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Saturday, September 27, 2014
What's That Star Next to the Moon? September 27, 2014
What is that bright star next to the moon? Well tonight it's not a star, it's the planet Saturn. At magnitude 1.3, it's about as bright as Deneb (α Cyg) or Regulus (α Cyg), and clearly stands out less than 3° from the crescent Moon.
Labels:
conjunction,
Moon,
saturn
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