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How to use the Telescope in Blue Prince Observatory

The Times of India 13 Apr 2025
You will spot the massive Telescope that is positioned awkwardly ... You must rotate it right or left until the scope faces the sky’s general direction.For the vertical adjustments, you can take stairs to the base of the Telescope.
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Newly-discovered Comet SWAN is creating a buzz, when to see it with binoculars

Michigan Live 12 Apr 2025
A freshly-discovered comet has lots of skywatchers training their telescopes on the dawn sky, but pretty soon the new Comet SWAN25F will flip to our evening sky, and allow a lot of us to get a good look with a pair of binoculars.
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US high school student’s AI identifies 1.5 million previously unknown space objects

Interesting Engineering 12 Apr 2025
Kirkpatrick also saw an opportunity to extract deeper insights from Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE), the retired infrared telescope that spent over a decade scanning the sky for asteroids and other near-Earth objects.
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For the First Time Astronomers Watch a Black Hole 'Wake Up' in Real-Time

Slashdot 12 Apr 2025
In this case, 16 other telescopes performed sensitive astrometry (position measurement) over 11 years including the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). These multiple measurements plot an ellipse on the sky, ...
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What’s Up: April 2025 Skywatching Tips from NASA

Space Coast Daily 11 Apr 2025
April Skies ... Meanwhile, Jupiter remains an early evening highlight, gleaming in the western sky and setting a few hours after sunset ... Look for it low in the eastern sky during the hour before dawn ... Deep-Sky Gem.
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Astronomers Think They've Found the Universe's Missing Infrared Light

Universe Today 11 Apr 2025
... the Herschel Space Telescope and, by staking 141 images, found where individual dust-rich galaxies appeared blended together.
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Save a massive 30% on the Celestron StarSense Explorer LT 80AZ, a top-tier beginner telescope

Space 11 Apr 2025
Get a huge discount on a great beginner telescope in time for the upcoming Lyrid meteor shower, full moon and other night sky events ....
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New dome theater at Tampa’s science museum is nation’s second largest

Lima Ohio 11 Apr 2025
MOSI will offer star shows, tours of the night sky where you can see the constellations and zoom in with new images made available from the James Webb Space Telescope or Hubble Space Telescope images, enhanced by computer graphics.
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Adventure awaits: discover South Africa's hottest coolcation hotspots

Independent online (SA) 11 Apr 2025
The gem of the Karoo. Graaff-Reinet ... Stargazing haven ... Home to the Southern African Large Telescope (SALT), this picturesque small town boasts some of the clearest, darkest skies in the Southern Hemisphere, much to the delight of astronomy enthusiasts ... .
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When is the full Pink Moon in April? 'Micromoon' will rise over Mississippi soon

Hattiesburg American 10 Apr 2025
If you love spending time in nature, there are a few places with dark sky designations to help you see the stars clearly ... Spot Jupiter in the evening sky with a telescope, although with the sun setting later, it'll become more difficult to see.
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NASA alert! A massive 370-ft asteroid as big as a 35-storey building set to pass Earth – know more about the speed and time

The Times of India 10 Apr 2025
But this evening, tonight, on a Friday evening, there will be a visitor in the sky ... Pan-STARRS and Catalina Sky Survey are some of these powerful observatories used in asteroid detection and monitoring.
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Look up at the stars over Katahdin

Bangor Daily News 09 Apr 2025
Explore the exceptional night sky at Katahdin woods and waters ... Festivities usually kick off in the late afternoon but Campfire Chats and guided night sky viewing with state-of-the-art telescopes start just after dusk.
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New green-tailed comet discovered: When, where, and how to see it in April and May 2025

The Times of India 08 Apr 2025
Through the telescopes, it appears like a blurred star.However, the long-exposure images captured through telescopes reveal a slender, whip-like tail to the comet, which extends to at least a degree across the sky.
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5 ways to see the pink moon in Dubai in 2025

Time Out Dubai 08 Apr 2025
Look up at the sky as you bob in the water and enjoy the surroundings ... It’s happening at the dreamy Al Qudra desert, where you’ll get to peer through a telescope, gaze up at the moon and stars and even enjoy a bit of storytelling under the night sky.
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A year later: Remembering how Vermonters experienced the total solar eclipse in April 2024

Burlington Free Press 08 Apr 2025
Instead they decided to focus on another bright round object in the sky ... Finnell, an aeronautical and astronomical engineer, said he held onto the telescope to show his children, now grown, “what was possible” by watching the skies.
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