Observing

1. This Week’s Sky at a Glance, May 24 – June 1

   The Summer Triangle is making its appearance in the east these evenings, one star after another: Vega, Deneb, then Altair.

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2. See Bright Nebulae Millions of Light-Years Away

   We leave the Milky Way behind and venture out to explore giant star-bursting regions in the galaxies M101 and NGC 2366.

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3. The Making of the Turner Farm Observatory

   Amateur astronomer Jeffrey Kretsch tells how a local astronomical society turned a former Cold War missile control site into a thriving observatory park.

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4. This Week’s Sky at a Glance, May 17 – 25

   The Moon, nearly full, shines in dim Libra. Find Arcturus very high above the Moon. Less far to the Moon's right or upper right is Spica, one magnitude fainter.

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5. Watch International Space Station Flybys All Night Long

   The annual International Space Station marathon viewing season begins later this week, when skywatchers in the Northern Hemisphere can watch up to five successive ISS passes in one night.

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