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#Saturn is at opposition. Look for Saturn on the opposite side of the sky from the Sun. #Mars ends its retrograde motion. 6:48 AM Apr 15th via web
Venus is to the lower right of the crescent #Moon. Look to the WSW 45 minutes after sunset. #Jupiter is 16 deg. to the upper left of #Venus 10:44 AM Feb 25th via web
A young #Moon is to the right of #Mercury. Look for a very thin crescent Moon low in the west, 30 minutes after sunset. Binoculars will help 3:27 AM Feb 22nd via web
The crescent #Moon is above the star #Antares in #Scorpius. Look for the Moon and the star in the SSE an hour before sunrise. 2:56 AM Jan 19th via web
#Jupiter and #Venus are 60 deg. apart and closing. Look for Venus in the southwest and Jupiter in the SSE at dusk. 8:21 AM Jan 14th via web
#Mercury is low in the SE at dawn. Mercury will drop from view this week. The moving planet will reemerge into the evening sky in late Feb. 4:59 PM Jan 8th via web
#Jupiter is below the gibbous #Moon. Look for Jupiter and the Moon high in the southeast at dusk. 10:37 AM Jan 2nd via web
#Mercury makes its best morning appearance for the year this week. Look for Mercury low in the southeast 50 minutes before #sunrise. 9:50 AM Dec 18th, 2011 via web
The waning gibbous #Moon is 2 lower rt of Regulus. #Mars is 15 deg to the lower left of Regulus. Look 4 Mars & Moon in the east at midnight 5:10 PM Dec 14th, 2011 via web
The Geminid meteor shower is near it's peak, but the bright waning gibbous Moon adds light to the sky making it hard to see faint meteors. 2:33 AM Dec 13th, 2011 via web
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#Mercury is under 2° to lower left of #Venus. Look for Venus & Mercury in the SW, 45 min. after sunset. Use binoculars to spot Mercury. 6:37 AM Nov 12th, 2011 via web
#Mars is 3° away from #Regulus. Mars will pass Regulus by 1.3° on the 10th of November. Look for Mars high in the southeast at dawn 2:51 AM Nov 5th, 2011 via web
#Mars is 5° from Regulus & closing. Watch Mars pass the star Regulus in Leo the Lion on the 10th of November. At dawn Mars is high in the SE 7:52 AM Nov 1st, 2011 via web
Mercury is 2.6 degrees to the lower right of Venus. Look for Venus and Mercury with binoculars very low in the WSW 30 minutes after sunset 4:58 AM Oct 23rd, 2011 via web
#Mercury is 3.2° to the lower right of #Venus. Look for the pair very low in the WSW 20 min. after sunset. 9:23 AM Oct 20th, 2011 via web
The #Orionid #meteor show peaks in the predawn hours of the 20th and 2 1st. Start looking for early members of the Orionid #shower. 1:05 PM Oct 18th, 2011 via web
#Jupiter and #Venus are 180 degrees apart. Watch Venus set in the WSW as Jupiter rises in the ENE 30 minutes after sunset 4:59 AM Oct 14th, 2011 via web
#Jupiter is less than 10 degrees to the lower left of the #Moon. Watch Jupiter rise in the ENE 45 minutes after #sunset. 4:29 PM Oct 11th, 2011 via web
#Mars is in the #Beehive #star #cluster. Look for Mars and the star cluster high in the east an hour before #sunrise 7:56 AM Sep 30th, 2011 via web

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