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Cosmic Event: Venus & Pleiades Converge

Sunday, April 8th, 2007

VENUS & THE PLEIADES

Cosmic Dance Wednesday April 11, 2007

Venus and Pleiades converge in night sky

Venus and the Pleiades are converging for a
close encounter on Wednesday, April 11th.

At closest approach, the planet and the star cluster will be about 2 degrees apart, tight enough to fit behind your upturned thumb held at arm’s length. They’re an odd couple. Venus is extravagantly bright while the Pleiades are faint and delicate, yet together they make a pretty ensemble suitable for photography, binoculars or simple naked-eye viewing.

Watch the western sky after sunset in the nights ahead to see them drawing together.

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Hexagonal Discovery at Saturn’s North Pole

Wednesday, March 28th, 2007

NASA’s Cassini Space Probe
Gathers Amazing Photographic Data

Hex on SaturnThe Cassini Spacecraft has managed to get a better glimpse of an interesting phenomenon occurring over the entire north pole of the planet Saturn.

A Hex on Saturn?

A hexigonal shape circles Saturn’s north pole and has deeply piqued scientists’ interest.

NASA Excerpt:

The hexagon appears to have remained fixed with Saturn’s rotation rate and axis since first glimpsed by Voyager 26 years ago. The actual rotation rate of Saturn is still uncertain.

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Amazing Comet McNaught Photos

Sunday, January 21st, 2007

The Comet McNaught just keeps on delivering. Amazing pictures recently from the northern hemisphere, and now after having traveled past the sun, it is visible in the southern hemishphere where beautiful photos are being taken and shared around the world.
Awesome photos from down under… Click the image for more:

Comet McNaught

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Have You Seen the Comet McNaught?

Thursday, January 18th, 2007

For the past couple weeks, Comet McNaught has been quite a sight in the northern hemisphere. It was bigger and brighter than the planet Venus as it closed in on the sun.

Comet McNaught

Now it has passed behind the sun, and so it is viewable in the southern hemisphere. Great shots are coming out of Australia.

Have a look at the photo galleries. Amazing stuff. The comet got so big and bright as it approached the sun that it was quite easy to see it with the naked eye in broad daylight.

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