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From: Craig.Everhart%CMU-CS-A@sri-unix.UUCP
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Subject: What are these stars/planets?
Message-ID: <16832@sri-arpa.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 16-Feb-84 12:18:00 EST
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Posted: Thu Feb 16 12:18:00 1984
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The Old Farmer's Almanac (1984 edition) lists a conjunction of Mars and
Saturn for 15 Feb, when Mars was less than 1 degree south of Saturn.
They both were reflecting similar brightnesses.  Since they both rise
around midnight now, it's reasonable that you saw them in the southeast
sky at 3 am.
		Craig Everhart