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Author: sholbeche

Night Sky

August Night Sky

28 Jul 2016
August brings one of the year's major meteor showers - the Perseids. The term shower is rather is misnomer, as it implies a constant stream for its duration. What you…
Night Sky

July Night Sky

30 Jun 2016
Midsummer is our one chance to look at the night sky in the direction of the galactic centre. This is in Sagittarius, which never rises far above the southern horizon.…
Night Sky

June Night Sky

30 May 2016
June has the shortest, and least dark, nights, and therefore is generally not a good time for observing. This June, however,we have two planets at or near opposition. Mars came…

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