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  • The Night Sky

    Young Astronomers Blog, Volume 29, Number 9. The stars follow a very regular pattern when viewed from the Earth. They appear to move from east to west. This pattern repeats itself over the course of a night (Earth’s rotation) and over the four seasons of the year (Earth’s orbit). The constellations that dominate the night…

  • Young Astronomers Newsletter December 2019

    The Young Astronomers Newsletter Volume 27 Number 12 December 2019 By Bob Patsiga       In this month’s edition of the newsletter Bob discusses: Three separate international space agencies are planning on sending missions to Mars next summer. Asteroid Hygiea may have all the right characteristics to be classified as a dwarf planet. The unique…