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Old 05-08-2009, 01:45 PM
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erick (Eric)
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The Moon!

Saturn, Jupiter. Split the double stars at Alpha Centauri and Alpha Crucis. Try to find Neptune. Then search out open star clusters - the Jewel Box (NGC 4755), NGC 6231 in Scorpius, IC 2602 (the Southern Peliades) before it gets too low in the south. Look for the "Five of Diamonds" beside IC 2602. Just "above" it this evening. You may find a glimpse of the Eta Carina nebula (look early) and Omega Centauri globular cluster if you peer hard against the moonlit sky. Get up early tomorrow and look at the Peliades, Venus and try to see the Trapezium stars in the Orion nebula. Lots to see!
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