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The author stands with the 1.06m f/17 Cassegrain telescope used for the team’s planetary observations. DAMIAN PEACH ...

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72 ASTRONOMY • JUNE 2018 B LU E STR E AK Comet PanSTARRS (C/2016 R2) displays a complex tail as it passes through the constella ...

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74 ASTRONOMY • JUNE 2018 Blue stars, blue spiral The universe may contain a trillion galaxies, but you’d have to search long and ...

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SOUTHERN SKY MARTIN GEORGE describes the solar system’s changing landscape as it appears in Earth’s southern sky. August 2018: A ...

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