Sky & Telescope's Weekly Bulletin - Aug 17

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Sky & Telescope's Weekly Bulletin - August 17, 2007
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News
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Mira's Marvelous Tail
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August 15, 2007 | Mira, the closest and brightest of the red long-
period variable stars, has thrown off a gassy hood and a comet-like
tail so big that if you could see them, they would overflow your
telescope's field of view.
Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/commu...g/9179047.html

Bright Galaxies You Can't See
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August 15, 2007 | Astronomers have found massive, luminous infrared
galaxies 12 billion light-years away. It's not at all clear how they
got there.
Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/9180282.html

One Less "Possibility of Life"?
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August 15, 2007 | Just because Saturn's moon Enceladus has active
geysers doesn't mean it harbors alien life. That's the take-home
message from an upcoming scientific paper.
Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/9171452.html

Risky Business
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August 13, 2007 | Two American collectors manage — barely -- to
get in and out of Colombia with fragments from a fresh meteorite fall.
Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/9137736.html


This Week's Sky at a Glance
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August 17, 2007 | This is a great week to watch Jupiter and the dance
of its moons. And don't miss our own Moon passing by it through
Scorpius and Sagittarius.
Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/obser...e/9217006.html


Other Sky Blogs
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The Red Planet We Never Knew
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August 16, 2007 | A new DVD entertains with a 50-year-old look at
Mars.
Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/commu...e/9198852.html

Discussions Restored
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August 16, 2007 | When we switched to new blog technology, all the
existing discussions were lost. Now they're back!
Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/commu...g/9198862.html

Stellafane
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August 14, 2007 | A splendid time was had by all at Stellafane 2007.
Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/commu...g/9154671.html

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


Discovering constellations has never been so easy!
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Patterns in the Sky by Ken Hewitt-White
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http://www.shopatsky.com/index.asp?P...log%2Bpatterns


Grab your binoculars and go exploring!
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Binocular Highlights by Gary Seronik
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http://www.shopatsky.com/index.asp?P...OD&ProdID=1192

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