Sky & Telescope's Weekly Bulletin - Mar 28

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Sky & Telescope's Weekly Bulletin - March 28, 2008
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News
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Lights Out, Everyone!
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March 28, 2008 | It's National Dark-Sky Week, a time to take stock of
how badly your nighttime environment has been overrun with poor-
quality lighting -- and a time to do something about it!
Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/commu.../17085986.html

A Record-Breaking Gamma-Ray Burst
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March 24, 2008 | The visible-light glow of a gamma-ray burst briefly
shone at about visual magnitude 5.6, despite its distance of 7.5
billion light-years — more than halfway across the visible
universe.
Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/commu.../16952546.html

NASA's Wine Sniffer
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March 25, 2008 | Scientists are using wine to help test a device
designed to search for life on Mars.
Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/16978646.html

Notes from the Weekend
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March 24, 2008 | A site for streaming TV shows has an astronomical
bonus. Plus, a couple of other things.
Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/commu.../16943741.html


Observing
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Fun in the Sun Continues
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March 27, 2008 | Don't miss the evolving sunspots on the solar disk.
Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/commu.../17054836.html

Go See the Sun
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March 25, 2008 | If you have a solar filter or another way to safely
view the Sun, be sure to check out the latest group of sunspots
marching across its disk.
Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/commu.../16988926.html


This Week's Sky at a Glance
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March 28, 2008 | Have you compared the colors of Mars and Betelgeuse?
They're one above the other just now. Meanwhile Saturn shines with
Regulus in an eye-catching pair, and Jupiter and the waning Moon light
the dawn.
Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/obser.../17058211.html


Products
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Smooth Alt-AZ
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March 25, 2008 | Astronomy Technologies now offers the Astro-Tech
Voyager altazimuth mount.
Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/equip.../16977586.html


Enjoy the thrill of risk-taking and deal-making in this astronomically
themed version of the classic family board game.
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Monopoly: Night Sky Edition
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A bedtime story for sleepy stargazers
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There Once Was a Sky Full of Stars $17.95
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http://shopatsky.com/prodinfo.asp?number=59376

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