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Thursday, July 17th, 2025

Breaking News for

Sportsmen Since 1968

Bob Drieslein

Star Watch: Don’t miss the Perseid Meteor showers

The total solar eclipse that occurred on April 8 was a tough act to follow, but a summer meteor shower can still bring excitement to a star-gazer like me!
According to the American Meteor Society (AMS), the Perseid Meteor showers can be expected to occur every year between mid-July and late August.

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Star Watch: What is the brightest star in our Milky Way galaxy?

Here’s a trivia question to consider: What is the brightest star in our Milky Way galaxy? Scientists say that the glowing ball of hydrogen and helium at the center of our solar system is technically a yellow, dwarf star so we might be tempted to nominate our Sun as the brightest.

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Star Watch: Look closely to find Ursa minor, the “little bear”

How did the ancient mariners find their way at sea without the aid of GPS, radar, and the other modern conveniences that we consider essential for navigating the oceans today? We know they used the stars, and certain celestial bodies must have been particularly important to them.

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Star Watch: Our Galaxy, the Milky Way

The dictionary defines a “galaxy” as a system of millions or billions of stars, together with gas and dust, held together by gravitational attraction.
In the case of our galaxy, the Milky Way, scientists say it may include more than 200 billion stars, some a thousand times bigger than our Sun!

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