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One of the best meteor showers of the year is on tap for next month.
The annual Perseid meteor shower will peak in the eastern sky before daybreak on Tuesday, Aug. 12. But some of the “shooting stars” make their debut a few nights earlier.
The...
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If we can get a clear sky, there will be two shows over Victoria on July 4.
One, of course, will be the city’s annual fireworks display at the Victoria Community Center. The other is a parade of planets visible to the unaided eye.
Red Mars and ringed...
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Space shuttle Atlantis undocked from the International Space Station Monday morning, promising to provide sky watchers an interesting view of the two.
The two spacecraft will appear as a tight pair of lights gliding across the night sky Monday and Tuesday....
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Venus and Jupiter will light up the pre-dawn sky over Victoria the next few mornings, coming so close together they almost appear to touch.
Take a look at the southeast horizon about 6 a.m. for the spectacular view. They will appear to be closest Friday morning when they are about...
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A huge chunk of rock could be taking aim on Mars this weekend as the planet makes its closet approach to Earth since 2005.
The 164-foot-wide Asteroid 2007 WD5 should pass within 30,000 miles of the red planet, and there’s a 1-in-75 chance of it striking Mars about...
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A crisp, mostly clear sky tonight should make for fine viewing of the planet Mars.
The red planet has doubled in brightness over the past month and is easy to spot among the other heavenly bodies. It should be even easier to find tonight and Tuesday night as a full or...
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Astronomers Select Top Ten Most Amazing Pictures Taken by Hubble Space Telescope in Last 16 Years
"...they illustrate that our universe is not only deeply strange, but also almost impossibly beautiful."
Michael Hanlon/AH (Nov 25th, 2006)
After correcting an initial problem with...
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Monday in the Rosebud café. Victoria Public Information Officer O. C. Garza--who also is a Leica fan--and I are having lunch. Typically, we both brought our cameras.
O. C. had his Epson R-D1, a digital rangefinder. An excellent review available at:
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