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--Apple-Mail-1-1036352977 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed July 5th evening, I captured this photo from a roadside looking west, near Truro. It shows the Crescent Moon forming a line along the ecliptic with the star Regulus and the planets Mars and Saturn. The ecliptic is the path the Sun, Moon and Planets follow against the star background. Regulus is the main star in the constellation LEO the Lion. The Sun passes this point August 22nd. Link to photo http://web.mac.com/sherm39/iWeb/Site/main_index.html This evening (July 8th) I observed Saturn and Mars again above the west (now no evenly spaced with Regulus as on the 5th; Mars has moved within 2-Moon-diameters of Saturn, the crescent Moon is well east of that position. Next three evenings Mars will pass east of Saturn. A challenge to find, 12 degrees above the bright west horizon even at 10 p.m. Binoculars a big help. Sherman --Apple-Mail-1-1036352977 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> <br>July 5th evening, I captured this photo from a roadside looking = west, near Truro. =A0It shows the Crescent Moon forming a line along the = ecliptic with the star Regulus and the planets Mars and Saturn. =A0 The = ecliptic is the path the Sun, Moon and Planets follow against the star = background. =A0 =A0Regulus is the main star in the constellation LEO the = Lion. =A0The Sun passes this point August 22nd. =A0<div><br = class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Link to photo=A0<a = href=3D"http://web.mac.com/sherm39/iWeb/Site/main_index.html">http://web.m= ac.com/sherm39/iWeb/Site/main_index.html</a><br><div><br = class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>This evening (July 8th)=A0I = observed Saturn and Mars again above the west (now no evenly spaced with = Regulus as on the 5th; =A0Mars has moved within 2-Moon-diameters of = Saturn, the crescent Moon is well east of that =A0position. Next three = evenings Mars will pass east of Saturn. =A0 A challenge to find, 12 = degrees above the bright west horizon even at 10 p.m. Binoculars a big = help.<div><div><br class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><br><div>= <span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; = border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; = font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: = normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; = -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; = -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; = white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = "><div>Sherman</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"></span> = </div><br></div></div></div></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-1-1036352977--
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