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AMATEUR ASTRONOMY : MOON, MARS AND ANTARES AT DUSK: Early evening tonight 9too late) and tomorrow is a good time to spot an interesting t...

AMATEUR ASTRONOMY: TRIPLE CONJUNCTION THIS EVENING: Yesterday the planet Mercury reached its greatest elongation , 27 degrees,(its highest a...

AMATEUR ASTRONOMY: WHAT WAS EARLY MARS LIKE?: Evidence is accumulating that the planet Mars was quite wet in its early life. does this...

AMATEUR ASTRONOMY: GEMINID METEOR SHOWER TONIGHT AND TOMORROW NIGHT: The G eminid meteor shower, which usually peaks each year between Dec...

AMATEUR ASTRONOMY: MARS AND THE MOON: Three days ago on the evening of the 26 th Molly was struck by an intriguing sight that she had...

A FIVE PLANET PARADE: Through this early part of June the five visible planets will be observable. VENUS: Even though Venus reaches its grea...

MARS RISING: Presently the planet Mars rises in the east southeast about 2 hours before dawn in Aquarius. Its present magnitude of 1 makes i...

Interesting Conjunction Upcoming: I've already mentioned the upcoming Leonid Meteor Shower due for Dec. 13 th and 14 th . Another inter...

Sign Up for Space: The NASA has an interesting offer at their website ( http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov ) for their latest Dawn mission to the ast...