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77Beaver Valley Post issue #6
Beaver Valley Post issue #6 in the continuing parody hometown newspaper by Beth Perry
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77Astronomy For Beginners: What Is A Meteor
Have you ever wondered just what those shooting stars you see at night are made of? In this article, we'll cover what they are, and where they come from.
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82Astronomy; A Beginner's Guide to Naked Eye and Binocular Objects - A Greensleeves Page
In this fourth page of a series of guides to the night sky for beginners, I look at the most prominent objects other than our Moon and the stars which can be easily seen in the night sky.
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78Remembering Halley's Comet, By Way Of The Orionid Meteor Shower.
An article all about the orionid meteor shower associated with Halley's Comet
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77The Precession Problem
How do we know exactly where the sun is in relation to the background stars. As the sun is so bright, this is no easy task. However, we have ways of finding out and what we have found is that the apparent movement of the sun is not as straight forward as many have thought. The earth is affected in its orbit by the other planets and wobbles on its axis of rotation. Precession is defined by the solar position against the background stars at key points of the year and they vary.
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80Perseus Constellation: Myth, Stars, Deep Sky Objects, Comets
Perseus constellation is one of the oldest known constellations in the night sky, dating back to ancient Greek times. It was first mapped by Ptolemy, a Greek astronomer, astrologer, mathematician and geographer, in the 2nd century A.D. Ptolemy...
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76Star jelly or Star slime - What is it?: Mystery files
Star Jelly - According to legend, it is brought to our world by shooting stars - meteors. It looks like jelly, or slime and it quickly disintegrates leaving little or no trace. What exactly is "star jelly"?
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75What is a meteor shower ?
A meteor shower is one of nature's most breathtaking scenes, but as wonderful as they are to gaze upon, they are even more amazing when you know what causes them! To understand a meteor shower though, we must...
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70Meteor Facts - All about Meteors
Observing meteors in the sky is one of the fun experience for beginner astronomer. You’ll be able to view meteor showers without using any telescope. But If you want to get more details then you can use small optical telescope or large optical...
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75Meteors, Asteroids, and Comets, With Pictures
Basic information on Asteroids, Meteors, and Comets, with info on how to find out about the next meteor shower.
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