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Mars
Published on 28 Jan 2010 at 00:00.
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Thursday 28th January 2010
Tonight and tomorrow and onwards, a few hours after sunset, go outside and look east. That bright orange star hanging halfway up the sky is Mars having a close encounter with Earth.
The Red Planet is only 61,874,000 mile away and looks bigger through a telescope than at anytime between 2008 and 2014, so I [...]
Mars is closing to M44 (Beehive Cluster)
Published on 19 Jan 2010 at 00:00.
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Tuesday 19th January 2010 at 21:00 / 9pm
Using your binocular to look at a bright orange planet of Mars, rising in the East following the yellow path (above on the skymap) to reach the white bright star then climbing up that you will find the deep Sky object :- M44 – Open Cluster (Beehive Cluster) [...]
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The Moon
Published on 1 Jan 2010 at 00:00.
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Sunday 3rd January 2010 @ 06:00 / 6am
The Moon is just 7 degree from Mars.
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