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This week in astronomy with Dave Eicher: The winter hexagon

In this episode, Astronomy magazine Editor Emeritus Dave Eicher invites you to head out and view six of the 20 brightest stars in the sky. Because they're all reasonably close together, you can draw ...
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The sky this week from January 23 to 30: A hoofprint on the moon

Sky This Week is brought to you in part by Celestron. Friday, January 23Pluto reaches conjunction with the Sun at 5 A.M. EST.
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The Sky This Week from January 16 to 23: Caroline's Rose blooms

Sky This Week is brought to you in part by Celestron. Friday, January 9Cygnus may be sinking toward the horizon a few hours ...
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This Week in Astronomy with Dave Eicher: The Orionid meteor shower

Dave Eicher, Editor Emeritus of *Astronomy* magazine, encourages early morning observation of meteors between midnight and 4 a.m. These meteors, identified as Orionids, visually originate from the ...