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Asteroid 2012 DA14 to Zip Past Earth
January 30, 2013 | On February 15th, a 150-foot-wide rock will make the closest pass by Earth of any asteroid predicted far in advance. You might be able to follow it in a telescope. > read more
Mercury in February 2013
January 31, 2013 | Mercury has a fine evening apparition in February 2013, featuring an extraordinarily close conjunction with Mars. > read more
Tour February’s Sky by Eye and Ear!
February 1, 2013 | Evening skies feature two bright planets: Mercury, which lurks low in the west after sunset around the 16th, and Jupiter, which reigns high in the southern sky all month long. > read more
NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), and R. Gendler
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Amateurs Help Hubble Unveil Beautiful Spiral
February 6, 2013 | Robert Gendler stitched together a stunning mosaic of spiral galaxy M106, filling in gaps in Hubble coverage with his own and Jay GaBany’s ground-based observations. > read more
Five Amateurs Share Edgar Wilson Award
February 8, 2013 | Discovering a comet remains one of amateur astronomy’s greatest accomplishments, and five individuals are being honored for doing just that. > read more
Earth-Size Planets Common, But Are They Habitable?
February 6, 2013 | The best place to look for nearby Earth-size planets might be the smallest, coolest stars — but these stars could also be bad for creating Earth-like planets. > read more
Harbingers of Death: Predicting Supernovae
February 6, 2013 | A massive outburst may give a month’s advance notice of when certain giant stars will go supernova. That’s not great for evacuation plans, but perfect for observers who want to catch a supernova in action. > read more
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This Week’s Sky at a Glance
February 8, 2013 | Mercury and Mars have a close conjunction low in the sunset, then separate. Try for a record young crescent Moon. And a little asteroid whizzes close by Earth; it’ll be no small trick to locate in a telescope. > read more
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