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44 Sky at a Glance

44 Northern Hemisphere Sky Chart

45 Binocular Highlight:

Aquila’s Dark Secret

46 Planetary Almanac

47 Northern Hemisphere’s Sky:

The Bird of the Starry Way

48 Sun, Moon & Planets:

Mars Meets Its Rival

50 Celestial Calendar

50 Ice-Giant Spotting

50 Saturn’s Rhea to Occult a Star

52 The Return of Jupiter

53 Big Full Moons

53 Phenomena of Jupiter’s Moons

54 Exploring the Solar System:

The Violet Sun

55 Lunar Phases & Librations

56 Deep-Sky Wonders: The Theban Swan

Additional Observing Articles:

60 Going Deep: Seeking

Interacting Galaxies

64 20 Fun Naked-Eye Double Stars

OBSERVING

September 2014

In This Section

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NASA / ESA / HUBBLE HERITAGE TEAM (STSCI/AURA)

The intereacting galaxy pair Vorontsov-Velyaminov 323, also known as Arp 273, is discussed in detail on page 61.

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