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After Sunset tonight
Published on 26 Jul 2010 at 00:00.
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Monday 26th July 2010
Sunset Planets
Mars and Saturn are meeting at a particular place with Venus to form a skinny triangle in the sunset sky in the West. When the sun sets tonight, go outside and look West.
Venus pops out of the twilight first, followed by Saturn, then Mars by binoculars or a small telescope.
See the [...]
The Moon sits the teapot!
Published on 23 Jul 2010 at 00:00.
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Friday 23rd July 2010 @ 23:00 / 11pm
Click here for enlarge image for tonight you will see the Moon sitting on the top of the teapot in the constellation of Sagittarius (The Archer).
See Derekscope’s archives :- Thursday 22nd July 2010 & the SkyMap, that you will see the Moon has moved.
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Look for the Teapot
Published on 22 Jul 2010 at 00:00.
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Thursday 22nd July 2010
The Teapot
A group of eight stars that form the outline of a teapot shape – see the SkyMap for tonight with helping by the Moon to recognise the constellation of Sagittarius (The Archer).
See Derekscope’s archives :- Friday 14th July 2010.
Teapot in Sagittarius
Published on 14 Jul 2010 at 00:00.
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Wednesday 14th July 2010
Click here for hunting the Teapot.
A Galactic Bulge in the constellation of Sagittarius, is a huge, tightly packed of group of stars. (The term commonly refers to the central group of stars found in most spiral galaxies.)
Many bulges are thought to host a supermassive black hole at their center. Such black holes have [...]
Constellation :- Libra (The Scales)
Published on 2 Jun 2010 at 00:00.
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Wednesday 2nd June 2010 @ 22:00 / 10pm
The constellation of Libra (The Scales), is located on the ecliptic between Virgo and Scorpius.
The ecliptic is the plane in the sky on which the sun, moon, and planets travel as we all orbit the sun on this plane, the solar system objects only pass through the constellations [...]
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Trickier to spot the Sickle
Published on 31 May 2010 at 00:00.
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Monday 31st May 2010 @ 23:00 / 11pm
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Visible from March through June, Leo (The Lion) is the dominant constellation of the northern spring sky. It’s easy to find.
Just look for the sickle-shaped group of stars high in the southern sky after sunset. The sickle spans about 12 degrees… just a little [...]
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Looking for a shape of `Kite`
Published on 30 May 2010 at 00:00.
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Sunday 30th May 2010 @ 22:00 / 10pm
Constellation :- Bootes (The Herdsman)
This month and next month June, you will see the Bootes shape as a kite with a brightest star, Arcturus, is Greek for “bear guard”.
Bootes is far off the Milky Way therefore lacks Open Clusters and Diffuse Nebula ~ Like most off the [...]
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Moon, Mars and Regulus
Published on 20 May 2010 at 00:00.
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Thursday 20th May 2010 @ 22:00 / 10pm
See the Triangle tonight
The First Quarter Moon forms a triangle with the Red Planets – Mars and Regulus Star in the evening twilight from 21:00 / 9pm. (Click here for enlarge image, the map is shown for tonight at 10pm.)
The Sun will pass through the Leo from 10 [...]
Constellation :- Cassiopeia (The Queen)
Published on 19 May 2010 at 00:00.
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Wednesday 19th May 2010 at 22:00 / 10pm
The Main Stars in Cassiopeia.
The distinctive `W` shape formed by the brightest stars makes the constellation of Cassiopeia (The Queen Cassiopeia) easy to recognize.
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Feature of Interest
NGC 457, an elongated Open Cluster, about one-third the apparent size of the Full Moon and visible through binoculars [...]
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Light Pollution
Published on 5 May 2010 at 00:00.
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Wednesday 5th May 2010 @ 22:00 / 10pm
Light Pollution Survey
You can monitor light pollution by carrying out a survey in your local area by looking at the constellation of Virgo (The Maiden), Corvus (The Raven), Crater (The Cup) at the south tonight @ 22:00 / 10pm.
Trace copies of the stars of Virgo, Corvus and Crater [...]
