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COPYRIGHT 2005 Natural History Magazine, Inc.
June saves some of the best for last: three planets converge in the sky to form a planetary trio, a dazzler for sky gazers late in the month. A trio is a conjunction so close that the three planets fit inside a circle no more than five degrees across. Venus (magnitude-3.9), Mercury (magnitude-0.2), and Saturn (magnitude 0.2) are all readily visible within the prescribed circle, low in the west-northwestern sky, for about an hour after sunset from the 23rd until the 29th. Their relative positions, which change from night to night, should be fascinating to watch....
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