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The Library building is temporarily closed. Library staff and some services have been relocated to the 4th and 5th floors of the Howe Center.
Visit the following link for services and hours available at Howe: Library Support and Services During Summer Closure.
The sky has so much to explore: planets, stars, comets, satellites! While it might seem overwhelming, you can get to know what's up there just by looking and starting to track what you see.
The McDonald Observatory at the University of Texas offers advice for novice stargazers: The only equipment you need is your eyes, a good viewing spot, and a star chart.
What's going on in the sky today?
Image: "Moon - North Pole", NASA/JPL, 1996-01-29
Caption: "This view of the north polar region of the Moon was obtained by NASA's Galileo camera during the spacecraft flyby of the Earth-Moon system on December 7 and 8, 1992. http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00126"
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Image: Screenshot from TheSkyLive.com Planetarium, "Interactive star map of the sky visible from: Greenwich, United Kingdom" |