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Monday's Planet Views Best Until 2036

Posted by timothy on from the hey-we've-all-got-naked-eyes dept.

An anonymous reader writes "NASA is reporting that Monday night, March 22nd, offers a rare, naked-eye glimpse of our five prominent astronomical neighbors--Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Venus, and the Moon--in close proximity in the night sky, near to the familiar Orion constellation. This contrasts with the picture of the 'Fab Five' shot by Voyager looking back on the inner solar system. Monday's aligned view is not likely to appear in this configuration again until 2036."

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  1. Re:Been looking forward to this by shadowbearer · · Score: 4, Informative

    Google is your friend

    Being rather busy at the moment...

    SB

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