Spot the Moon and Saturn in Night Sky This Week

On Tuesday (July 16), Major League Baseball's All Star Game will be played at Citifield in New York, but the baseball diamond won't be the only place to see stars that night.

Two of the ?All Stars of the Night Sky? will stage a celestial rendezvous, not just above Citifield but wherever the sky is clear.

The first is our nearest neighbor in space: the moon.? As twilight deepens on Tuesday at about 9:45 p.m. EDT (0145 July 17 GMT), you?ll see the moon about one-third of the way up from the south-southwest horizon.? It will be in its waxing gibbous phase, 60 percent illuminated. Incidentally, this is the best time to look at the moon with binoculars or a telescope because it offers more viewing comfort to the eye as opposed to a full moon. [July's Best Stargazing Events (Sky Maps)]

Using a telescope with just small optical power (magnifications of 20 to 40 times) or even with good binoculars, you can then see a wealth of detail on its surface.? Around those times when the moon is half-lit or gibbous phase, those features lying close to the terminator ? the line separating the light and dark part of the moon ? stand out in sharp, clear relief.

Lord of the rings

If you look above and slightly to the right of the moon on Tuesday evening, you?ll also see a rather bright, non-twinkling "star" shining sedately with a yellowish-white glow.? The distance between the moon and this "star" will measure just a little more than 4 degrees.? Since your clenched fist at arm?s length measures about 10 degrees, the separation between the moon and the celestial object will be less than half a fist.?

But that "star" is not a star at all, but the showpiece of the solar system: the planet Saturn.?

Saturn is beautiful through a telescope.?Saturn's magnificent ring system, the banded globe, and its faintly shimmering moons make Saturn an object of exquisite beauty. The most dramatic aspects of the planet are of course, the rings; there is nothing else like them in the sky.? Any?telescope?magnifying more than 30-power will show them.

A 4-inch (10-centimeter) telescope at 100X or an 8 inch (20 cm) telescope at 200X will provide a memorable view. The rings consist of billions of particles ranging in size from sand grains to flying mountains, which are made of ? or covered by ? water ice.? This would account for their very high reflectivity.? The reason that "rings" is plural and not singular is that gaps of brightness differences define distinct sets of rings.

An all star glimpse?

On the night of their "All Star get-together" the moon will be about 231,000 miles (372,000 km) from Earth. Saturn on the other hand, will be about 3,865 times more distant, at 893 million miles (km) away.

Ever since the All Star Game has been played at night (the first after sunset affair was in 1943 at Philadelphia?s Old Shibe Park) there has never been any kind of noteworthy celestial event that has coincided with the game itself.? In 1972 a partial eclipse of the moon occurred on the same night as the All Star Game, but it didn?t begin until after the contest was over.

Weather permitting; Tuesday?s moon-Saturn conjunction will be visible to fans with a good line of sight at Citifield. And, if FOX television producers so choose, the potential exists for television viewers to get a glimpse of the cratered moon and the famous ringed wonder.

The moon-planet duo could, in fact, serve as a periodic diversion from the ball game. Should the local weather be clear in that night, television cameras might be trained skyward (perhaps during a pitching change?). It could also give people in parts of the country that might be plagued by cloud cover a chance at getting a brief view.

Joe Rao serves as an instructor and guest lecturer at New York's Hayden Planetarium. He writes about astronomy for Natural History magazine, the Farmer's Almanac and other publications, and he is also an on-camera meteorologist for News 12 Westchester, N.Y.Follow us @Spacedotcom, Facebookand Google+. Original article on SPACE.com.

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Connecticut BBB and Government Agencies Caution Students and Families about Debt Relief Services

Some debt relief companies require an upfront fee for their services, which is illegal under federal law.

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Growth in Student Debt Increases Demand for a Quick Fix that May Worsen Financial Burdens and Cause Legal Problems

As student financial debt load increases, Connecticut Better Business is warning students and their families about companies that claim they can eliminate debt or promise a ?new credit identity.?

Some debt relief companies require an upfront fee for their services, which is illegal under federal law. Others promise a ?new credit identity,? according to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which in some cases, involves the illegal sale of stolen Social Security numbers. The FTC reports debt relief services may alternatively offer a 9-digit Employer Identification Number (EIN) and recommend their clients apply for credit using that number or their ?new? Social Security number.

Consumers who use these numbers to apply for credit face possible fines or prison sentences. It is illegal to lie on a credit or loan application, misrepresent your Social Security number or obtain an EIN from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) under false pretenses.

There are a number of signs of debt relief fraud:

?Upfront fees are required before the company will begin work
?Advice not to contact credit reporting companies
?Recommendations to use false information on credit applications
?Absence of information about your legal rights or details of what services are provided and their limitations.

The Credit Repair Organization Act (CROA) makes it illegal for credit repair companies to misrepresent their services or require fees before they have performed their services. The CROA requires credit repair companies to draw up a contract which explains your legal rights, what services they will perform, any guarantees, how long their work will take and contains an option to cancel the contract within three days of signing.

Consumers with credit problems do not require a third party to dispute errors in their credit reports.

Credit reports may be obtained free of charge every 12 months from the government-sanctioned service, annualcreditreport.com/.

Options for people with a poor credit history include the use of prepaid credit cards and obtaining advice from the Consumer Credit Counseling Service (CCCS). CCCS services can be obtained free or for a small charge at www.nfcc.org, or by telephone, toll-free at 800-388-2227.

For more advice on money and credit management, visit Better Business Bureau?s Managing Credit ? Made Simpler program at http://www.bbb.org/credit-management.

Source: http://www.prurgent.com/2013-07-15/pressrelease306737.htm

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Wrapping up the final series of the first half, Orioles first baseman Chris Davis homered in his fourth consecutive game as the Orioles defeated the Blue Jays 7-4. The homer, a two-run shot in the third inning against Josh Johnson, was his 37th of the season, tying Reggie Jackson?s record for first-half home runs. In the interest of fairness (first halves vary in length based on scheduling), D.J. Short astutely pointed out on Twitter that Davis entered a tie with Hank Greenberg and Luis Gonzalez for home runs through 95 games.

For those keeping score at home, Davis is now more than halfway to Barry Bonds? single-season home run record of 73 and 24 home runs away from tying Roger Maris at 61 home runs, which some ? including Davis himself ? consider to be the legitimate single-season record.

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Halle Berry ties knot at French chateau

PARIS (AP) ? Halle Berry married her fianc?, French actor Olivier Martinez, in a weekend ceremony in a village church where princes are buried in France's Burgundy region.

The owner of the Chateau de Vallery, where the couple stayed with their 60 guests, said on Sunday that the betrothal a day earlier ended with a dinner and an unusual fireworks display ? of water, fire and snow ? in the chateau gardens. A wedding cake followed.

Patrice Vansteenberghe said the actress ? 46 and pregnant ? and her 47-year-old husband "were very beautiful and very happy."

Berry's publicist, Meredith O'Sullivan Wasson, confirmed the marriage.

Vansteenberghe would not say who attended the gala wedding. But he said the bride was coy about her long, white dress, wanting to keep it from public view.

"All I can say is that it was a dress with a deeply plunging back," Vansteenberghe said. He added that The event was "confidential" because "she wanted to be left alone on the day of her marriage."

Berry, who has a five-year-old daughter, is expecting her first child with Martinez. While there was no sign of a baby bump when The Associated Press interviewed the Oscar-winning star in early April, Vansteenberghe said that "she is very pregnant."

The princes and princesses of the Conde line from the 16th to early 18th century, are buried in the church facing the chateau and its chapel until the late 19th century, when it was given to the village of Vallery.

The couple apparently spent two days at the Chateau de Vallery ? the standard rental period for weddings and other grand events, the owner said.

Vansteenberghe noted that the chateau's pigeon room, an outbuilding once used to house pigeons, is a preferred room for newly married couples, but he hedged about whether Berry and Martinez stayed there.

The oldest part of the chateau dates to the Middle Ages, but much of it was built during the Renaissance.

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New home demand on rise in Central Texas

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Posted on July 12, 2013 at 7:40 AM

Updated today at 8:00 AM

AUSTIN -- As more people move to Central Texas, the demand for new homes continues to rise.

The Austin Board of Realtors said in a social media post that, in the second quarter alone, builders have begun construction on more than 2,600 new homes. That's a 32 percent increase year over year.

Thousands of people are expected to move into the Austin area each year for the next three years.

Source: http://www.kvue.com/news/local/New-home-demand-on-rise-with-Austin-population-215223331.html

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