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Dec 14, 12 Jupiter blazes, Ceres is at opposition with Vesta nearby, and Sirius is in its color-flashing mode after dinnertime. |
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Dec 07, 12 Lots happening this week! The Geminid meteor shower, a flyby of Toutatis, Vesta at opposition with Ceres nearby, and more. |
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Nov 30, 12 The Moon is waning out of the evening sky. Jupiter is passing 5° north of Aldebaran. Low in the dawn, Mercury has emerged to align with Venus and Saturn in a diagonal row. |
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Nov 23, 12 The Moon joins up with Jupiter and Aldebaran, and undergoes a penumbral eclipse for the West Coast and then lands across the Pacific. In the dawn, Saturn skims past Venus. |
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Nov 16, 12 Jupiter rises in twilight, the Moon waxes across the evening sky, and Saturn approaches Venus in the dawn. |
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Nov 09, 12 Jupiter rises before dark, Fomalhaut culminates early, Orion rises a bit later, and the crescent Moon moves from dawn back to dusk. |
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Nov 02, 12 Jupiter, flanked by Aldebaran and Beta Tauri, shines big and bright just a month from opposition. |
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Oct 26, 12 The Moon shines with forthcoming winter sights low in the east, while summer stars still descend in the west — including Arcturus, now taking on its guise as the Ghost of Summer Suns. |
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Oct 19, 12 The crescent Moon points to the pairup of Mars and Antares, then the gibbous Moon glides below the Square of Pegasus, and Arcturus becomes the Ghost of Summer Suns. |
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Oct 12, 12 Jupiter has been climbing into good view a half hour earlier every week, accompanied by a grand retinue of celestial objects seen and unseen. On the other side of the sky, Mars is finally passing rival Antares in twilight. |
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Oct 05, 12 Algol eclipses itself. Telescopic action happens at Jupiter. And after pairing up with Jupiter, the waning Moon passes Regulus and Venus late in the week at dawn. |
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Sep 28, 12 The Harvest Moon wanes from full almost down to last quarter this week, stepping past the Pleiades, Aldebaran, and Jupiter along the way. |
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Sep 21, 12 Waxing from first quarter to full this week, the Moon steps across the evening constellations from south to east. To observe Jupiter, you no longer have to set an alarm clock. And don't miss the weekend conjunction of Uranus and a similar star. |
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Sep 14, 12 The waxing crescent Moon steps up past Saturn, Mars, and Antares day by day this week. Jupiter is well up in the east by midnight. And Deneb replaces Vega at a special spot. |
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Sep 07, 12 Jupiter and Aldebaran embrace the rising last-quarter Moon, then it's Venus's turn with a one-on-one Moon pairing. Meanwhile, the stars of the evening are unmistakably turning toward fall. |
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Aug 31, 12 The Moon wanes from full and "blue" to last-quarter and late, when it partners with Jupiter and Aldebaran. Vega takes the zenith, and the Teapot is highest in the south. |
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Aug 24, 12 As August comes to its end, Vega takes the zenith. The Teapot is highest in the south. And the Little Dipper dumps into the Big Dipper. |
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Aug 10, 12 Mars finally shoots the gap between Saturn and Spica in the western twilight. And don't miss the Perseid meteors! |
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Aug 03, 12 Mars moves closer each day to Saturn and Spica as twilight fades. After dark, bright Vega passes the zenith. |
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Jul 27, 12 In twilight this week, watch the shrinking triangle of Saturn, Spica, and Mars. And the bright summer Moon moves low through Scorpius and Sagittarius. |
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