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    JANUARY HIGHLIGHTS

    Dec 17, 2020 2 minutes

    Friday 1

    A 96%-litwaning gibbous Moon lies 2.3° northwest of the Beehive Cluster, 044, at 06:00 UT, just before the onset of dawn.

    A telescopic view of Mars at 19:00 UT shows Solis Locus, the ‘Eye of Mors’.

    Friday 8

    Through a telescope, Mars is shrinking. This evening its 9.7 arcsecond disc shows the zero-longitude

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