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The sky is filled with great objects for observers. With today’s equipment and the sophistication of knowledge...
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Nebulous age In the Ask Astro column of the April 2026 issue is a photograph of planetary...
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In the early 1960s, Alexander Rodgers, Colin Campbell, and John Whiteoak compiled a catalog of emission nebulae...
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The total solar eclipse of July 28, 1851 is important for two reasons. First, English amateur astronomer...
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In September 1999, the Lincoln Near Earth Asteroid Research (LINEAR) project discovered a comet – Comet C/1999...
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Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. July 25: Great Square...
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Born on July 25, 1920, Chushiro Hayashi graduated from the University of Tokyo with a degree in...
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Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. July 24: The Moon...
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Having launched on July 16, 1969, and landed on the Moon on July 20, the Apollo 11...
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Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. July 23: Mercury’s retrograde...
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A telescope alone is not enough for a great observing experience. You will need the right accessories to...
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In July 1992, Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 made its closest approach to Jupiter, skimming 25,000 miles (40,000 km)...
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Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. July 7: The Moon,...
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Charles Pevsner, taken from Rio Hurtado, Chile LHA 120-N 40 is the glowing debris of a star...
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New James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) observations reveal that the so-called “Roasted Planet” is getting cooked by...