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Here's your Cosmic Pursuits newsletter for September 2023!
1. Venus and Jupiter blaze away in the morning sky,
the zodiacal light returns, and Mercury makes it best morning appearance of the year for northern-hemisphere observers. Oh, and did I mention? The newly-discovered Comet Nishimura is on its way to the inner solar system, and it may grow bright enough to see without optics in the twilight sky. Here's what to see in the Night Sky This Month...
2. Your sky tour this month includes a look at the deep-sky sights in and around the dazzling Cygnus Star Cloud, the brightest star cloud north of the celestial equator.
3. The nearest black holes may be right next door, galactically speaking, hidden in the Hyades star cluster.
4. Solar activity certainly affects weather on Earth. But do sunspots also cause clouds on Neptune? The answer, it seems, is yes.
5. Your long read this month: Ivan Semeniuk's excellent feature on the new search for dark matter.
And the astronomy quote of the month...
“The most remarkable discovery in all of astronomy is that the stars are made of atoms of the same kind as those on
the earth.”
- Richard P. Feynman, Feynman Lectures on Physics
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Wishing you clear skies!
Brian
Ventrudo
Publisher
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