Sky & Telescope's Weekly Bulletin - Jun 6

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Sky & Telescope's Weekly Bulletin - June 6, 2008
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News
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Solar Curveballs: Sun Puts a Twist on Its Pitches
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June 5, 2008 | The Sun not only throws blobs of hot gas at Earth, it
also puts a spin on them.
Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/19565819.html

Predicting a Stellar Catastrophe
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June 4, 2008 | Observations made by professional and amateur
astronomers during the upcoming, once-in-a-generation eclipse of
Epsilon Aurigae may reveal whether or not the star is heading for
extinction.
Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/commu.../19530529.html

Black Holes Shape Spiral Galaxy Arms
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June 3, 2008 | In recent years astronomers have found that the more
massive a galaxy's central black hole, the more massive the galaxy's
central bulge of stars seems to be. Now it turns out that for some
galaxies, this isn't true. Is there a better way to judge the mass of
a galaxy's black hole just by looking?
Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/home/19496144.html

NASA UV Satellite Powers Down
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June 3, 2008 | After five years in orbit, CHIPSat enters a
hibernation that may -- or may not -- be permanent.
Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/commu.../19488679.html

"Holy Cow!" — Phoenix Spots Ice
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June 2, 2008 | If the Phoenix lander hadn't been able to find ice on
Mars within reach of its robotic arm, NASA scientists would have been
majorly bummed. They needn't have worried.
Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/commu.../19453379.html

"Seeing" Again
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June 6, 2008 | PBS will have encore presentations of Timothy Ferris's
ode to amateur astronomy.
Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/commu.../19564514.html


Observing
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Comet Boattini: Barely Visible Now, Bright in July?
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May 16, 2008 | Comet C/2007 W1 (Boattini) has reached 6th magnitude,
brighter than expected. In late May it should be visible from dark
sites in the southern US and points south. When it reappears in July,
will it be naked-eye?
Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/commu.../19012569.html


This Week's Sky at a Glance
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June 6, 2008 | Mars shines in the west after dark, giving no hint of
the Phoenix lander newly sitting on its northern plains as it closes
in on Saturn and Regulus.
Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/obser.../19601459.html


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