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THE SKY GUIDE SEPTEMBER 49
PLUS
Stephen Tonkin’s
BINOCULAR TOUR
Turn to page 60 for six
of this month’s best
binocular sights
THE SKY GUIDE
WRITTEN BY
PETE LAWRENCE
Pete Lawrence is an
expert astronomer SEPTEMBER
and astrophotographer
with a particular
interest in digital
imaging. As well as The spectacularly bright planet Venus pays a close call to the delicate
writing The Sky Guide,
PETE LAWRENCE he appears on The collection of stars in Cancer known as the Beehive Cluster at the start
Sky at Night each
of the month. The planet will clip the southern boundary of the cluster,
month on BBC Four.
creating a sight that will be worth setting the alarm early for.
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