SkyandTelescope.com Weekly Bulletin for May 25, 2012

[Sam Wormley]

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> Reanimating the 1882 Transit of Venus
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> June 8, 2004 | Travel 130 years back in time to watch Venus transit the Sun in 1882, thanks to the discovery of 147 forgotten photographs taken by David Peck Todd from Mount Hamilton in California.
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> Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/objects/daylightphenomena/Reanimating-the-1882-Transit-of-Venus-3308756.html
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> Pro-Am Teamwork on the Rise
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> May 24, 2012 | As demonstrated this week during a gathering of observers in Big Bear, California, amateur and professional astronomers are joining forces as never before.
> Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/community/skyblog/newsblog/Pro-Am-Teamwork-on-the-Rise-153714035.html
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> GALEX Gets New Lease on Life
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> May 23, 2012 | NASA decided to shut down its Galaxy Evolution Explorer in Februrary. But now Caltech has stepped in with private funding to keep the mission going.
> Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/community/skyblog/newsblog/Galex-Gets-New-Lease-on-Life-153023195.html
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> Observing
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> How to Photograph the Transit of Venus
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> May 3, 2012 | Learn how to photograph the upcoming transit of Venus.
> Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/community/skyblog/observingblog/How-to-Photograph-the-Solar-Eclipse-and-the-Transit-of-Venus-149902015.html
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> What to Know before You Buy
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> May 22, 2012 | Telescopes come in an overwhelming variety of sizes, shapes, and prices. To make sense of this embarrassment of riches, you need to ask yourself a few basic questions.
> Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/community/skyblog/newsblog/What-to-Know-before-You-Buy-151755015.html
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> Venus Takes the Plunge
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> May 1, 2012 | The brightest planet has dominated the evening sky for months. But during May it sinks rapidly toward the setting Sun — and its historic transit across the solar disk in early June.
> Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/community/skyblog/observingblog/Venus-Takes-the-Plunge-149763175.html
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> Tour May's Sky by Eye and Ear!
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> April 15, 2012 | Follow the giant arc of bright planets that leads eastward from the just-set Sun: Venus low in the west, Mars midway up in the south, and Saturn over in the east. Then look overhead for the Big Dipper — the "Swiss Army knife" of the night sky.
> Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/highlights/Tour-May-2012-Sky-by-Eye-and-Ear-147665125.html
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> This Week's Sky at a Glance
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> This Week's Sky at a Glance
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> May 25, 2012 | Venus drops low in the sunset as its crescent thins to a brilliant hairline — on its way to transiting the face of the Sun next week.
> Read More at: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/ataglance/153264425.html
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