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Sky & Telescope's Weekly Bulletin - July 3, 2008
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News
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Tunguska: 100 Years and Counting
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June 30, 2008 | On June 30, 1908, a cosmic impact leveled more than
800 square miles of Siberian taiga -- and forever changed how we view
the threat to Earth posed by even modest interplanetary collisions.
Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/news/22714594.html
Martian Dirt is Friendly to Life
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June 29, 2008 | The Phoenix lander's first wet chemical analysis of
the Martian surface confirms water's thumbprint and finds the kinds of
inorganic minerals you'd have in a backyard garden.
Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/community/skyblog/newsblog/22064474.html
Regulus's Secret Companion
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July 2, 2008 | Astronomers confirm a low-mass star orbits the Lion's
heart, the bright blue star imaged here to the lower right. But what
exactly is it?
Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/community/skyblog/newsblog/22756444.html
SOHO Tallies Its 1500th Comet
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July 3, 2008 | The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory has now found
more comets than all other comet discoverers put together — not
bad for a spacecraft that was designed to study the Sun.
Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/community/skyblog/newsblog/22858939.html
Observing
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Have You Seen Comet Boattini?
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July 2, 2008 | Comet Boattini, now faintly visible to the unaided eye
from sites without light pollution, is climbing rapidly higher in the
Northern Hemisphere's dawn sky.
Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/community/skyblog/observingblog/228093...
This Week's Sky at a Glance
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-July 3, 2008 | Last week Mars paired up with Regulus; this week it
moves over and pairs up equally closely with Saturn. Watch them change
configurations from day to day. Meanwhile, bright Jupiter shines low
in the southeast at dusk and climbs higher into better view as the
night grows late.
Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/ataglance/22866674.html
SkyTour Podcast
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Tour July's Sky by Eye and Ear
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July 1, 2008 | There'll be fireworks this month on Independence Day -
and plenty of celestial sparklers overhead too, with Saturn and Mars
low in the west and Jupiter rising in the east. Download this podcast
for a guided tour ! Host: S&T's Kelly Beatty.
Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/highlights/22796979.html
Enjoy the thrill of risk-taking and deal-making in this astronomically
themed version of the classic family board game.
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A bedtime story for sleepy stargazers
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