Scope on the Skies: Summer skies—Planets, an eclipse, and shooting stars

by: Bob Riddle

This summer, in addition to viewing several of the bright visible planets and another lunar eclipse, there will be an opportunity for viewing the target of an upcoming NASA mission, the asteroid Vesta. Highlights of the summer skies and other celestial phenomena are described in this month’s column.

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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 7/1/2007Stock # ss07_030_09_62Volume 030Issue 09

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