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Looking for Dark Nebulae

July 22, 2010

Follow the arc of the Milky Way on a dark night away from city lights,
and you'll see knots and ribbons of darkness weaving among the bright
star clouds. Many new stargazers think such dark regions are simply
absences of stars. But their true nature is far more interesting.
These dark regions are immense clouds of gas and cold interstellar
dust, much of it made from the dregs of dead stars that exploded long
ago. In time, some of these so-called dark nebulae will contract, heat
up, and recycle themselves by collapsing into clusters of hot, new
stars.

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Constellation Crux - The Southern Cross

July 19, 2010

ngc290_hst- The constellation Crux lies under the hind legs of
the much larger constellation Centaurus, and its four bright stars,
Acrux, Mimosa, Gacrux, and delta Crucis, mark a kite-like shape about 6
degrees long. Some observers are disappointed at first seeing Crux,
because it's so small. But there are enough fine sights here to last
for many nights of patient contemplation. To paraphrase Rainer Maria
Rilke, if you are bored by the constellation Crux, you are not yet poet
enough to call forth its riches. Let's take a look...

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Legends of the Southern Cross

July 16, 2010

Crux_Map- "... to greet lame the inspired sky
amazed to stumble where gods get lost
beneath the Southern Cross."
- From the song "Beneath the Southern Cross" by Patti Smith

Dante Alighieri wrote about it. Crosby, Stills, and Nash sang about
it. And it's high on the must-see list of every northern stargazer who
travels south of the equator. I'm talking, of course, of the
constellation Crux, the Southern Cross, the most famous sight of the
deep southern sky. Though Crux is the smallest of all 88
constellations, it's nestled in the thickest star clouds of the
southern Milky Way and rich with deep-sky wonders.

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Summer Stargazing Without a Telescope

July 7, 2010

If you find yourself under a perfect night sky without a telescope this
summer, don't despair. There's still lots to see. Here are 10 ideal
targets for summer stargazing, sans optiques.

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Bucket List Object #8: A Total Solar Eclipse

July 5, 2010

solar-eclipse- The #10 sight in our Bucket List for Backyard
Stargazers was the glittering globular cluster Omega Centauri. For the
sight #9, we suggested you spend an evening watching sunrise over the
grand lunar crater Copernicus. Today, we present #8 of our celestial
sights for all of us to see before we kick the bucket: a total eclipse
of the sun.

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