Sky & Telescope's Weekly Bulletin - Oct 5

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Sky & Telescope's Weekly Bulletin - October 5, 2007
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News
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A Celebration of Spaceflight
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October 4, 2007 | The launch of Sputnik 1 on October 4, 1957,
heralded the beginning of the Space Age and paved the way for
Moonwalking astronauts, robotic exploration of the solar system, and
space tourism — but not Tang or Teflon.
Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/10206211.html

Another Observatory Bites the Dust
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October 5, 2007 | The University of Toronto has announced that the
David Dunlap Observatory, situated north of Toronto, Ontario, and the
home of Canada's largest optical telescope, is to be closed and sold.
Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/commu.../10259442.html

Students To Go Pulsar Hunting
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October 5, 2007 | High-school students in West Virginia will sift
through data from one of the world's largest radio telescopes to look
for pulsars. Astronomers expect that they will find dozens.
Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/10259722.html

Kaguya Now the Moon's Captive
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October 5, 2007 | With a brief rocket firing on October 4th, the
Japanese spacecraft Kaguya slipped into lunar orbit -- the first step
in what promises to be an exciting scientific mission.
Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/10259202.html

Site Picked for Giant Magellan Telescope
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October 4, 2007 | Another truly monster telescope of the future has
just taken a step closer to reality.
Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/home/10235001.html

There Might Be Supergiants
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October 4, 2007 | A new view from the Hubble Space Telescope reveals
the goings on in a cluster full of massive stars.
Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/commu.../10206081.html

Refining Hipparcos's Star Distances
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October 3, 2007 | To extract even better star distances, a Cambridge
astronomer who took part in the Hipparcos mission has just completed a
whole new analysis of the raw data.
Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/commu.../10188476.html

Sun 1, Comet Tail 0
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October 2, 2007 | A solar explosion plows into a comet's tail. Care
to place a wager on which one wins?
Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/home/10175686.html


Observing
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Let's Count Stars!
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September 26, 2007 | Researchers want you to help them examine the
pervasiveness of light pollution during October.
Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/obser...e/9875352.html

Listen to October's Podcast
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October 1, 2007 | Fact: the "Summer Triangle" is easiest to see at
this time of year. Learn all about it -- and lots more -- in our easy-
on-the-ears guided tour of the October evening sky.
Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/obser.../10157406.html


This Week's Sky at a Glance
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This Week's Sky at a Glance
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October 5, 2007 | Jupiter is bidding a sad farewell in the southwest
at dusk. . . but big planetary action is happening at dawn, with
bright Venus taking Saturn and the star Regulus under its wing. And on
Sunday morning the 7th, the crescent Moon joins the party too.
Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/obser.../10261537.html


Other Sky Blogs
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Hi-Def from Space
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October 1, 2007 | A Moon-bound spacecraft looks back to shoot Earth
in high-definition glory.
Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/commu.../10160011.html

Big Binocular Messier Survey
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September 28, 2007 | Big binoculars may not show much detail, but
they certain make it easy to find deep-sky objects.
Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/commu.../10107211.html


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