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Weekend SkyWatcher’s Forecast – October 3-5, 2008
Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! It's Friiiiiiday... And time to head out to the Moon to begin some lunar exploration. Why not?…
New Findings Challenge “Dynamo Effect” of Galactic Magnetic Fields
[/caption] A team of astronomers has obtained the first direct measurement of a young galaxy's magnetic field, and were surprised…
Weekend SkyWatcher’s Forecast – September 26-28, 2008
Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! It's a dark sky weekend and a great opportunity to really get to know some unusual deep…
Observing Alert: Outburst of GK Persei
[/caption] Wake up, all you variable star observers!! According to AAVSO Alert Notice 384 released just minutes ago, the cataclysmic…
The Cepheids Aren’t Falling
Cepheid variable stars have been used for years as a way to determine distance to other galaxies. The correlation between…
Weekend SkyWatcher’s Forecast – September 19-21, 2008
Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! Are you psyched up for tonight's Pleiades occultation? I am! While the Moon often passes near the…
The Moon Meets The Pleiades On September 19-20, 2008
Be sure to mark your calendar for tomorrow night. For lucky observers in northeastern North America, eastern Canada, and western…
Weekend SkyWatcher’s Forecast – September 12 -14, 2008
Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! It's big... It's bright. It's undeniably the Moon. So what are we going to do this weekend?…
Kuiper Belt Object Travelling the Wrong-Way in a One-Way Solar System
[/caption] A strange Kuiper Belt Object (KBO) has been discovered orbiting the Sun in the wrong direction. The object, designated…
Weekend SkyWatcher’s Forecast – September 5 – 7, 2008
Greetings, fellow Skywatchers! The weekend has arrived at last and with it... more lunar challenge studies. Are you ready to…