Summer skies: planets, an eclipse, and shooting stars.(SCOPE on the skies)

Science Scope | June 22, 2007| | Copyright

This summer, in addition to viewing several of the bright visible planets, there will be an opportunity for viewing the target of an upcoming NASA mission, the asteroid Vesta. While the planets may be seen without optical aids such as binoculars or telescopes, viewing Vesta will require binoculars to track its motions among the stars in the background.

This summer we will also have another opportunity for viewing a lunar eclipse. During the March eclipse, viewers near the East Coast were able to watch a rising, totally eclipsed Moon, while further west the Moon rose ...

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