Sky & Telescope's Weekly Bulletin - Apr 21

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SKY & TELESCOPE'S WEEKLY BULLETIN - April 21, 2006
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THIS WEEK'S NEWS
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Lessons from a KBO

April 20, 2006 | To date astronomers have found more than 1,000 Kuiper
Belt objects (KBOs) beyond Neptune, and the strangest one of all might
just be the key to understanding how the largest of these distant
ice-rock bodies acquire their moons. . . .

http://SkyandTelescope.com/news/article_1716_1.asp

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OBSERVING - SKY AT A GLANCE
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April 21 – 29

Jupiter now rises at dusk and gets high enough for good telescopic
observing by late evening, the red variable star R Leonis should be
reaching maximum brightness, and be sure to look for some Lyrid meteors
before dawn on Saturday morning.

http://SkyandTelescope.com/observing...icle_110_1.asp

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OBSERVING - THIS WEEK'S HIGHLIGHTS
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Update on Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3: This periodic comet, due to
reach 4th magnitude in May, has shed more fragments. We may get not
just a double comet, but a string of little comets.

http://SkyandTelescope.com/observing/

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