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SkyandTelescope.com August 2014 41 ing the mirror submerged, take a soapy cotton ball and gently drag it across the surface of t ...

42 August 2014 sky & telescope Telescope Maintenance with Windex, then slowly and gently wipe from the center of the optic o ...

OBSERVING August 2014 44 Sky at a Glance 44 Northern Hemisphere Sky Chart 45 Binocular Highlight: A Teaspoon of Sky Sugar 46 Pla ...

OBSERVING Sky at a Glance MIDNIGHT SUNRISE ▶ Mercury Venus Mars Jupiter Saturn ◀SUNSET SW W SW W E E Hidden in the Sun's glare a ...

–1 Star magnitudes 0 1 2 3 4 Gary Seronik Binocular Highlight SkyandTelescope.com August 2014 45 55 6774 SAGITTARIUS Teaspoon 54 ...

46 August 2014 sky & telescope OBSERVING Planetary Almanac The table above gives each object’s right ascension and declinati ...

Fred Schaaf SkyandTelescope.com August 2014 47 OBSERVING Northern Hemisphere’s Sky Fred Schaaf welcomes your comments at fschaaf ...

OBSERVING Sun, Moon && Planets 48 August 2014 sky & telescope Venus Meets Jupiter at Dawn The two brightest planets ...

SkyandTelescope.com August 2014 49 To see what the sky looks like at any given time and date, go toSkyandTelescope.com/skychart. ...

50 August 2014 sky & telescope OBSERVING Celestial Calendar High overhead in late summer, near Deneb, is an un- assuming pai ...

SkyandTelescope.com August 2014 51 Learn how to use detailed star charts to fi nd the faintest things with your telescope: skypu ...

52 August 2014 sky & telescope OBSERVING Celestial Calendar Minima of Algol July UT Aug. UT These geocentric (Earth-centered ...

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54 August 2014 sky & telescope OBSERVING Exploring the Moon Looking at the lunar surface from Earth’s perspective, it’s ofte ...

Contributing editor Charles A. Wood never consults a libration chart, preferring to be surprised at what chance bestows on him. ...

56 August 2014 sky & telescope OBSERVING Deep-Sky Wonders Where Glows the Milky Way Sagittarius is the mother lode of star c ...

SkyandTelescope.com August 2014 57 Sue French Summer Christmas Tree b q a h + m 15 29 SAGITTARIUS Lagoon Nebula Trifid Nebula M2 ...

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60 August 2014 sky & telescope Ken Hewitt-White Going Deep Dots and Donuts in Aquila These nine planetary nebulae range from ...