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Planets Align for the 4th of July Wednesday, July 02, 2008 - Anuradha Menon Home >> Headlines >> Space
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No, not those lights. Look beyond the fireworks. Almost halfway up the western sky, just above the twilight glow of sunset, a trio of worlds is gathering: Saturn, Mars and the crescent Moon. The show gets going on Friday, July 4th. Red Mars and ringed Saturn converge just to the left of the bright star Regulus. The three lights make a pretty 1st-magnitude line in the heavens. But that is just the beginning. (source: science.nasa.gov)
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