Sky & Telescope's Weekly Bulletin - Oct 26

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Sky & Telescope's Weekly Bulletin - October 26, 2007
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Observing
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Sudden Naked-Eye Comet Shocks the Astronomy World
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October 24, 2007 | On Wednesday, October 24th, a faint comet way out
between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter suddenly became a naked-eye
"star."
Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/commu.../10775326.html


News
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Lonely Planets of the Cosmos
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October 23, 2007 | If an Earth-Moon system was flung out of its solar
system, could life still survive there? Possibly yes.
Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/10740281.html

Cold Evidence for a Cosmic "Texture"?
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October 25, 2007 | A ripple in the cosmic background radiation hints
at an irregularity in spacetime. . . maybe.
Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/commu.../10792531.html

Predicting Planets
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October 22, 2007 | Finding new planets around distant stars has
become commonplace. But now a team of astronomers has succeeded in
predicting the orbit of a planet that hadn't yet been discovered. The
last time that happened was more than 150 years ago.
Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/10715586.html


This Week's Sky at a Glance
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October 26, 2007 | Glance up at Perseus during evening, and that's
all you may need to do to spot Comet Holmes in its bright outburst.
Elsewhere, late in the evening Mars rises to blaze in the east.
Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/obser.../10800116.html


Equipment
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Super Planisphere
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October 25, 2007 | GSW AstroProducts takes a new approach to the star
wheel with Planisphere 2.
Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/equip.../10793906.html

Binocular Aim
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October 25, 2007 | Astronomy-Shoppe manufactures many helpful gadgets
to enhance your observing experience. Among them is the new Bino-Brac,
a simple L bracket tappedto accept any popular unit-power finder.
Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/equip.../10794966.html

Star-Party Aid
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October 25, 2007 | FAR Laboratories introduces the Look Here Device
to aid first-timers with finding a telescope's eyepiece in the dark.
Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/equip.../10794686.html


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Celestial Sampler $24.95
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