Sky & Telescope's Weekly Bulletin - Jun 13

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Sky & Telescope's Weekly Bulletin - June 13, 2008
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News
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GLAST Heads Up, Up, and Away!
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June 12, 2008 | NASA's newest space observatory is safely in orbit
and getting ready to probe the high-energy universe.
Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/commu.../19887589.html

Hubble Looks into the Coma Cluster
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June 12, 2008 | The HST captures a pristine image of various galaxy
types grouped together, but what is most intriguing is what the image
doesn't reveal.
Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/home/19821344.html

Moonlets Perturb Saturn's Ring
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June 11, 2008 | New observations from Cassini show small satellites
are responsible for Saturn's F ring looking a little frazzled.
Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/commu.../19723549.html

The Milky Way Remapped
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June 9, 2008 | Two new sky surveys shed light on the structure of our
home galaxy.
Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/home/19599619.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 5th magnitude
as of early June. It's now visible only from the Southern Hemisphere.
When it reappears for northerners 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 13, 2008 | Mars, Regulus, and Saturn are lining up in the
western sky as they sink lower in the dusk. Jupiter now rises at the
end of twilight, far outshining the Sagittarius Teapot to its right.
And on Monday night, the Moon closely pairs up with Antares.
Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/obser.../19895179.html


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