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The Sky This Week from May 19 to 26: Deep-sky delights

Friday, May 19The Moon reaches its New phase at 11:53 A.M. EDT, leaving a perfectly dark sky overhead for us to seek out fainter targets like the Lagoon Nebula. Also cataloged as M8, the Lagoon is located in northwestern Sagittarius. It sits some 5.5° west of magnitude 2.8 Kaus Borealis (Lambda [λ] Sagittarii). You’ll findContinue reading "The Sky This Week from May 19 to 26: Deep-sky...