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Tetrachloride

(8,445 posts) Thu Jan 19, 2023, 10:43 AM Jan 2023

Venus and Saturn are mighty close

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Venus and Saturn are mighty close (Original Post) Tetrachloride Jan 2023 OP

It's been really clear in the evenings by me... I can see Venus and Jupiter clearly with my mitch96 Jan 2023 #1

mitch96

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1. It's been really clear in the evenings by me... I can see Venus and Jupiter clearly with my

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Thu Jan 19, 2023, 05:57 PM

Jan 2023

mark one eyeballs. Mars is also visible with Capella to the left and Aldebaran to the right.
Just below the red planet, Between Rigel and Betelgeuse (Beetlejuice?) I can almost make out the three stars in the belt of Orion.. Neat stuff.
It just amazes me to see the light that has been traveling for so many lightyears,
just to grace my eyeballs with it's splendor..
m
I use Stellarium to find out which is which. It gives the compass direction and altitude. I use the phone compass and angle gizmo to find out who is who..
m

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