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in an amateur capacity) who, during the 12 months preceding June 10th each
year, find one or more new comets using amateur, privately owned
equipment. Comets discovered using professional equipment or data do not
qualify.

> http://SkyandTelescope.com/news/article_1535_1.asp

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HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS WEEK'S SKY

* Deep Impact meets Comet Tempel 1 at 5:52:12 Universal Time July 4th
(10:52:12 p.m. July 3rd Pacific Daylight Time) as described above.
* New Moon on Wednesday, July 6th.
* Jupiter (magnitude -2.0, in Virgo) glares in the southwest during
evening - the brightest "star" in the nighttime sky.

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

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