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    APRIL HIGHLIGHTS

    Mar 26, 2020 2 minutes

    1 Wednesday

    Mag. +0.8 Mars sits 1˚ to the south of the ringed planet Saturn this morning. Off-white Saturn shines at mag. +0.9, a similar brightness to orange Mars.

    2 Thursday

    The crater Clavius will be bathed in dark shadow in the early hours save for two crater rims inside it which form the clair-obscur effect known as the Eyes

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