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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 the links
don't work, just type the URLs manually into your Web browser.) Clear
skies!
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GET READY FOR THE APRIL 8TH SOLAR ECLIPSE!

A partial eclipse of the Sun will be visible on the afternoon of April 8th
(a week from Friday) if you live south of a line from southern New Jersey
to Southern California. The eclipse is total over parts of the South
Pacific and annular over parts of Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, and
Venezuela. Get your solar filter ready! Details:

http://SkyandTelescope.com/observing/objects/eclipses/article_1445_1.asp

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JUPITER'S GREAT RED SPOT

Now that Jupiter is showing up well in the evening, you can keep watch for
its Great Red Spot (actually pale orange-tan) with a telescope -- and try
timing when the spot crosses the planet's central meridian. Good Red Spot
transits should happen around 9:45 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on Thursday
evening March 31st, and 11:23 p.m. EST on Saturday April 2nd. Find other
transit times, good worldwide, with our Red Spot transit predictor at:

http://SkyandTelescope.com/observing/objects/planets/article_107_1.asp

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SKY AT A GLANCE

Jupiter is at opposition this week (opposite the Sun in our sky). Saturn
remains in excellent view high in the southwest. The Moon is at last
quarter on the night of April 1-2. For more, visit "This Week's Sky at a
Glance":

http://SkyandTelescope.com/observing/ataglance

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