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your guide to constellations deep sky

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objects planets and events

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tonight's sky highlights of the

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just after sunset saturn and venus

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try to catch a glimpse of them before

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september nights feature the wet quarter

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of the sky

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two neighboring constellations bear

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aquarius is one of the oldest

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constellations recognized even by early

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in ancient mythologies aquarius is the

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god of the waters

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look for the water jar a group of stars

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a rich compact cluster of stars can be

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seen in aquarius

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known as m2 it contains about 150 000

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stars located about 37

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500 light years away

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binoculars present it well but a small

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telescope reveals much more detail in

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nearby lies the great constellation

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capricornus

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known in mythology as the water goat it

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represents a creature that fed and

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watered the infant zeus ruler of the

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all jetty is the brightest star in

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it's visible in binoculars as an

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elongated star

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this odd shape is due to a visual trick

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from our distant vantage point two

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unrelated stars appear to be close

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capricornus also hosts a dense cluster

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a small telescope easily resolves

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majestic jupiter rises around 2 am and

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dominates the eastern sky in the hours

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a small telescope exposes the planet's

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ruddy mars makes its appearance a little

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look for it in the eastern sky

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this month's full moon is known as the

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harvest moon

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it rises in the east just before the end

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of twilight on september 29th in north

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america september 30th in europe and

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the added bright moonlight lengthens the

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evening to give farmers extra time to

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the night sky is always a celestial

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showcase