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Two Globular Clusters in Coma Berenices (M53 and NGC 5053)
May 2024 · With side trips to a couple color-contrast pairs and an easy red dwarf
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May ’24 – Rick’s Picks
All month: planetwatchers are in for a boring month, as their quarry largely disappear from both the morning and evening sky. The evening’s last…
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April ’24 – Rick’s Picks Special Addendum
The sky at totality: April 8, 2024 This is how the sky will look during totality from the NAA viewing site near McLeansboro IL.For…
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April ’24 – Rick’s Picks
All month: planet-watchers won’t have much to do on April evenings this year, since Mercury will vacate the sunset sky before the end of…
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Comets: Past, Present, and Future
Celestial events have long been associated as harbingers of doom. In the past, comet sightings were associated with change or seen as a bad…
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Upgrades to the 4-meter Blanco and Mayall Telescopes for DES and DESI
The Universe continues to expand, defying Einstein’s Theory of Relativity, which would have gravity slowing the cosmic expansion. Since 1998, observations have confirmed that…