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The Universe Today Guide to Telescope Eyepieces
Dawn Planets
May 9, 2011
"Mars, Jupiter, Venus and Mercury are aligning in the eastern sky for a spectacular dawn conjunction."
Sun Haloes
May 8, 2011
"On May 6th, sky watchers in Belgium were stunned when they witnessed a heavenly apparition in broad daylight."
The Eta Aquarids
May 8, 2011
"NASA's network of all-sky cameras in the southeastern United States detected a surplus of fireballs on May 7th. Each one was a piece of Halley's Comet, source of the annual eta Aquarid meteor shower."
The Eta Aquarids Peak Tonight
May 6, 2011
"The Eta Aquarid meteor shower is one of two shooting star displays created by Halley's Comet."
See Four Planets in the Morning
May 6, 2011
"See Venus, Jupiter, Mercury and Mars together in the predawn sky over the next week."
A Beautiful Crescent Moon
May 5, 2011
"When the sun goes down tonight, step outside and look west. An exquisite crescent Moon is beaming through the twilight"
An Asteroid Flyby
May 5, 2011
"Asteroid 2003 YT1 is flying past the Earth-Moon system today at a safe distance of 25 million km."
The Constellation of Hydra in the Night Sky
May 5, 2011
"The long pattern of Hydra is visible now."
Eta Aquarids to Peak
May 3, 2011
A meteor shower created by the famed Halley's comet will peak on Friday, May 6.
The Night Sky in May
May 2, 2011
"Our May chart shows Bootes with the conspicuous star Arcturus (star 10) high in the S as the Summer Triangle of Vega, Deneb and Altair climbs in the E and Leo descends in the W."