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The Sky Tonight
and other timely news from around the Universe

Here are a few websites where you can find more information on what's up in the sky, including starcharts, moon phases, our local 48 hour forecast, our weather in space, the aurora forecast, and when you might see the International Space Station fly overhead at 17,500 mph.

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Night Sky Planner from the Night Sky Network

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Sky at a glance from Sky and Telescope

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Stardate from the McDonald Observatory

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Download this month's skychart for free -- no ads

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Determine moon positions for Jupiter - find a Galilean moon transit across Jupiter!

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Determine moon positions for Saturn

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Sky Tours -- Learn your way around the sky -- tours for every season!

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View the current sun https://solar-center.stanford.edu/sun-today.html

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Aurora Forecast

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Check Planet Earth's Space Weather

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Sighting opportunities to observe the International Space Station overhead, and other flybys

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Clear Sky Chart 48 hour forecast for Minocqua

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Astropheric Sky Chart 48 hour forecast for Minocqua

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72 hour Smoke Forecast

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The Skygazer's 7 day forecast for Minocqua

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Astronomy Picture of the Day

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Ask an Astonomer

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Compilation of Deep Sky Objects for Imaging

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Spaceflight News

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Space news from Space.com

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Space news from Universe Today

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Latest Research news from Science Daily

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JPL Space Exploration Lectures/Presentations

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Silicon Valley Astronomy Lectures

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