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Welcome to S&T's Skywatcher's Bulletin. More information on the items
below is available on our Web site, SkyandTelescope.com, at the URLs
provided. (If the links don't work, just manually type the URLs into your
Web browser.) Clear skies!
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PARTIAL SOLAR ECLIPSE FOR ALASKA AND HAWAII

Right at sunset on the 13th (local date), three-fourths of the Sun will be
covered for western Alaska, and nearly half for Hawaii. The complete
partial, with mideclipse at 2:59 Universal Time on October 14th, will be
visible from Japan, Korea, and Manchuria.

http://SkyandTelescope.com/observing/objects/eclipses/article_80_1.asp

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SPOT VESTA (AND URANUS)

Two solar-system bodies just below naked-eye brightness can be found with
binoculars in eastern Aquarius on October and November evenings. The minor
planet 4 Vesta loops through the dim "water streams" pouring from Aquarius
's bucket. Uranus, which is 10 to 13 times farther away, moves much more
slowly as it glows at magnitude 5.8 south of Aquarius's elbow.

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

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VARIABLE STAR IN CEPHEUS PEAKS THIS MONTH

The red, long-period variable star T Cephei, near the nebula NGC 7023,
should be at maximum brightness around October 14th. Peaking at about 6th
magnitude, it should be in easy reach of binoculars.

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

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OCTOBER'S IDEAL LUNAR ECLIPSE

Mark the date! On October 27th the full Moon will undergo a deep total
eclipse lasting for 1 hour 22 minutes, when it will be high in the eastern
sky after dark for most observers in the Americas.

http://SkyandTelescope.com/observing/objects/eclipses/article_1340_1.asp

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SKY AT A GLANCE

Jupiter is just emerging above the horizon due east during dawn, very far
below brilliant Venus. To read more about 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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