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Welcome to S&T's Skywatcher's Bulletin. More about all the items below is
on our Web site, SkyandTelescope.com, at the URLs provided. (If the links
don't work, just type the URLs manually into your Web browser.) Clear
skies!
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SATURN SHINES HIGH AND BRIGHT

Smack amid the bright constellations of February evenings is the bright
planet Saturn. It forms a curving arc with Castor and Pollux. Got a
telescope? Now's the time to read our Observing Guide to Saturn:

http://SkyandTelescope.com/observing/objects/planets/article_304_1.asp

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COMET MACHHOLZ

The "Christmas Comet" continues fading this week as it heads northward
toward Polaris. Despite increasing moonlight (and Christmas being long
gone), Comet Machholz is still easily visible in binoculars as a
5th-magnitude fuzzball -- if you know where to look.

http://SkyandTelescope.com/observing/objects/comets/article_1396_1.asp

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AN ECLIPSING BINARY IN THE TRAPEZIUM

Every 65 days, one of the four Trapezium stars in the Orion Nebula gets
eclipsed. Telescope users in Europe and eastern North America will have a
good view one of these events on the night of the 15th.

http://SkyandTelescope.com/observing/objects/variablestars

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CELESTIAL HIGHLIGHTS FOR 2005

Eclipses, conjunctions, occultations -- here's a summary of the biggest
special sky events in 2005 -- at least those that can be predicted!

http://SkyandTelescope.com/observing/highlights/article_1456_1.asp

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SKY AT A GLANCE

The Moon is first-quarter on Tuesday the 15th. Big Jupiter rises in the
east around 10 p.m. To read more of what's happening in the night sky this
week, visit "This Week's Sky at a Glance":

http://SkyandTelescope.com/observing/ataglance

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