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Old 20-05-2012, 10:04 AM
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What was that bright object near Scorpius last night?

Gday All,


Was checking out the skies with my bino's last night (around 9pm) up here in NT and couldnt identify a brilliant object below Scorpius (was maybe 20deg up from the horizon).


My planishphere doesnt show any particular bright objects in that area and astronomy 2012 describes pluto rising in the east but this object was way too bright to be pluto...Venus setting is meant to be in the West, Mars is North and Saturn near Spica...


Yours in Confusion (not to be mistaken for confuscion...I'm fundamentally taoist)


Ben.
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