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your guide to constellations deep-sky

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objects planets and events tonight's sky

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just after sunset Mars and Saturn appear

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use a telescope to get a better view of

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September nights feature the wet quarter

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of the sky to neighboring constellations

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Aquarius is one of the oldest

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constellations recognized even by early

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civilizations in ancient mythologies

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Aquarius is the god of the waters look

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for the water jar a group of stars

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shaped like a why a rich compact cluster

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of stars can be seen in Aquarius known

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as m2 it contains about 150,000 stars

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located about 30 7,500 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 known in mythology as the

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water goat it represents a creature that

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fed and watered the infant Zeus ruler of

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the Greek gods al jetty is the brightest

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star in capricornus it's visible in

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binoculars as an elongated star this odd

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shape is due to a visual trick from our

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distant vantage point two unrelated

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capricornus also hosts a dense cluster

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of stars m30 a small telescope easily

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majestic Jupiter graces the early

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a telescope reveals the planets dark

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this month's full moon is known as the

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Harvest Moon it rises in the east before

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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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harvest their crops the night sky is