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Weekend SkyWatcher’s Forecast: January 29-31, 2010
Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! The Full Moon and Mars... the Full Moon and Mars... Will they be as big as each…
Big Full Moon and Mars Put on a Show Friday Night
[/caption] If your skies are clear on Friday night, January 29, 2010, take advantage of one of the skywatching highlights…
Long Anticipated Eruption of U Scorpii Has Begun
[/caption] Today, two amateur astronomers from Florida detected a rare outburst of the recurrent nova U Scorpii, which set in…
Weekend SkyWatcher’s Forecast – January 22-24, 2010
Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! I don't know about everyone else, but most observations here have been of the big M0. Clouds,…
Observing Alert: Possible Nova in Ophichus
[/caption] Are you ready for some excitement that won't take an observatory telescope to spot? Then get out your binoculars,…
Weekend SkyWatcher’s Forecast: January 15-17, 2010
Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! It's a dark weekend and time to get out and rock the night... If you're up to…
Weekend SkyWatcher’s Forecast – January 8-10, 2010
Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! While the skies don't change a whole lot from year to year, how you approach astronomy and…
Welcome Back, Mars…
Although there has been plenty of moonlight to go around and frigid temperatures in many parts of the world, that's…
Epsilon Aurigae Eclipse Mystery Solved with Your Help
If you've been helping out with the Citizen Sky project to monitor Epsilon Aurigae, then congratulations - the first of…
Weekend SkyWatcher’s Forecast – December 18-20, 2009
Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! What a wonderful weekend we have coming up. On clear nights, the diamond-bright stars of the Winter…