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Daily (sometimes multiple times daily) infor about astronomy.

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Observers in part of South America and the southern Atlantic Ocean can see the moon hide Antares Wednesday.

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The asteroid Vesta is at opposition, 1.48 astronomical units from the sun.

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Mercury is about to be at greatest elongation, 25.2° east of the sun in the evening sky. It's hard for most northern hemisphere observers to see right now though. From south of the equator, the view isn't bad.

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Here's a picture of Mars in M44 (the Beehive) this morning, taken with a Dwarf 3 smart telescope.

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This week's podcast covers Venus leaving the evening sky, Mercury at greatest elongation, Saturn staying up all night, Mars crossing the crab, and what scientists learned when Venus passed right in front of the sun.

https://t.co/wRrmnuiRte

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New moon

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Mars will pass through the beehive (M44, Praesepe, the Manger) this weekend. You can see it in the morning sky. It will look spectacular in binoculars.

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The moon has gone south of the equator and will arrive at its southern lunistice next Friday.

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Margaret Hamilton, whose coding skills sent astronauts to the moon, has died.

https://t.co/7PX7AEs86c

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The moon is at descending node Wednesday. That means it's crossing the ecliptic (the sun's path through the sky over the course of a year) going southward.

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Behold Saturn and its moons! Roberto Ortu in Cabras, Sardinia, Italy, captured this view of #Saturn and some of its larger #moons in late September. Thank you, Roberto! 🪐📸
https://t.co/KSEDblIW0z

See more great photos and submit yours, here:
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Next, the moon passes by Regulus. Some observers in Africa get to see the moon pass in front of the star.

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Mercury and Venus will appear closest Wednesday evening.

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The moon will hide Jupiter today.

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After the moon hides Mars, M44 (the Beehive Cluster) gets hidden next. Western North American observers get the view.

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Not a lot of people get to see this because it's so far north. But the moon passes in front of Mars tonight.

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Saturn's at opposition. So is Pallas. You'll need binoculars for a view like this.

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This week's podcast: Saturn at opposition, rising alongside a sea monster and two linked fish. Vesta is also nearby. Venus and Mercury are paired in the evening. Mars and Jupiter are getting close in the morning. The moon passes in front of Jupiter.
https://t.co/xABPcEHQZz

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Saturn's at opposition this weekend. It rises at sunset, reaches its highest around midnight, and sets at sunrise. The ringed planet is 8.434 astronomical units (earth-sun distances) from us. This is about as close as it will be all year.

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Last quarter moon