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Welcome to S&T's Skywatcher's Bulletin. More about the items below appears
on our Web site, SkyandTelescope.com, at the URLs provided. (If a link
doesn't work, just type the URL manually into your Web browser.) Clear
skies!
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BIG SUNSPOT VISIBLE

The Sun has been pretty quiet for the past few months, but now it's
showing a big, active spot that you don't even need a telescope to see --
just a safe solar filter or a simple solar projection setup:

http://SkyandTelescope.com/observing/article_1507_1.asp

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SECRETS OF DEEP-SKY OBSERVING

May is in the heart of galaxy season, with the galaxy-rich constellations
Virgo, Coma Berenices, Leo, Hydra, Ursa Major, and others high in the
evening sky. When it comes to observing faint fuzzies in a telescope,
seeing all that you can see requires a number of insiders' tricks. We lay
them out at:

http://SkyandTelescope.com/howto/visualobserving/article_78_1.asp

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SKY AT A GLANCE

Jupiter and Saturn are up in the evening, offering fine telescopic
targets. For tropical and Southern Hemisphere observers, the Eta Aquarid
meteor shower peaks for several mornings around May 4th. These items and
more are on "This Week's Sky at a Glance":

http://SkyandTelescope.com/observing/ataglance

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Much more to see and do with the unaided eye, binoculars, or a telescope
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http://SkyandTelescope.com/observing/

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