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Sky & Telescope's News Bulletin - Feb 25
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* * * SKY & TELESCOPE's WEEKLY NEWS BULLETIN - February 25, 2005 * * * ================================================== ====================== Welcome to S&T's Weekly News Bulletin. Images, the full text of stories abridged here, and other enhancements are available on our Web site, SkyandTelescope.com, at the URLs provided below. (If the links don't work, just manually type the URLs into your Web browser.) Clear skies! ================================================== ====================== FROZEN LAKES IN MARS'S MIDSECTION Saying that Mars was once wet is hardly a provocative statement. For decades scientists suspected that ancient lakes, rivers, and streams soaked the red planet's surface billions of years ago. Evidence for water abounds: The poles both sport ice caps that grow and recede with seasons, and NASA's Mars Exploration Rovers each found proof of fluvial activity at their respective landing sites. But nobody had ever seen evidence of current ice reservoirs near the planet's midsection -- until now.... http://SkyandTelescope.com/news/article_1467_1.asp - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - THE MOON OCCULTS FIERY ANTARES If you're one of the countless skywatchers who got clouded out (or rained or snowed out) for the Moon's predawn occultation of Jupiter across most of North America last December 7th, don't give up yet. A shot at another spectacular early-morning occultation is coming up, weather permitting. This time the Moon will cross not a big planet but big Antares, one of the two brightest red supergiant stars in the sky (the other being Betelgeuse, which is too far from the ecliptic for the Moon ever to occult it). Mark your celestial calendar for March 2, 2005, with a reminder to set your alarm clock for early Thursday morning, March 3rd. For nearly all of the North American continent, the last-quarter Moon will be hanging in plain view in the southeast or south when it covers and uncovers Antares.... http://SkyandTelescope.com/observing.../occultations/ ================================================== ====================== HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS WEEK'S SKY * Last-quarter Moon on Thursday, March 3rd. * Mercury (magnitude -1) is emerging into view low in the west in evening twilight. * Saturn (magnitude -0.1, in Gemini) shines brightly very high in south the during evening, excellently placed for telescopic viewing. For more details, see This Week's Sky at a Glance and Planet Roundup: http://SkyandTelescope.com/observing/ataglance ================================================== ====================== SPOTLIGHT PRINT SALE! (Advertisement) At these prices, there's never been a better time to hang the universe on your walls! Processed by renowned astrophotographers Tony and Daphne Hallas, these satin-finish, archival photographic prints offer breathtaking glimpses of our spectacular heavens. Lagoon Nebula Close Up SALE: $14.95 (orig. $29.95) http://SkyandTelescope.com/campaigns.asp?id=409 Comet Hale-Bopp and the Milky Way SALE: $14.95 (orig. $29.95) http://SkyandTelescope.com/campaigns.asp?id=410 Globular Cluster M80 SALE: $14.95 (orig. $29.95) http://SkyandTelescope.com/campaigns.asp?id=411 Solar Eclipse 1999 SALE: $14.95 (orig. $29.95) http://SkyandTelescope.com/campaigns.asp?id=412 ================================================== ====================== Copyright 2005 Sky Publishing Corp. S&T's Weekly News Bulletin is provided as a free service to the astronomical community by the editors of SKY & TELESCOPE magazine. Widespread electronic distribution is encouraged as long as our copyright notice is included, along with the words "used by permission." But this bulletin may not be published in any other form without written permission from Sky Publishing; send e-mail to or call +1 617-864-7360. More astronomy news is available on our Web site at http://SkyandTelescope.com/news/. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To subscribe to S&T's Weekly News Bulletin or to S&T's Skywatcher's Bulletin, which calls attention to noteworthy celestial events, go to this address: http://SkyandTelescope.com/shopatsky/emailsubscribe.asp ================================================== ====================== Stuart Goldman Associate Editor http://SkyandTelescope.com Sky & Telescope http://NightSkyMag.com 49 Bay State Rd. Cambridge, MA 02138 |
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