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Remembering Skylab’s launch, 50 years on
- Astronomy.com
- 23/5/17 21:39
On May 14, 1973, watched by 25,000 rapt spectators, the last Saturn V patiently sat on Launch Pad 39A at Florida’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC). Atop the rocket was Skylab, the biggest, heaviest single object ever to be put into space and the nation’s first long-term, off-planet homestead. At 12:30 P.M. EDT, the Saturn’s fiveContinue reading "Remembering Skylab’s launch, 50 years on"
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20 best deep-sky objects visible in the spring sky
- Astronomy.com
- 23/5/17 21:37
Many amateur astronomers start observing with the Messier catalog, a list of “fuzzy” deep-sky targets that present wonderful sights through a telescope. Although Messier objects may be bright and well known, there’s so much more in the sky to enjoy. The following list of beautiful globular clusters, galaxies, and other celestial entities of the springContinue reading "20 best deep-sky...