Sky & Telescope's Weekly Bulletin - Aug 10

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Sky & Telescope's Weekly Bulletin - August 10, 2007
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Observing
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Prepare for the Perseids
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August 6, 2007 | August is the best month to view meteors from the
Northern Hemisphere. And conditions are ideal this year, with activity
peaking on the new-Moon night of Sunday-Monday, August 12-13.
Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/commu...g/8935687.html

The August Mars Hoax Is Back
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July 26, 2007 | No, Mars will not shine as big and bright as the Full
Moon on August 27th. But you can't stop a good e-mail chain letter.
Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/home/8708182.html


News
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Do Sunspots Forecast the Rain?
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August 10, 2007 | A team of researchers claim that sunspot activity
might accurately forecast rain in Africa.
Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/commu...g/9059041.html

Stellafane Auction Begins
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August 8, 2007 | A spirited bidding war is now under way for two
precious artifacts: a prototype 13-mm Nagler eyepiece and Steve
O'Meara's Tele Vue Genesis refractor.
Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/commu...g/9032627.html

Morphology @ Home
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August 8, 2007 | Thousands of people have signed up to study
galaxies.
Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/commu...g/9031077.html

Hubble Lifts the Veil
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August 8, 2007 | New images from the Hubble Space Telescope show
parts of the Veil Nebula in Cygnus in unprecedented detail.
Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/home/9034212.html

Galaxy Monster Mash
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August 9, 2007 | Astronomers using a battery of ground- and space-
based telescopes have stumbled upon the most massive galaxy smashup
ever seen.
Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/home/9053516.html

Stars that Smoke
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August 9, 2007 | Astronomers have resolved carbon soot clouds around
one of the sky's best-known R Coronae Borealis-type variable stars.
Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/obser...s/9039717.html

The Most Puffed-Up Planet
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August 8, 2007 | Astronomers have discovered possibly the biggest
exoplanet yet. TrES-4 is about 70% wider than Jupiter and has the
average density of balsa wood.
Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/home/9032957.html

Phoenix Heads to Mars
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August 4, 2007 | Rising from the ashes of a mission to Mars that
disappeared without a trace in 1999, the Phoenix spacecraft is on its
way to the Red Planet.
Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/commu...g/8913512.html


This Week's Sky at a Glance
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August 10, 2007 | The Perseid meteor shower should peak late on the
night of Sunday the 12th, but you're likely to see occasional Perseids
all week if you watch the stars. Meanwhile, Jupiter shines in the
south at dusk, and Mars rises after midnight.
Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/obser...e/8877682.html


Other Blogs
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Some Suburban Messiers
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August 9, 2007 | Celestial showpieces look strikingly different in
the suburbs than they do under dark skies.
Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/commu...g/9056376.html

Applet Added
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August 7, 2007 | Try out a new addition to our suite of interactive
observing tools.
Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/commu...e/9004982.html

Twilight
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August 2, 2007 | Twilight is a magical time, my favorite part of the
whole 24-hour cycle.
Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/commu...g/8833662.html


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