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A nova visible in good binoculars was spotted July 7, 2012, by observers in Japan.
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Both Pluto and the star are 14th magnitude, but observers with big telescopes and sufficient video capability should try to record this important event.
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On November 3, 2010, two amateurs in Japan discovered an 8th-magnitude comet visually. It's visible in binoculars.
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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.
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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.
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This famous recurrent nova has just leapt from 18th to 8th magnitude overnight. Astronomers worldwide were waiting.
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Japanese amateur Koichi Itagaki, of recent comet fame, has just discovered a nova near Rigel on November 25, 2009.
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On March 26, 2009, Korean amateur Dae-am Yi caught the small, greenish glow of a new comet with his Canon camera.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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During May and June 2008, this visitor may be dimly visible without a telescope — but only if you live in the Southern Hemisphere.
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Just magnitude 9 when discovered on April 18, 2008, this nova in Sagittarius has brightened tenfold.
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