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What Up for June
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June 2013
This month, view a planetary trio at sunset, and catch a view of Asteroid 1998QE2 plus the five brightest asteroids.
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What's Up for May
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May 2013
Spring constellations yield science targets you can see.
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Still Time to See Comet PanSTARRS
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April 2013
If you thought you had missed a glimpse of Comet PanSTARRS when it became visible to northern hemisphere observers around March 10, don't worry, it's still visible with binoculars!
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Iapetus: East Is Least and West Is Best
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April 2013
Saturn's moon Iapetus is a challenging but fun observing project when the Saturn system is in our evening skies.
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What's Up for April
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April 2013
Bright, golden Saturn rises in the late evening early in the month. Look low in the southeast below Virgo's bright star Spica.
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What's Up for March
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March 2013
The first of this year's two potential bright comets is visible for those who can see low on the western horizon, and find out which spacecraft is on a 10-year mission to catch up with another comet.
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About: Jane Houston Jones
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Jane is an astronomer, NASA science podcast developer, writer, educational and outreach artisan and social media enthusiast. She and her husband have an asteroid (22338 Janemojo) named after them. She's also the human behind the @CassiniSaturn Twitter Account.
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