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Airdate / Program Number / Title / Running Time

• Week of 21 June 2009 / #1437: Moon Occults Antares / 4:37
  
• Week of 28 June 2009 / #1438: Venus, Mars, and the Pleiades / 5:17
  
  
• Week of 05 July 2009 / #1439: Ophiuchus / 4:34
  
• Week of 12 July 2009 / #1440: Serpens / 4:42
  
• Week of 19 July 2009 / #1441: Southern Delta Aquarid Meteors / 5:05
  
• Week of 26 July 2009 / #1442: Observing the Moon / 5:04
  
  
• Week of 02 August 2009 / #1443: Perseid Meteors / 4:37
  
• Week of 09 August 2009 / #1444: Observing Faint Objects / 5:04