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  * * * SKY & TELESCOPE's WEEKLY NEWS BULLETIN - April 15, 2005 * * *

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SENATE APPROVES NASA'S NEW ADMINISTRATOR

On April 13th, just one month after President Bush nominated Michael
Griffin as the 11th NASA administrator, the former head of the Space
Department at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory was
unanimously approved for the post by the US Senate Commerce Committee. He
takes over for acting administrator Frederick Gregory.

Griffin's prepared remarks and answers to committee-member questions
during his confirmation hearing paint a promising picture for the future
of space science in America....

> http://SkyandTelescope.com/news/article_1499_1.asp

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A VERY COLORFUL SOLAR ECLIPSE

It didn't last long, but it sure was a sight. The "hybrid" annular-total
eclipse on April 8, 2005, delighted watchers and photographers aboard
cruise ships in the Pacific, on land in parts of Central America and the
Caribbean, and across much wider territories where the eclipse was
partial -- at least where clouds didn't wipe out the show....

> http://SkyandTelescope.com/news/article_1497_1.asp
> http://SkyandTelescope.com/observing/highlights/article_1498_1.asp

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HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS WEEK'S SKY

* First-quarter Moon on August 16th.
* The annual Lyrid meteor shower should be at its peak very late on April
21-22 when Lyra rises high overhead. However, the bright Moon will hamper
observations.
* Jupiter (magnitude -2.4, in Virgo) glares brilliantly in the southeast
at nightfall -- the brightest "star" in the sky

> http://SkyandTelescope.com/observing/ataglance

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