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Planetary ConjunctionsLate August will be a great time for planet watching, in the morning and the evening. If you are up early on Monday, August 18, you…
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Light PollutionThose of us that live on the Western Slope are no stranger to spectacular scenery. The jagged peaks, chiseled canyons, and expansive…
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Mercury in Evening Twilight Have you ever seen the planet Mercury? When conditions are near optimal, Mercury is easy to see. However, optimal conditions…
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Saturn at OppositionLast month on the program we learned that only the five superior planets can be at opposition. The fast movement of our planet’s orbit…
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April’s Total Lunar EclipseLate on the evening of April 14th and into the early morning hours of April 15th, skygazers throughout the America’s and much…
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This is a continuing series on Women in Astronomy. Today, we meet Margaret Burbidge.Margaret Burbidge was born in 1919. She received her PHD in astronomy…
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Today we discuss two giant stars that are easily observed right now and relatively close in the sky. Aldebaran is an orange giant star, while Betelgeuse…
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This is a continuing series on Women in Astronomy. Today, we meet Vera Rubin.Vera Rubin was born in 1928 and graduated from Vassar College. Much of her…
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When you look at the night sky with the naked eye, everything that you see is in our Milky Way Galaxy.The farthest easily seen star is only a few thousand…
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For this episode of Western Slope Skies from the Black Canyon Astronomical Society, we learn about the planet Jupiter, which can be seen shining bright in…