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How to Watch the Mars Close-Up This Weekend

Posted March 03, 2012 7:34 AM

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February's spectacular planetary show continues. After Venus and Jupiter lined up in the night sky last week, the distance between Earth and Mars is now shrinking to its smallest amount in more than two years.

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03/03/2012 4:33 PM

...the same way it does every 2 years or so.

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03/04/2012 9:37 PM

The show has been fantastic!! Venus will be at greatest Eastern Elongation on March 17. By then Jupiter and Venus should be very close together with Pliedies and little or no moon to wash it out!!

I will be watching the show from Samoa.

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