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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!