April 2006

April 7: Monthly Meeting

Deep Impact Mission and Comet Tempel I

Carolyn Ernst
April 7: Monthly Meeting

Deep Impact Mission and Comet Tempel I

Clara Eberhardy

Some Bright Spring Double Stars

: By Glenn Chaple
To most deep sky enthusiasts, spring means “galaxies.” Hundreds of these island universes – many in the Coma-Virgo cluster – are within the reach of backyard scopes. Often forgotten are the beautiful double stars that also inhabit the spring skies. Here are ten of the best:

April Meteor Shower

: By Dave Huestis
Well, we haven't observed many meteors of late. Reason one: there are no major meteor streams visible to us during February and March; reason two: the more prominent showers during the second half of last year were either clouded, rained or mooned out.
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New Mexico 2006

Twenty-three Skyscrapers spent a week travelling around New Mexico from April 22-29, 2006.

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