=========================================================================<br /><br /> * * * SKY & TELESCOPE's SKYWATCHER'S BULLETIN - May 7, 2002 * * *<br /><br />=========================================================================<br />Welcome to S&T's Skywatcher's Bulletin. More information on the items<br />below is available on our Web site, SkyandTelescope.com, at the URLs<br />provided. Clear skies!<br />=========================================================================<br /><br />PLANETS CONTINUE TO SHINE IN WEST<br /><br />Don't miss the great planetary gathering that's unfolding in the west at<br />dusk. On the 10th Mars is only 1/4 degree to the lower left of Venus. Two<br />days later the five planets are 33 degrees apart -- their minimum angular<br />separation during this gathering. Then on the 13th the crescent Moon joins<br />the gathering for the next 3 nights. More information about this ongoing<br />dance of the planets is available here:<br /><br />> http://SkyandTelescope.com/observing/objects/planets/article_572_1.asp<br /><br />------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />MOON OCCULTS THREE PLANETS IN ONE DAY<br /><br />On May 14th the waxing crescent Moon hides three major planets as seen<br />from different parts of the Earth (all times are approximate). At 8 hours<br />Universal Time Saturn is occulted for observers in the United Kingdom,<br />western Scandinavia, and parts of northeast Alaska. At 19 hours UT Mars<br />disappears behind the Moon as seen from nearly all of South America.<br />Finally, Venus is occulted at 23 hours UT for anyone who happens to be in<br />the South Pacific Ocean.<br /><br />------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />COMET IKEYA-ZHANG IN THE MORNING SKY<br /><br />The comet is now between 5th and 6th magnitude as it continues its trek<br />from Draco to Hercules. For a table and chart showing the comet's current<br />location, click here:<br /><br />> http://SkyandTelescope.com/observing/objects/comets/article_477_1.asp<br /><br />------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />CHECK OUT THESE ITEMS ON SALE NOW FROM SHOP AT SKY! (Advertisement)<br /><br />Aurora Poster<br />> http://SkyandTelescope.com/campaigns.asp?id=31<br /><br />Messier Objects Poster (black & white)<br />> http://SkyandTelescope.com/campaigns.asp?id=32<br /><br />Laminated Beginner's Sky Charts<br />> http://SkyandTelescope.com/campaigns.asp?id=33<br /><br />------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />Copyright 2002 Sky Publishing Corp. S&T's Skywatcher's Bulletin is<br />provided as a free service to the astronomical community by the editors of<br />SKY & TELESCOPE magazine. This bulletin may not be redistributed or<br />republished in any form without written permission from Sky Publishing;<br />send e-mail to permissions@SkyandTelescope.com or call +1 617-864-7360.<br />More information about astronomical observing is available on our Web site<br />at http://SkyandTelescope.com/observing/.<br /><br />------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />To change your address, unsubscribe from S&T's Skywatcher's Bulletin, or<br />subscribe to S&T's Weekly News Bulletin, which highlights the latest<br />discoveries from the world's astronomical observatories, go to this<br />address:<br /><br />> http://SkyandTelescope.com/shopatsky/emailsubscribe.asp<br /><br />========================================================================