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May 2012
Skywatching in May
The central event of the month, and one of the skywatching highlights of the year, takes place during the daytime: an annular eclipse of the Sun, which carves a narrow path across the western United States. After dark, some of the signature star patterns of summer begin their climb to prominence, including the Summer Triangle, which rises in late evening, and sinuous Scorpius, the scorpion, which is in full view at midnight by month's end. More skywatching information is available at StarDate.org
McDonald Observatory
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Universo
Universo is a Spanish-language radio program on astronomy and is available at no cost. Like its English-language counterpart, StarDate, it provides astronomical information and highlights. Broadcast since 1995 many programs deal specifially with Mesoamerican astronomy and skylore, the contributions of Hispanic astronomers in the United States, and broader cultural topics of interest to the Hispanic audience. Informacion y audios en Espanol RadioUniverso.org
Recent Highlights
April 5, 2012
Double Sunsets
Mark A. Garlick/space-art.co.uk
Two stars brighten the sky above Kepler-35b, a planet discovered by the Kepler spacecraft, in this artist's concept. The planet orbits the two stars once every 131 days, giving it double sunrises and sunsets like those depicted for the planet Tatooine in "Star Wars."
April 21, 2012
Apollo 16
NASA
The Apollo 16 lunar module, Orion, awaits the return of astronauts John Young and Charles Duke as they complete a long day of exploration in their lunar rover. Young and Duke landed in the Moon's Descartes region on April 20, 1972. They conducted three long moonwalks over three days before returning to lunar orbit to join crewmate Ken Mattingly for the ride back to Earth. The tall panel to the left of the American flag collected bits of the solar wind.