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Oh, Canada! Yes, we can see you from here!

Posted on May 6, 2013 by

by Jay Reynolds For years, Suzie Dills has told me about seeing lights across the lake when she walks her dog at night. I always joked that she was making it up (knowing full well that she wasn’t). It wasn’t … Continue reading →

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M42: The Great Orion Nebula

Posted on March 24, 2013 by

CAA member Keven Tag shared this lovely image of M42, the Orion Nebula, with us. His techniques and results are pretty advanced. Here’s what he said: “Thought I’d send this along. The skies were fairly clear last night {March 14} and … Continue reading →

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Planck mission results shake cosmology’s basics

Posted on March 21, 2013 by

WASHINGTON — The Planck space mission has released the most accurate and detailed map ever made of the oldest light in the universe, revealing new information about its age, contents and origins. The map results suggest the universe is expanding … Continue reading →

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“Awesome” PANSTARRS viewed and photographed

Posted on March 16, 2013 by

Mid-March saw a good bit of interest in Comet C/2011 L4 (PANSTARRS). As it approached perihelion the comet put on a good show for observers in the Southern Hemisphere. It was known PANSTARRS would, after its close passage to the … Continue reading →

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