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OBSERVING

August 2014

44 Sky at a Glance

44 Northern Hemisphere Sky Chart

45 Binocular Highlight: A Teaspoon of Sky Sugar

46 Planetary Almanac

47 Northern Hemisphere’s Sky:

August: Milky Way County

48 Sun, Moon & Planets:

Venus Meets Jupiter at Dawn

50 Celestial Calendar

50 The Flight of 61 Cygni

51 Asteroid Occultation

52 The Moon & the Perseids

54 Exploring the Moon: Lunar Highs and Lows

55 Lunar Phases and Librations

56 Deep-Sky Wonders: Where Glows the Milky Way

Additional Observing Stories:

60 Going Deep: Dots and Donuts in Aquila

PHOTOGRAPH: HUNTER WILSON 64 Earthgrazing Meteors

In This Section

Messier 20, the Trifi d Nebula, is a showpiece for telescopes of all
sizes when viewed under dark skies. See page 57 for a sketch.
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