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elleng

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Thu Mar 19, 2020, 04:10 PM Mar 2020

Trio of planets and the moon to put on rare morning displays this week.

'Saturn, Jupiter and Mars will greet early risers.

This week, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars will accompany the moon for a morning stroll across the sky. If you’re an early riser, you’ll want to look to the southeast before sunrise — because the view you’ll take in to start your day will be remarkable.

The planetary congregation will be most appealing early Friday. An opportune time to look is around 6 a.m. local time. The waning crescent moon will lag behind the group, followed by Saturn, then Jupiter and finally nearby Mars flanking to the right.

If you own a powerful enough telescope, you’ll even be able to spot Saturn’s rings. Pluto will be in the mix as well, but being a dimply-lit dwarf planet 3.2 billion miles away, it will not be visible with the naked eye.'>>>

https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2020/03/19/trio-planets-moon-put-rare-morning-displays-this-week/?

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