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See Mars and Uranus make a close approach in the night sky tonight

NASASee Mars and Uranus make a close approach in the night sky tonight


Skwatchers will see both Mars and Uranus in the same field of view today using a pair of binoculars as the two planets make a close approach.

Mars and Uranus shared the same right ascension (the celestial equivalent of longitude) in the dawn sky yesterday (June 15), in an arrangement called a conjunction. The pair will still be close together in the predawn sky early on Tuesday (July 16), rising in the east around 2:30 a.m. (0630 GMT). 

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