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NIGHT WATCH

The Big Five of the African Sky

Here in South Africa, if we can encounter the Big Five on land, then why not also in the heavens? That was the line of thought the Astronomical Society of Southern Africa (ASSA) took when they christened the “Big Five of the African Sky”, complete with a website ( assa.saao.ac.za) detailing how you can identify these phenomena.

Each of the “Big

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