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Planetary grouping continues this week

July 26th, 2010

Mercury, Venus, Mars and Saturn are all visible in the evening skies this week. Mercury sits alone near the Sun, but Venus, Mars and Saturn are grouping together. Mercury is 25 degrees away from the Sun and 20 degrees away from the other planets. Venus, Mars and Saturn are all within 10 degrees of each other, with Mars and Saturn less than two degrees apart.

Mercury will be  the most difficult to see, setting a few minutes before 10 pm. It is in Leo at magnitude +0.2.
Venus will be the brightest at magnitude -4, and sets just after 10:30 pm.
Mars sets at about 11 pm, and has a reddish color to it.
Saturn sits atop Mars, and is less than 2 degrees away by the coming weekend.

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4 planets visible in the evening sky this week

July 19th, 2010

Mercury, Venus, Mars and Saturn are all visible in the evening skies this week.

Mercury will be  the most difficult to see, being only about 20 degrees away from the Sun at the beginning of the week, and 23 degrees away from the Sun by end of week. However, it is a bright magnitude 0 object.
Venus will be the brightest at magnitude -4, and will be about 20 degrees away from Mercury throughout the week. Note that Mercury will be about halfway between Venus and the setting Sun.
Mars is about 12 degrees away from Venus, and easily found by noting its reddish color.
Saturn is close to Mars at 5 degrees away, with Mars closing in on Saturn as the days progress. By month’s end, they will be less than 2 degrees apart.

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History comes to life with Tales of the Maya Skies and Las Artes de México

July 15th, 2010

Clark Planetarium and the Utah Museum of Fine Arts have partnered to present you with the complete Mayan cultural experience at an amazing discount.  Visit Clark Planetarium’s facebook page for a buy one get one free coupon to both Tales of the Maya Skies at Clark Planetarium and Las Artes de México at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts.

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