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ASTRONOMY & OBSERVING NEWS
Watch an Asteroid Race Across the Sky
The kilometer-wide, potentially hazardous asteroid 1994 PC1 will fly past Earth on January 18th. Good news on two counts: It won't hit us, and it's bright enough to see in a 4-inch telescope.
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Where to Look Tonight
This Week's Sky at a Glance, January 14 – 22
This Week's Sky at a Glance, January 14 – 22
Jupiter stands alone at dusk. The Moon dances with Castor and Pollux while Iris creeps in the background. And you can't keep Venus down for long; its tiny crescent reappears at dawn.
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Sky Tour Podcast
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The Wild Duck Cluster (Messier 11, NGC 6705)
Photographer: FERNANDO MENEZES
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SUNSPOT GROUP AR2916 EVOLVES AGAIN
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Partial Lunar Eclipse Nov. 2021
Photographer: Nick Dvoracek
The kings of twilight: Moon and Venus
Photographer: Esteban Josue Andrada
Comet C2021 A1 Leonard passing Messier 3
Photographer: GergoB
Total Solar Eclipse Over the South Atlantic
Photographer: Alson Wong
Comet C/2021 A1 (Leonard) 2021 Nov.11
Photographer: Pepe Chambó
NGC 6744: A Milky Way Analog in Pavo
Photographer: Hal Heaton
Pillars and Jets in the Pelican Nebula
Photographer: Hassan1980
Comet C/2021 A1 (Leonard) 2021 Nov.4
Photographer: Pepe Chambó
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