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The Ghost of Summer Suns - Oct 29th

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25-October-2007, 06:29 PM

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The Ghost of Summer Suns - Oct 29th

I saw this on the Sky and Telescope website. It's not much of a viewing item but kind of interesting . . .

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Halloween is approaching, and this means that Arcturus, the star sparkling low in the west-northwest in twilight, is taking on its role as "the Ghost of Summer Suns." What does this mean? Every year around October 29th, Arcturus occupies a special place in your local sky. It closely marks the spot above your horizon where the Sun stood at the same time (by your watch) during June and July — in broad daylight. So at this season of the year, you can think of Arcturus as the Halloween ghost of the departed summer Sun.

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