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August ’24 – Rick’s Picks
All month: the planets continue their slow and hesitant return to the evening sky this month. As August opens, Mercury is a mag +0.9…
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Astronomy Fundamentals: The Astronomer & the Seven Dwarfs
Dwarf stars are the most plentiful in our sky. But as their name suggests, they are smaller in mass and thus less intrinsically bright.…
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July ’24 – Rick’s Picks
All month: the morning people begin to release their hold on the planets, as Venus now joins Mercury as an evening star, beginning a…
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June ’24 Rick’s Picks
All month: morning people continue their selfish monopolization of solar system observing this month, with Mercury (which will reach superior conjunction on June 14)…
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May ’24 – Rick’s Picks
All month: planet watchers are in for a boring month, as their quarry largely disappear from both the morning and evening sky. The evening’s…