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Stars, galaxies, dust clouds and Uranus: take a tour of the January night sky – ABC News
This is a big month for stargazers, especially if you’re heading bush for the holidays. We asked five astronomers and astrophotographers to highlight what to look…
January is the month to go star-hopping to see how many constellations you can spot.
You might also see a galaxy if you’ve headed bush for the holidays and the skies are clear.
And, if you’ve packed some binoculars, a camera or a telescope, you can see stunning dust clouds, star clusters and distant planets too.
It’s a bumper of a month, according to amateur astronomer Ian Musgrave.
“The constellations will be fantastic,” Dr Musgrave says.
And Mars will point the way to Uranus.
“A whole world that…
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