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Subject: S&T's Skywatcher's Bulletin for March 9th * * * SKY & TELESCOPE's SKYWATCHER'S BULLETIN - March 9, 2004 * * * ======================================================================== Welcome to S&T's Skywatcher's Bulletin. More information on the items below is available on our Web site, SkyandTelescope.com, at the URLs provided. (If the links don't work, just manually type the URLs into your Web browser.) Clear skies! ======================================================================== LUNAR OCCULTATION REMINDER: March 14th Starting around 3:30 a.m. Eastern Standard Time on the 14th, the tiny open star cluster NGC 6520 in Sagittarius emerges from behind the dark limb of the waning Moon (just past last-quarter phase) for observers along the Eastern Seaboard. The cluster's members are 8th magnitude and fainter, so an 8-inch or larger telescope will probably be needed to see individual stars popping into view during a 10-minute period. Here's more about other lunar occultations that will take place during 2004: http://SkyandTelescope.com/observing/objects/occultations/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- FOLLOW THE JOVIAN MOONS For European observers, Jupiter's moons Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto form a compact grouping near 22:00 Universal Time (UT or GMT) on the 10th. Use our new interactive _javascript_ utility to discover other satellite groupings visible from your observing site: http://SkyandTelescope.com/observing/objects/planets/article_830_1asp SKY & TELESCOPE has four more handy utilities that you can use to find the bright moons of Saturn, locate the Great Red Spot, calculate the times of Algol's minimum brightness, and determine which side of Mars you're looking at. http://SkyandTelescope.com/observing/article_1193_1.asp ------------------------------------------------------------------------ WORDS YA GOTTA KNOW Like anything else, astronomy has its own jargon. Newcomers quickly run into terms like "arcsecond," "4th magnitude," and "right ascension." But they're easy to learn. Here's a quick rundown of the most important astronomy terms you need to know. http://SkyandTelescope.com/howto/basics/article_510_1.asp ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SKY AT A GLANCE The moonless evenings for the next couple weeks are a fine time to look for the zodiacal light. It's in the west right at the end of dusk -- a huge, tall, narrow pyramid of dim, pearly light extending from the horizon high up at a tilt along the ecliptic. To read more about what's happening in the night sky this week, visit "This Week's Sky at a Glance:" http://SkyandTelescope.com/observing/ataglance/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ IT'S MESSIER MARATHON TIME! (Advertisement) Check out these resources and you too can be a Messier Champion! Deep-Sky Companions: The Messier Objects by Stephen James O'Meara > http://SkyandTelescope.com/campaigns.asp?id=307 Messier Card (Laminated) > http://SkyandTelescope.com/campaigns.asp?id=150 The Messier Objects in Color Poster > http://SkyandTelescope.com/campaigns.asp?id=172 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Copyright 2004 Sky Publishing Corp. S&T's Skywatcher's Bulletin is provided as a free service to the astronomical community by the editors of SKY & TELESCOPE magazine. This bulletin may not be redistributed or republished in any form without written permission from Sky Publishing; send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or call +1 617-864-7360. More information about astronomical observing is available on our Web site at http://SkyandTelescope.com/observing/. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your address, unsubscribe from S&T's Skywatcher's Bulletin, or subscribe to S&T's Weekly News Bulletin, which highlights the latest discoveries from the world's astronomical observatories, go to this address: > http://SkyandTelescope.com/shopatsky/emailsubscribe.asp ======================================================================== |
