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The arrival of May sees sunset creep ever later, making stargazing almost a nocturnal activity. Though the hours of darkness are limited, sweeping binoculars over the night sky for longer becomes bearable as temperatures rise. This month we’ll track the nearest and furthest night sky objects, from the International Space Station and other satellites in orbit above us to distant double stars, globular clusters and galaxies.
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Carter, J. (2015). May: Binocular Tours. In: A Stargazing Program for Beginners. Astronomer's Pocket Field Guide. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22072-7_5
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