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Welcome to S&T's Skywatcher's Bulletin. More about 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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MOON OCCULTS ANTARES THURSDAY MORNING

Set your alarm Wednesday night to catch the North American occultation of
Antares on the morning of March 3rd:

http://SkyandTelescope.com/observing/objects/occultations/article_1401_1.asp

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ROSETTA SPACECRAFT VISIBLE FROM EUROPE

The interplanetary Rosetta probe, en route to landing on a comet's nucleus
in 2014, makes a gravity-assist flyby of Earth on Friday, March 4th.
Observers in Europe and Africa can see it that evening at 8th or 9th
magnitude:

http://SkyandTelescope.com/observing/highlights/article_1471_1.asp

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COMET MACHHOLZ PASSES POLARIS

The fading comet, visible in binoculars, glows at 6th magnitude this week
and next as it passes the North Star. Use our finder chart at

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

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SKY AT A GLANCE

The Moon is at last quarter on March 3rd. Saturn shines high overhead, and
Jupiter rises in the east around 9 p.m. For more of what's happening in
the night sky, visit "This Week's Sky at a Glance":

http://SkyandTelescope.com/observing/ataglance

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