Cookman
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| | Highlights: Comet Journal, Martian Landers, Planet Plotting, Meteor Showers, Autumnal Equinox, September Moon. Focus Constellations: Draco, Cepheus, Lacer. . . |
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| November Skies (2005)
[Article] | 11/01/05 | by Dick Cookman
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| | Highlights: Comet Journal, Martian Landers, Planet Plotting, Leonid Meteor Shower, Where Are We Now?, November Moon. . . |
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| December (2005) Skies
[Article] | 12/06/05 | by Dick Cookman
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| | December 2005 events in the sky. . . |
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| January (2006) Skies
[Article] | 01/06/06 | by Dick Cookman
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| | Highlights: Comet Journal, Martian Landers, Planet Plotting, Meteors, Winter Summer, January Moon. . . |
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| February Skies - 2006
[Article] | 02/01/06 | by Dick Cookman
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| | A tour of what is happening in Astronomy in Feb. 2006. . . |
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| March (2006) Skies
[Article] | 03/02/06 | by Dick Cookman
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| | Comet Journal, Martian Landers, Planet Plotting, Meteors, Vernal Equinox, March Moon. . . |
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| April (2006) Skies
[Article] | 04/06/06 | by Dick Cookman
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| | Highlights: Comet Journal, Martian Landers, Planet Plotting, Meteors, Daylight Saving Time, April Moon. . . |
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| May 2006 Skies
[Article] | 05/03/06 | by Dick Cookman
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| | Highlights: Comet Journal, Martian Landers, Planet Plotting, Meteors, Terrestrial Planets, May Moon
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