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Star Trails will return on October 5 · Star Trails: From Backyard Astronomy to Cosmic Wonder

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  Howdy Star Gazers, this is Drew with Star Trails.
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  I wanted to pop into your feed with a quick update.
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  The show has been off the air for the past three
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  weeks, partly due to some technical gremlins,
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  some work -related travel, and the usual slings
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  and arrows of life and career. Taking the entire
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  month of September off wasn't my plan. But don't
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  worry, the show isn't gone. We'll return with
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  a full show on Sunday, October the 5th. In the
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  meantime, we've missed a few great sky moments.
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  September gave us a glowing harvest moon, the
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  fall equinox as Earth tilted into a new season,
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  a perfect new moon for dark skies, and the anniversary
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  of Neptune's discovery back in 1846. A world
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  first revealed through mathematics before it
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  was ever seen through a telescope. But there's
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  plenty to look forward to as we close out September.
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  We'll begin the week with a slim, waxing crescent
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  moon climbing slowly night by night toward the
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  first quarter by week's end. Meanwhile, Saturn
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  is well into its evening dance, visible early
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  in the night, and Jupiter is rising later in
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  the night toward the pre -dawn hours. If your
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  skies are dark and your timing is right, those
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  two giants may start stealing some of the celestial
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  attention. Though nothing extreme leaps out in
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  this observation window, the end of September
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  is a quiet buildup before more dramatic scenes
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  arrive later in October. When Star Trails returns
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  next week, we'll dive into some of the unanswered
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  questions of the cosmos, puzzles like the strange
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  tilt of Uranus, the riddle of fast radio bursts,
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  and the lingering questions about the universe's
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  missing matter. Think of it as a cosmic unsolved
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  mysteries special. Also, thanks to those of you
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  who reached out and wondered what was going on
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  with the show. It means the world to know you're
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  out there listening. As always, keep looking
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  up and clear skies everyone!