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Planets visible in night sky late winter 2012
Astronomy
January 31, 2012
During February and March 2012 all the naked eye planets will be visible in the night sky. Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Venus, and Mercury, will all be...
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Winter solstice, beginning of winter, night of December 21/22, 2011
Astronomy
December 20, 2011
Winter is coming. The beginning winter in the northern hemisphere, the winter solstice, is on the night of December 21/22, 2011. The moment of the...
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2011 Leonid meteor shower peaks Thursday night
Astronomy
November 16, 2011
The 2011 Leonid meteor shower will peak at about midnight EST (9 PM PST on the west coast) on Thursday night, November 17. The predicted peak rates...
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Leonid meteor shower peaks November 17, 2011
Astronomy
November 13, 2011
The 2011 Leonid meteor shower will peak at midnight EST on the night of November 17-18. Meteors are best observed after midnight, so the morning of...
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