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New nova in Sagittarius
A nova visible in good binoculars was spotted July 7, 2012, by observers in Japan.

Both Pluto and the star are 14th magnitude, but observers with big telescopes and sufficient video capability should try to record this important event.

Comet Ikeya-Murakami
On November 3, 2010, two amateurs in Japan discovered an 8th-magnitude comet visually. It's visible in binoculars.

For anyone in a 25-mile-wide path right across Los Angeles, a bright star in Ophiuchus will wink off for several seconds in the predawn hours of April 6, 2010.

California's comet-hunting veteran Don Machholz bagged his 11th discovery on March 23 and 26, 2010. It's a faint diffuse comet, low in the morning sky.

Head of Scorpius
This famous recurrent nova has just leapt from 18th to 8th magnitude overnight. Astronomers worldwide were waiting.

Japanese amateur Koichi Itagaki, of recent comet fame, has just discovered a nova near Rigel on November 25, 2009.

On March 26, 2009, Korean amateur Dae-am Yi caught the small, greenish glow of a new comet with his Canon camera.

On the morning of Friday, Jan. 9, from 10:55 to 11:06 UT, asteroid 1963 Bezovec occults the 8.3-magnitude star HIP 64220 in a narrow path from Baja California through Texas to New England and Nova Scotia.

During January 2009 a faint star in Cepheus will fade, as it does every five or six years, when "something" goes in front of it.

Late Monday night, October 6-7, 2008, a tiny asteroid will enter Earth's atmosphere over Sudan, creating a spectacular explosion in the night sky.

An unexpected meteor burst was detected on the night of September 8-9. Bill Cooke of the Marshall Space Flight Center is urging meteor watchers to see if the activity continues on the night of September 9-10.

During May and June 2008, this visitor may be dimly visible without a telescope — but only if you live in the Southern Hemisphere.

Just magnitude 9 when discovered on April 18, 2008, this nova in Sagittarius has brightened tenfold.



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