From: LARRY KLAES (ljk4_at_msn.com)
Date: Wed Sep 07 2005 - 16:54:07 UTC
>From: <bulletins_at_SkyandTelescope.com>
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>To: <ljk4_at_msn.com>
>Subject: S&T's Skywatcher's Bulletin, Sept. 6
>Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 19:11:56 -0400
>
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> * * * SKY & TELESCOPE's SKYWATCHER'S BULLETIN - September 6, 2005 * * *
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>Welcome to S&T's Skywatcher's Bulletin. More about the items below appears
>on our Web site, SkyandTelescope.com, at the URLs provided. (If a link
>doesn't work, just paste the URL manually into your Web browser.) Clear
>skies!
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>
>VENUS AND JUPITER STILL SHINE IN TWILIGHT
>
>They're getting farther apart every day, but Venus and Jupiter continue to
>shine low in the west after sunset following their September 1st
>conjunction. Venus is the brighter of the two. And Spica, much fainter,
>shines in the background:
>
>http://SkyandTelescope.com/observing/ataglance
>
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>CHI CYGNI OVERHEAD
>
>This famous long-period variable star has faded to about magnitude 7.9,
>after reaching a peak at about 5.3 in early July. It's practically
>straight overhead in early evening this month. Follow it with your scope
>as it dwindles, using our chart:
>
>http://SkyandTelescope.com/observing/objects/variablestars/article_1581_1.asp
>
>(If the URL broke onto two lines on your screen, you may need to
>reassemble it into one line and paste it into your browser.)
>
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>SKY AT A GLANCE
>
>The Moon was new on September 3rd and will be first-quarter on the 11th.
>Big, bright Mars is now rising as early as 10 p.m. and is in good view
>high in the southeast after midnight or 1 a.m. -- and it has grown to 15
>arcseconds in apparent diameter. If you catch Saturn before dawn,
>binoculars will show the Beehive star cluster in the same field of view:
>
>http://SkyandTelescope.com/observing/ataglance
>
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